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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department visits: experience of a...
Souza Jr,José Leão de; Teich,Vanessa Damazio; Dantas,Anna Carolina Batista; Malheiro,Daniel Tavares; Oliveira,Marcio Aparecido deABSTRACT Objective To analyze the impact of COVID-19 on emergency department metrics at a large tertiary reference hospital in Brazil. Methods A retrospective analysis of consecutive emergency department visits, from January 1, 2020, to November 21, 2020, was performed and compared to the corresponding time frame in 2018 and 2019. The volume of visits and patients’ demographic and clinic characteristics were co...
Epidemiologic and clinical features of patients with COVID-19 in Brazil
Teich,Vanessa Damazio; Klajner,Sidney; Almeida,Felipe Augusto Santiago de; Dantas,Anna Carolina Batista; Laselva,Claudia ReginaABSTRACT Objective This study describes epidemiological and clinical features of patients with confirmed infection by SARS-CoV-2 diagnosed and treated at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein , which admitted the first patients with this condition in Brazil. Methods In this retrospective, single-center study, we included all laboratory confirmed COVID-19 cases at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein , São Paulo, Bra...
Protective effect of simvastatin in the cyclophosphamide-induced hemohrragic cy...
Dantas,Anna Carolina Batista; Batista-Júnior,Francisco Fábio de Araújo; Macedo,Larissa Freitas; Mendes,Mariana Noronha Castro; Azevedo,Ítalo MedeirosPURPOSE: Cyclophosphamide (CYP) is an antineoplastic agent used for the treatment of many neoplastic and inflammatory diseases. Hemorrhagic cystitis is a frequent side effect of CYP. Several studies show that simvastatin has important pleiotropic (anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory) effects. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of simvastatin on bladder, ureter and kidney injury caused by ...