著者
Shivdas Naik Soumendra Nath Haldar Manish Soneja Netto George Mundadan Prerna Garg Ankit Mittal Devashish Desai Praveen Kumar Trilangi Sayan Chakraborty Nazneen Nahar Begam Bisakh Bhattacharya Ganesh Maher Niranjan Mahishi Chaithra Rajanna Swasthi S Kumar Bharathi Arunan J Kirtana Ankesh Gupta Diksha Patidar Parul Kodan Prayas Sethi Animesh Ray Pankaj Jorwal Arvind Kumar Neeraj Nischal Sanjeev Sinha Ashutosh Biswas Naveet Wig
出版者
International Research and Cooperation Association for Bio & Socio-Sciences Advancement
雑誌
Drug Discoveries & Therapeutics (ISSN:18817831)
巻号頁・発行日
pp.2021.01093, (Released:2021-10-30)
参考文献数
26
被引用文献数
83

Post COVID-19 sequelae are a constellation of symptoms often reported after recovering from COVID-19. There is a need to better understand the clinical spectrum and long-term course of this clinical entity. The aim of this study is to describe the clinical features and risk factors of post COVID-19 sequelae in the North Indian population. This prospective observational study was conducted at a tertiary healthcare centre in Northern India between October 2020 and February 2021. Patients aged >18 years with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 were recruited after at least two weeks of diagnosis, and details were captured. A total of 1234 patients were recruited and followed up for a median duration of 91 days (IQR: 45-181 days). Among them, 495 (40.1%) had persistent symptoms post-discharge or recovery. In 223 (18.1%) patients, the symptoms resolved within four weeks; 150 (12.1%) patients had symptoms till 12 weeks, and 122 (9.9%) patients had symptoms beyond 12 weeks of diagnosis/symptom-onset of COVID-19. Most common symptoms included myalgia (10.9%), fatigue (5.5%), shortness of breath (6.1%), cough (2.1%), insomnia (1.4%), mood disturbances (0.48%) and anxiety (0.6%). Patients who were hospitalized were more likely to report fatigue as a feature of long COVID. Hypothyroidism (OR: 4.13, 95% CI: 2.2-7.6, p-value < 0.001) and hypoxia (SpO2 ≤ 93%) (OR: 1.7, 95% CI: 1.1-2.4, p-value 0.012) were identified as risk factors for long COVID sequelae. In conclusion, long COVID symptoms were common (22%), and 9.9% had the post COVID-19 syndrome. Myalgias, fatigue and dyspnoea were common symptoms. Patients with hypothyroidism and hypoxia during acute illness were at higher risk of long COVID.
著者
Shivdas Naik Soumendra Nath Haldar Manish Soneja Netto George Mundadan Prerna Garg Ankit Mittal Devashish Desai Praveen Kumar Trilangi Sayan Chakraborty Nazneen Nahar Begam Bisakh Bhattacharya Ganesh Maher Niranjan Mahishi Chaithra Rajanna Swasthi S Kumar Bharathi Arunan J Kirtana Ankesh Gupta Diksha Patidar Parul Kodan Prayas Sethi Animesh Ray Pankaj Jorwal Arvind Kumar Neeraj Nischal Sanjeev Sinha Ashutosh Biswas Naveet Wig
出版者
International Research and Cooperation Association for Bio & Socio-Sciences Advancement
雑誌
Drug Discoveries & Therapeutics (ISSN:18817831)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.15, no.5, pp.254-260, 2021-10-31 (Released:2021-11-21)
参考文献数
26
被引用文献数
83

Post COVID-19 sequelae are a constellation of symptoms often reported after recovering from COVID-19. There is a need to better understand the clinical spectrum and long-term course of this clinical entity. The aim of this study is to describe the clinical features and risk factors of post COVID-19 sequelae in the North Indian population. This prospective observational study was conducted at a tertiary healthcare centre in Northern India between October 2020 and February 2021. Patients aged >18 years with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 were recruited after at least two weeks of diagnosis, and details were captured. A total of 1234 patients were recruited and followed up for a median duration of 91 days (IQR: 45-181 days). Among them, 495 (40.1%) had persistent symptoms post-discharge or recovery. In 223 (18.1%) patients, the symptoms resolved within four weeks; 150 (12.1%) patients had symptoms till 12 weeks, and 122 (9.9%) patients had symptoms beyond 12 weeks of diagnosis/symptom-onset of COVID-19. Most common symptoms included myalgia (10.9%), fatigue (5.5%), shortness of breath (6.1%), cough (2.1%), insomnia (1.4%), mood disturbances (0.48%) and anxiety (0.6%). Patients who were hospitalized were more likely to report fatigue as a feature of long COVID. Hypothyroidism (OR: 4.13, 95% CI: 2.2-7.6, p-value < 0.001) and hypoxia (SpO2 ≤ 93%) (OR: 1.7, 95% CI: 1.1-2.4, p-value 0.012) were identified as risk factors for long COVID sequelae. In conclusion, long COVID symptoms were common (22%), and 9.9% had the post COVID-19 syndrome. Myalgias, fatigue and dyspnoea were common symptoms. Patients with hypothyroidism and hypoxia during acute illness were at higher risk of long COVID.
著者
Talakola Naveen Ashutosh Biswas Naveet Wig Manish Soneja Pankaj Jorwal Chitikela Sindhura Durga Paras Singla Charusmita Chaudhary Upendra Baitha
出版者
International Research and Cooperation Association for Bio & Socio-Sciences Advancement
雑誌
Drug Discoveries & Therapeutics (ISSN:18817831)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.13, no.1, pp.59-61, 2019-02-28 (Released:2019-03-16)
参考文献数
7
被引用文献数
1

Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a form of primary hyperlipoproteinemia characterized by the presence of high concentrations of serum low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, increased tendency to form xanthomas and early onset of coronary artery disease. This disease is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by defects in the gene that encode for the LDL receptor. Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia is a rare occurrence and here we report a case of an 18-year-old girl with familial hypercholesterolemia treated with anti-lipidemic drugs and controlled only with LDL apheresis. The patient expired after 3 months highlighting the difficulties in management due to economic constraints in a resource limited setting in spite of availability of effective therapy.
著者
Manasvini Bhatt Manish Soneja Farhan Fazal Surabhi Vyas Prabhat Kumar Pankaj Jorwal Upendra Raj Janya Sachdev Gagandeep Singh Immaculata Xess Shah Alam Ashutosh Biswas
出版者
International Research and Cooperation Association for Bio & Socio-Sciences Advancement
雑誌
Drug Discoveries & Therapeutics (ISSN:18817831)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.12, no.6, pp.374-378, 2018-12-31 (Released:2019-01-24)
参考文献数
14
被引用文献数
2 8

Mucormycosis is an uncommon aggressive fungal infection usually seen in immunocompromised hosts or patients with burns and trauma. The common presentations include rhino-orbital-cerebral and pulmonary involvement. Osteoarticular involvement is a rare presentation of this disease. We present two cases of osteoarticular mucormycosis of pelvis and long bones of the lower limb, one in a patient with burn injury and other one in a patient with chronic granulomatous disease, hitherto a rarely reported association. Delayed diagnosis in a setting where tuberculosis is a common cause of chronic osteomyelitis, challenges in medical and surgical management of these patients are discussed in this report.