Early increase of serum ferritin among COVID-19 patients is associated with need of invasive mechanical ventilation and with in-hospital death.

Background: COVID-19 may trigger an acute hyperinflammatory syndrome characterised by heightened levels of acute phase reactants and is associated with adverse outcomes among hospitalised individuals. The relationship between 48-hour changes in acute phase reactants and adverse outcomes is unclear. This study evaluated the relationship between change in four acute phase reactants (interleukin-6, procalcitonin, ferritin, and C-reactive protein), and the risk for in-hospital death and invasive mechanical ventilation.

Azithromycin effect on multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii biofilm production and composition.

Objectives: To evaluate the effect of azithromycin (AZM) on biofilm formation and composition in multidrug resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii.

Material And Methods: Ninety-six A. baumannii isolates were studied.

Stratifying risk outcomes among adult COVID-19 inpatients with high flow oxygen: The R4 score.

Background: High flow oxygen therapy (HFO) is a widely used intervention for pulmonary complications. Amid the coronavirus infectious disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, HFO became a popular alternative to conventional oxygen supplementation therapies. Risk stratification tools have been repurposed -and new ones developed- to estimate outcome risks among COVID-19 patients.

[Impact of COVID-19 on the presentation and course of acute appendicitis in paediatrics].

Introduction: Acute appendicitis (AA) is the most frequent urgent surgical pathology in pediatrics. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a decrease in emergency department (ED) visits, which can lead to a delay in health care and an increase in the severity of the pathologies. The objective is to analyze the rate of complicated AA during the pandemic, compared to the same period of the previous year.

Efficacy of computed tomography for the prediction of colectomy and mortality in patients with infection.

Aim: To develop a CT predictor scale for the need for colectomy and to evaluate predictors of all-cause mortality within 30 days after diagnosis of infection (CDI).

Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of adult hospitalized patients whounderwent abdominal CT within 72 h of diagnosis of CDI.

Results: Presence of abnormal wall thickening in caecum (OR 8.

Outbreak of parvovirus B19 infection among anesthesiology and surgical fellows.

A human parvovirus B19 outbreak was detected in personnel assigned to a surgical area (anesthesiology fellows and an otorhinolaryngology fellow) in a university hospital. The attack rate between susceptible members was higher than previous reports. Diagnosis was determined by polymerase chain reaction for human parvovirus B19 in serum of 1 subject and immunoglobulin M/immunoglobulin G antibody titer in the remaining subjects.