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Respiratory and Coronavirus
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE2) has a multiplicity of physiological roles that revolve around its trivalent function: a negative regulator of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS), facilitator of amino acid transport, and the SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 receptor. ACE2 is widely expressed, including, in the lungs, cardiovascular system, gut, kidneys, central nervous system, and adipose tissue. ACE2 has recently...
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A novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was identified as the cause associated with emerging pneumonia (COVID-19) detected in Wuhan on Jan 7th. Since the number of patients rising rapidly worldwide, COVID-19 has become a throny international public health event. As of Mar 24th, China has cumulatively diagnosed 81747 cases and 147 new cases, while the number of...
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Since December, 2019, an outbreak of pneumonia caused by a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has raised intense attention in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. 1-3 This disease, named COVID-19 by World Health Organization (WHO), spreads rapidly around the country and worldwide. Coronaviruses can infect a variety of livestock, poultry, and humans, in which they can cause respiratory,...
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RESULT Among 187 patients with confirmed COVID-19, 144 patients (77%) were discharged and 43 patients (23%) died. The mean (SD) age was 58.50 (14.66) years. Overall, 66 (35.3%) had underlying CVD including hypertension, coronary heart disease, and cardiomyopathy, and 52 (27.8%) exhibited myocardial injury as indicated by elevated TnT levels. The mortality during hospitalization was...
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The respiratory system (i.e., oral-nasal-laryngeal tract, bronchus, trachea, and alveolar sacs in the lungs) is critical for maintenance of an adequate oxygen supply and excretion of carbon dioxide (CO2). For this purpose, the lung parenchyma has a dense capillary network mediating gaseous exchange. The lung is vulnerable to damage from a variety of causes, including...
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The Surviving Sepsis Campaign panel (ahead of print, DOI: 10.1007/s00134-020-06022-5) recently recommended that “mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19 should be managed similarly to other patients with acute respiratory failure in the ICU.” Yet, COVID-19 pneumonia [1], despite falling in most of the circumstances under the Berlin definition of ARDS [2], is a specific disease, whose...
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Many patients with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) suffer from shortness of breath and severe chest pain. Here we report successful therapy of a patient with diagnosis of COVID-19, severe chest pain and significant shortness of breath, using radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy (rESWT). The latter started seven days after beginning of symptoms and drug therapy...
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