Publications by authors named "S Elmechtani"

Background: COVID-19 is a true global pandemic since March 2020, and it is responsible in the majority of patients mild symptoms; however, a small number of patients progress to the severe form with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and some of them progress to the very severe form which can be fatal when it comes to multiorgan failure. Thus, it is important to identify as early as possible patients at high risk of progressing to severe forms requiring early and specialized management in order to reduce mortality.

Methods: Our five-month retrospective study (May 2020 - October 2020) included 300 SARS-CoV-2 patients confirmed by RT-PCR and hospitalized in the Infectious and Tropical Diseases Center (CMIT), and in the Intensive Care Unit of the Military Hospital of instructions Mohamed V of Rabat (Morocco).

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This transversal case study aimed at drawing the biological profile of sensitized patients consulting for respiratory allergies at Mohamed V Military Hospital-Rabat. One hundred four patients were included in the case study, who have benefitted from specialized medical consultation and those who came to the biochemistry laboratory holding a medical check-up prescription for allergy (NFS and biochemical check-up). The biochemical analysis were made up of TMA Phadiatop(®), correct proportioning of specific IgE serum, and complete IgE.

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We report the case of a 70 years old patient hospitalized for renal insufficiency and deterioration of the general state. The electrophoresis of serum proteins on freezing of agarose reveals the presence of a discrete peak of monoclonal pace on the level of the gammaglobulines identified by serum immunofixation like IgM of the kappa type. The research of the cryoglobulinemia carried out in a laboratory of city was made positive and typified like a monoclonal cryoglobulinemia IgM kappa, thus directing the diagnosis towards a disease of Waldenström.

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