Publications by authors named "Tehreem Mushtaq"
Article Synopsis
- A study on 350 youths aged 14-25 highlighted a concerning prevalence of eating disorders (42%) and social media addiction (41.7%).
- It found that factors like living alone, smoking, and having a family history of eating disorders significantly increased the risk of developing these issues.
- Additionally, there was a weak positive correlation between social media addiction and eating disorders, especially for conditions like bulimia and food preoccupation, indicating the need for awareness and intervention.
Background: COVID-19 poses a global health challenge with more than 325 million cumulative cases and above 5 million cumulative deaths reported till January 17, 2022, by the World Health Organization. Several potential treatments to treat COVID-19 are under clinical trials including antivirals, steroids, immunomodulators, non-specific IVIG, monoclonal antibodies, and passive immunization through convalescent plasma. The need to produce anti-COVID-19 IVIG therapy must be continued, alongside the current treatment modalities, considering the virus is still mutating into variants of concern.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Hyperimmune anti-COVID-19 Intravenous Immunoglobulin (C-IVIG) is an unexplored therapy amidst the rapidly evolving spectrum of medical therapies for COVID-19 and is expected to counter the three most life-threatening consequences of COVID-19 including lung injury by the virus, cytokine storm and sepsis.
Methods: A single center, phase I/II, randomized controlled, single-blinded trial was conducted at Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan. Participants were COVID-19 infected individuals, classified as either severely or critically ill with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).