Analysis of inflammatory parameters and disease severity for 88 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Wuhan, China.

The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is quickly turning into a pandemic. We aimed to further clarify the clinical characteristics and the relationship between these features and disease severity. In this retrospective single-center study, demographic, clinical and laboratory data were collected and analyzed among moderate, severe and critically ill group patients.

Hepatotoxic constituents and toxicological mechanism of Xanthium strumarium L. fruits.

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: In the recent years, the international community has attached increasing importance to possible toxicity associated with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). And hepatotoxicity is one of the major concerns, a fundamental pathological process induced by toxicant. This paper is in an attempt to identify the hepatotoxic components in Xanthium strumarium L.

[The risk predictive value of high sensitivity C-reactive protein level for new hemorrhagic stroke events].

Objective: To study the risk prediction for new intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) with high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) level.

Methods: In a retrospective, nested, case-controlled study, 323 cases of ICH were identified and matched with 646 controls. The hs-CRP levels at baseline were compared between the two groups.