The American journal of the medical sciences
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Editorial Biography Historical Article
The Life and Death of An American Statesman.
John Hay was born in a small mid-western town and sent by his physician father to Brown University for his education. He returned to Springfield IL where he was hired by Abraham Lincoln as a personal secretary and stayed with Lincoln through the assassination. He then returned to private life, married into a wealthy family and developed a successful literary and investment career. ⋯ Limited medical understanding of these matters at the time are reviewed but were then of little benefit. Probably his most effective therapy was rest during weeks of carbonated baths at Bad Nauheim. Hay died suddenly, shortly after arriving home from the last of these trips.
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Letter Case Reports
Talaromyces Marneffei Infection in a HIV-Infected Patient.
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Diagnostic Value of Hematological and Biochemical Parameters Combinations for Predicting Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Suspected Patients.
The severe epidemiologic situation of COVID-19 due to the limited capacity of healthcare systems makes it necessary to improve the hospital management and early identification and stratification of patients. The aim of the study was to explore hematological and biochemical parameters at admission to the hospital as novel early predictors for diagnosis with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among all suspected patients. ⋯ We found two novel predictors with promising predictive capacities for COVID-19 among all suspected patients: ANRI and AMRI. Our findings need to be confirmed in further studies.
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Review Case Reports
Splenic Infarction with Aortic Thrombosis in COVID-19.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been associated with an increased risk of venous and arterial thrombotic disease. Although pulmonary embolism has been the most common thrombotic complication, there have been recent reports of COVID-19-associated large-vessel ischemic stroke, acute upper- and lower-limb ischemia, as well as infarctions of the abdominal viscera, including renal, splenic, and small bowel infarctions. ⋯ The patient was treated clinically with a therapeutic dose of LMWH, followed by warfarin, and eventually presented a favorable outcome. We also present a review of the literature regarding SI in patients with COVID-19.