Publications by authors named "Rajendar Garlapati"
Background: Patients presenting with chest pain represent a large proportion of attendances to emergency departments. In these patients clinicians often consider the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the timely recognition and treatment of which is clinically important. Clinical prediction models (CPMs) have been used to enhance early diagnosis of AMI.
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- The study investigated whether azithromycin could help reduce hospital admissions for patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, given its antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties.
- Conducted in the UK with 298 participants, the trial randomly assigned patients to receive either azithromycin plus standard care or standard care alone.
- Results indicated that adding azithromycin did not significantly decrease the risk of hospital admission or death compared to standard care, with similar outcomes for both groups.
In December of 2019, an emergence of a new type of pneumonia resulted in a pandemic. To prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), governments worldwide introduced a multitude of restrictions and preventative measures, including national lockdowns. Previous studies reported the clinical characteristics and epidemiology of the disease.
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