Publications by authors named "Fernando Briceno-Moya"
Article Synopsis
- Limited data on COVID-19 in Latin America sparked a study of 333 hospitalized patients in Mexico City to analyze their clinical characteristics and outcomes.
- Most patients were middle-aged men (median age 45), with a high prevalence of obesity (75%), and significant differences in laboratory results were noted between inpatients and outpatients.
- The study found high mortality rates, particularly among mechanically ventilated patients (94%) and a 30-day mortality of 57%, with many non-survivors being young and obese.
[Generalized chronic erythema nodosum: to consider Weber-Christian disease].
Rev Med Inst Mex Seguro Soc
May 2020
Background: Weber-Christian disease is a recurrent, non-suppurative, febrile nodular panniculitis, more frequent in young women. It is characterized by recurrent outbreaks of subcutaneous nodules, distributed symmetrically. It has an idiopathic origin, or it is secondary to pancreatic disease, physicochemical agents or alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Systemic lupus erythematosus is highly associated with premature atherosclerosis and cardiovascular events. The origin of this subclinical atherosclerosis has been attributed mainly to the inflammatory nature of the disease.
Objective: To assess the effect of long-term use of glucocorticoids on cardiovascular risk in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.