Publications by authors named "S Porubcin"
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- The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has resulted in over 7 million deaths globally, mainly due to viral pneumonia, highlighting the need to identify risk factors for mortality to enable early patient intervention.
- A retrospective study of 299 patients with PCR-confirmed COVID-19 pneumonia in Slovakia identified key risk factors for increased mortality, including age over 60, specific lymphocyte counts, and elevated inflammatory markers.
- The findings confirm that these identified risk factors are significantly linked to patient deaths from viral pneumonia, underscoring their importance in clinical settings.
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults (MIS-A) is an uncommon but severe and still understudied post-infectious complication of COVID-19. Clinically, the disease manifests itself most often 2-6 weeks after overcoming the infection. Young and middle-aged patients are especially affected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpontaneous pneumothorax is a serious and life-threatening complication of SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia. It most commonly occurs during the acute phase of the disease in patients with pre-existing lung disease (e.g.
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- The article discusses the treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia, post-SARS-CoV-2 infection, in a young pregnant patient using imipenem, a last-resort antibiotic.
- It highlights the addition of relebactam, a new b-lactamase inhibitor, to enhance the effectiveness of imipenem.
- The introduction outlines how the antibiotic works, its range of effectiveness, and the appropriate dosage for treatment.
Objectives: This work aimed to determine the representation and resistance of bacteria belonging to the genus Staphylococcus and Enterococcus on inanimate surfaces of two selected workplaces of the University Hospital of L. Pasteur in Košice (UHLP) and to investigate their importance in the hospital environment. The men's ward of the Department of Internal Medicine (DIM) and the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (DAIC) were chosen.
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