Medicina clinica
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The purpose of our study was to assess organ function in 102 patients with severe COVID-19 infections, using retrospective clinical analysis. ⋯ The results showed that there were different degrees of damage to the liver, kidneys, blood coagulation, and heart function in the non-survival group. In addition, PLT, AST, BUN, CR, D-Dimer, PT, FIB, F VIII:C, CK-MB, CK, and LDH had value in evaluating disease prognosis.
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Case Reports
Covid-19 mortality in cancer patients in a Madrid hospital during the first 3 weeks of the epidemic.
The covid-19 pandemic especially affects cancer patients with higher incidence and mortality according to published series of original pandemic foci. The study aims to determine the mortality in our center due to covid-19 in cancer patients during the first 3 weeks of the epidemic. ⋯ Covid-19 mortality in cancer patients is almost four times higher than that of the general population. Until we have effective treatments or an effective vaccine, the only possibility to protect our patients is to prevent the infection with the appropriate measures.
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In 1979 Bayés de Luna described interatrial blocks (IAB). Following the same principle of classification of blocks in other structures of the heart, he divided them into first (partial IAB), second (atrial aberrancy) and third degree (advanced IAB). Atypical forms of these blocks were recently described. ⋯ The association between IAB, mainly those of advanced grade, and atrial tachyarrhythmias is already constituted science, and is referred to by the medical community as Bayés syndrome. IABs are also associated with the occurrence of ischaemic stroke and recurrence of atrial fibrillation in several scenarios. This review presents classical aspects and sheds light on the interpretation of this electrocardiographic pattern in clinical practice.