Publications by authors named "Raymundo David Valdez-Echeverria"
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- Sarcopenia, a condition marked by muscle loss and weakness due to aging, is prevalent in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), particularly influenced by chronic inflammation, leading to various health risks.
- A study with 165 women diagnosed the prevalence of sarcopenia at 15.8%, revealing that patients with sarcopenia were older and had significantly longer disease duration than those without it.
- Inflammatory markers, specifically IL-1α, IL-6, and TNFβ, were found at higher levels in women with sarcopenia, suggesting that inflammation plays a critical role in the muscle deterioration process in RA patients.
Background: The safety and efficacy data of the different types of available vaccines is still needed. The goal of the present analysis was to evaluate the humoral response to the COVID-19 vaccines in orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) recipients.
Methods: Participants were included from February to September 2021.
SARS-CoV-2 Infection Rate in Patients With Cancer and Health Care Workers in a Chemoradiotherapy Unit During the Pandemic: A Prospective Cohort in Mexico.
Monica Isabel Meneses-Medina Jorge Humberto Hernandez-Felix Luis Guillermo Anaya-Sánchez Ana Karen Valenzuela-Vidales Vanessa Rosas-Camargo Raymundo David Valdez-Echeverria
JCO Glob Oncol
September 2021
Purpose: Cancer treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic represents a challenge. Hospital visits to receive treatment and interaction with health care workers (HCW) represent potential contagious events. We aimed to determine SARS-CoV-2 infection rate among patients with cancer and HCW of a chemoradiotherapy unit localized in a center designated as a COVID-19 priority facility in Mexico City.
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