The Effect of Statins on Clinical Outcome Among Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19: A Multi-Centric Cohort Study.

The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is caused by SARS-CoV-2, leading to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), thrombotic complications, and myocardial injury. Statins, prescribed for lipid reduction, have anti-inflammatory, anti-thrombotic, and immunomodulatory properties and are associated with reduced mortality rates in COVID-19 patients. Our goal was to investigate the beneficial effects of statins in hospitalized COVID-19 patients admitted to three multi-specialty hospitals in India from 1 June 2020, to 30 April 2021.

The protective role of statins in COVID-19 patients: a retrospective observational study.

Background: To evaluate and determine the protective role of statins in COVID-19 patients.

Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study conducted across five hospitals in India. Patients diagnosed with COVID-19 and hospitalized with existing and valid medical documentation were included.

Anticancer Properties of Different Solvent Extracts of L. Seeds and Whole Fruit and Their Metabolite Profiling Using HPLC and GC-MS.

Honeydew melon ( L.) is an oval-shaped delicious fruit of one cultivar group of the muskmelon with immense nutritional importance and is extensively consumed by many tropical countries. The effect of various organic solvents on the recovery of phytochemicals from honeydew melon plant fruits and seeds was assessed.

Anticancer and Antibacterial Activities of Silver Nanoparticles (AgNPs) Synthesized from L.

The current investigation reports the structural and biological evaluation of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) biosynthesized from the pericarp extract of L. (muskmelon). The AgNPs were characterized by ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectrophotometry, XRD (X-ray diffraction), SEM (scanning electron microscopy) and EDAX (energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy).

Green synthesis of chitosan-cinnamaldehyde cross-linked nanoparticles: Characterization and antibacterial activity.

Traditional method of chitosan (naturally available abundant biopolymer) nanoparticles synthesis is the ionic cross-linking between chitosan and say, sodium tri-polyphosphate (TPP). These nanoparticles are structurally less stable and are basically obtained viaconversion of chitosan, a pure bio-based material, into a hybrid structure of biopolymer and a synthetic chemical. The present work reports a novel attempt to synthesize antimicrobial chitosan nanoparticles by chemical cross-linking with cinnamaldehyde, another eco-friendly bactericidal agent.

Refractive and Visual Outcomes of Different Intraocular Lenses with Femtosecond Laser Cataract Surgery: The Expectation of Independence from Spectacles.

Purpose: To evaluate the visual performance of different types of intraocular lens (IOL) in eyes submitted to femtosecond laser (FSL) cataract surgery and to analyze whether this technology could result in spectacles independence.

Design: Retrospective comparative case series.

Methods: Consecutive eyes that were scheduled for FSL cataract surgery were included in this study.

Retrochop technique for rock-hard cataracts.

Unlabelled: We describe a recently developed chopper, the retrochopper, and a technique for managing black and brunescent cataracts. The technique enables the surgeon to effectively disassemble the nucleus and perform a safe procedure with a short learning curve.

Financial Disclosure: No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

[Use of telemedicine technology as a strategy to promote health care of riverside communities in the Amazon: experience with interdisciplinary work, integrating NHS guidelines].

This article aims at presenting an experience of professional and medical assistance education using telemedicine as a technology for the promotion and prevention in health care as well as professional qualification of the riverside population living in the margins of Madeira river, in the State of Rondônia. This project comprised a small pole of the telemedicine in the community of Santa Catarina, located by Madeira river, 200 km from the city of Porto Velho, Rondônia State. Field experience was performed between July 17 and 31, 2006, promoting the inclusion of inhabitants of nine riverside communities.

Evidence for a novel state of superconductivity in noncentrosymmetric CePt3Si: a 195Pt-NMR study.

We report on novel antiferromagnetic (AFM) and superconducting (SC) properties of noncentrosymmetric CePt3Si through measurements of the 195Pt nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T(1). In the normal state, the temperature (T) dependence of 1/T(1) unraveled the existence of low-lying levels in crystal-electric-field multiplets and the formation of a heavy-fermion (HF) state. The coexistence of AFM and SC phases that emerge at T(N)=2.

Evidence for unconventional strong-coupling superconductivity in PrOs4Sb12: an Sb nuclear quadrupole resonance study.

We report Sb-NQR results which evidence a heavy-fermion (HF) behavior and an unconventional superconducting (SC) property in Pr(Os4Sb12 with T(c)=1.85 K. The temperature (T) dependence of nuclear-spin-lattice-relaxation rate, 1/T(1), and NQR frequency unravel a low-lying crystal-electric-field splitting below T0 approximately 10 K, associated with Pr3+(4f(2))-derived ground state.

Avoiding an overdiagnosis of pancreatic pseudocysts.

Background/aims: Thirty-six cases of pancreatic pseudocysts were retrospectively analyzed, to evaluate the clinical features of the pseudocysts which could not be differentiated from the neoplastic cysts until laparotomy.

Methodology: Thirty-one out of 36 cases were diagnosed correctly to be a pseudocyst, in which 10 cases (32.3%) were treated by surgery.

Surgical treatment of a sigmoid volvulus associated with megacolon: report of a case.

Sigmoid volvulus occurring concomitantly with megacolon is an uncommon cause of bowel obstruction, and various approaches to treatment have been proposed. We report herein a case of sigmoid volvulus with megacolon that was successfully treated by elective surgery following endoscopic reduction during the same hospital stay. A 70-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with abdominal pain, distension, and severe constipation.