Original Article

Gender Differences in Hospital Outcomes among COVID-19 Hospitalizations

Objectives: Many epidemiological studies have shown that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disproportionately affects males, compared with females, although other studies show that there were no such differences. The aim of the present study was to assess differences in the prevalence of hospitalizations and in-hospital outcomes between the sexes, using a…

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Review Article

Atrial Fibrillation and Cardiovascular Risk Assessment among COVID-19 Patients Using Different Scores

Since the advent of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 in December 2019, millions of people have been infected and succumbed to death because of this deadly virus. Cardiovascular complications such as thromboembolism and arrhythmia are predominant causes of morbidity and mortality. Different scores previously used for atrial fibrillation (AF) identification or…

Posted in: Atrial Fibrillation 13 COVID-19 55 in-hospital mortality 3 thromboembolism 7

Original Article

CME Article: Value of Troponin in Predicting Hospital Mortality of Older Adult Patients without Suspected Acute Coronary Syndromes

Objectives: Some authors have recommended troponin measurement to stratify patient mortality risk, but it is unclear whether troponin values add to age and routine admission laboratory tests in the prediction of in-hospital mortality of older adult patients without suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The aim of our study was to…

Posted in: acute care 2 in-hospital mortality 3 prediction 3 troponin 8
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