Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had a significant global impact due to the millions of deaths it has caused secondary to respiratory failure. However, the disease has also been associated with a wide array of manifestations in other organ systems. Among them, the presence of anosmia, which occurs in up to half the patients, has become a new sign of alarm to suspect the infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe magnitude which sleep has on personal well-being is similar to the effects of diet and exercise. Sleep deprivation has severe negative effects on an individual's overall health, and this is usually overseen. From 30 to 40 % of the population has presented insomnia at a certain moment of life and from 9 to 15 % have evolved into a chronic and severe insomnia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aims: Severe influenza A(H1N1)pdm2009 virus infection cases are characterized by sustained immune activation during influenza pandemics. Seasonal flu data suggest that immune mediators could be modified by wave-related changes. Our aim was to determine the behavior of soluble and cell-related mediators in two waves at the epicenter of the 2009 influenza pandemic.
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January 2017
Background: Stress hyperglycemia is the elevation of serum glucose found in a patient, once he is admitted in the hospital. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of admission serum glucose level in the outcome of noncritical hospitalized patients.
Methods: A prospective analytical cohort study was conducted in patients hospitalized in the Internal Medicine service of the Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social), from September 2011 to February 2012.