Publications by authors named "Mustafa İsmet Zeren"
Introduction: Studies have shown that iron metabolism is affected by coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19), which has spread worldwide and has become a global health problem. Our study aimed to evaluate the relationship between COVID-19 and serum erythropoietin (EPO), hepcidin, and haptoglobin (Hpt) levels with disease severity, and other biochemical values.
Methods: Fifty nine COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU) and wards in our hospital between March and June 2020 and 19 healthy volunteers were included in the study.
Left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LVGLS) from two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography (2D-STE) provides a more accurate estimation of subclinical myocardial dysfunction. In patients with COVID-19, elevated high sensitive troponin (hs-TnI) levels are frequent independent from the underlying cardiovascular disease. However, the relationship between high troponin levels and LVGLS in such patients remains unknown.
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- The modified CHA2DS2VASC (M-CHA2DS2VASc) risk score incorporates factors predictive of COVID-19 outcomes, suggesting it may better predict in-hospital mortality than traditional markers like troponin levels and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR).
- A study involving 694 hospitalized COVID-19 patients divided them into three risk groups based on their M-CHA2DS2VASc scores, showing a clear correlation between higher scores and increased rates of negative clinical outcomes, including mortality.
- The analysis confirmed that M-CHA2DS2VASc was an independent predictor of mortality and outperformed the traditional CHA2DS2VASC score, making it a potentially valuable tool for early risk assessment