Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome of the Adults (MIS-A) - The undercover threat for young adults. A systematic review and meta-analysis of medical cases.

Background: COVID-19 related syndromes are not yet well described and understood. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome of the adults (MIS-A) is a recently characterized syndrome affecting multiple organs of young adults, causing serious complications, even shock and death.

Objectives: To determine the clinical characteristics, course, and complications of MIS-A in a systematic way and summarize currently used treatments.

A case report and literature review of a triple-vaccinated, rituximab-treated systemic lupus erythematosus patient with COVID-19 pneumonia.

Introduction: Patients being on immunosuppressive treatment of any reason, along with other risk factors such as smoking and obesity, are vulnerable to be infected from SARS-CoV2. Aim of this report is to describe a case of a female patient under Rituximab therapy who experienced episodes of lung infection due to Severe Acute Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 ) invasion although fully vaccinated.

Case Report: A 50-year-old woman, with a past medical history of lupus nephritis on rituximab was diagnosed with lung infection due to SARS-CoV-2.

Diagnostic and Prognostic Ability of Pancreatic Stone Protein: A Scoping Review.

Pancreatic stone protein (PSP) is an acute-phase reactant mainly produced in response to stress. Its diagnostic and prognostic accuracy for several types of infection has been studied in several clinical settings. The aim of the current review was to assess all studies examining a possible connection of pancreatic stone protein levels with the severity and possible complications of patients diagnosed with infection.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation versus invasive ventilation in patients with COVID-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome and pneumomediastinum: A cohort trial.

Background: Patients with severe respiratory failure due to COVID-19 who are not under mechanical ventilation may develop severe hypoxemia when complicated with spontaneous pneumomediastinum (PM). These patients may be harmed by invasive ventilation. Alternatively, veno-venous (V-V) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) may be applied.