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General Objective: To determine the frequency of COVID-19 in pregnant and postpartum women admitted with flu syndrome, to evaluate the clinical and laboratory predictors of COVID-19 progression and to identify the factors associated with adverse maternal and perinatal / neonatal outcomes in six

Design: Retrospective cohort study that will review the data of patients seen in participating centers with a confirmed or probable diagnosis of COVID-19 between March and April 2020. Those patients who test positive for nasopharyngeal exudate for SARS-CoV-2 will be considered a confirmed case using

AIMS OF STUDY The aim of this study is to investigate whether ingestion of curcumin will prevent hepatic insulin resistance (assessed by homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR)) induced by short-term oral glucocorticoid (prednisolone) administration in overweight and obese

This cross-sectional study was conducted on employees working for the Benha University Hospitals, Qalubeyia Governorate, Egypt. The study population comprised both male and female employees (20 to 60 years old) with no history of viral hepatitis(HBV,HCV) and autoimmune-liver diseases such as primary

The sample size was selected based on the number of obese patients who underwent SG at our Bariatric Center of Excellence IFSO-EC over the last 12 months, and the end-time of evaluation was estimated independently due to the lack of high evidence-based studies, such as randomized trials or

Over one million infants are born to HIV-1-infected women every year in Sub Saharan Africa. In Zimbabwe, annual births stand at 379,000 with approximately 48,000 infants being born every year to HIV-1-infected women on lifelong highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Concerns have been

The prevalence of obesity is increasing worldwide. Obesity and its associated complications represent an enormous burden for obese individuals, their families, healthcare systems and societies. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has emerged as a frequent and serious complication of obesity.

1. Introduction: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is one of the major causes of chronic morbidity and mortality throughout the world . Many people suffer from the disease for years and die too early from its complications. COPD is the fourth leading cause of death in adults of United

The primary aims of the pilot study are to streamline the infrastructure, machinery, and clinical experience with the balloon before the start of the randomized trial. The inclusion and exclusion criteria, and measurement points will be similar for the two studies. The primary endpoints of the pilot

Obese children have a higher incidence of vitamin D deficiency (VDD), which resulted from unhealthy life style such as less time outdoors, more sedentary time, imbalance of dietary intake. Adipose tissue is the storage position of vitamin D, and the storage formation include 25-OHD2 and 25-OHD3.

In this randomized clinical trial (RCT) will include adult outpatients linked to the Gastroenterology Service of the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (Hospital of Clinics of Porto Alegre-HCPA) -Brazil with diagnosis of NAFLD confirmed by biopsy and transient elastography. Patients who are

Bowel cancer, or colorectal cancer (CRC), is the second most common cancer affecting both men and women in England. The majority of CRCs develop from a pre-cancerous type of growth in the bowel called an adenoma. Detecting and removing these adenomas is important in reducing CRC risk. A study which

Study design: A single-center pilot open-label randomized control trial. Population: The study will comprise a total of 60 subjects of both sexes, with pubertal stage ≥ 3 according to the Tanner stage, obese according to the IOTF criteria (International Obesity Task Force), diet naïve or with

Study design: A single-center pilot open-label randomized control trial. Population: The study will comprise a total of 100 subjects of both sexes, between 6 and 18 years of age, obese, according to the IOTF criteria and with visceral adiposity, as waist circumference ≥ 90th percentile, pubertal