Emergency medicine
Prognostic value of intensive care scores concerning the prediction of 30-day mortality in COVID-19

Navid Kalani; Masoud Tavasolian; Khaterh Dehghani; Seyed Reza Mousavi; Erfan Ghanbarzadeh; Masihallah Shakeri; Elahe Rahmanian; Poorya Aryanpoor; Naser Hatami; Zhila Rahmanian; Samaneh Abiri

Volume 9, Issue 1 , January 2023, , Pages 19-24

Abstract
  Objective: The goal of our study was to determine the prognostic value of CURB-65,Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA), pneumonia severity index (PSI), MuLBSTA,and Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II upon admission inpatients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19, as well ...  Read More

Emergency medicine
Post-traumatic growth and perceived social support in young adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic

Khadigesadat Kazemi; Hooman Esfahani; Hadis Amiri; Asghar Tavan; Hojjat Farahmandnia

Volume 9, Issue 1 , January 2023, , Pages 38-43

Abstract
  Objectives: Pandemics would certainly have a negative impact on mental health. Positivemodifications as well as negative alterations have been documented in earlier viralpandemic according to previous investigations. Teenagers face a variety of challengesduring adolescence. Adolescents may become more ...  Read More

Infectious disease
The importance of considering rhabdomyolysis as the underlying cause of myalgia in patients with COVID-19: A case report

Zahra Rezaie; Shima Heidari; Ahmad Salimzadeh; Fatemeh Sadat Pirooz; Farhad Najmeddin

Volume 9, Issue 1 , January 2023, , Pages 66-71

Abstract
  Objective: Since the identification and spread of the novel coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) in December 2019, respiratory presentations have been introduced as themain symptoms of this new type of viral disease; however, the extra-pulmonary featuresare raising awareness for researchers due to the ...  Read More

Infectious disease
Final triage methods to decide on home-isolation versus hospitalization in COVID-19 pandemic: a challenge for clinicians

Mojtaba Miladinia; Farhad Abolnezhadian; Joachim G. Voss; Kourosh Zarea; Naser Hatamzadeh; Mandana Ghanavati

Volume 8, Issue 2 , July 2022, , Pages 90-94

Abstract
  Objective: Final patient triage determines which patients can be home-isolated andwhich patients require hospitalization on the basis to predict the patient’s prognosismost accurately. Final triage is an important link in the clinical management chain of thecoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, ...  Read More

Infectious disease
Risk factors, clinical, and laboratory characteristics of patients with a diagnosis of COVID-19

Abbas Edalatkhah; Fateme Samadi Khorshidi; Hamidreza Mohammadi; Razieh Hassannejad; Faezeh Jafari; Mohammad Lame; Amirhossein Zarepur; Ehsan Zarepur

Volume 8, Issue 2 , July 2022, , Pages 115-121

Abstract
  Objective: An outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) occurred in late 2019. A better understanding of this disease will help us in preventing and managing it. This study evaluated the risk factors and clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients admitted to Shahid Sadoughi hospital in ...  Read More

Emergency medicine
Interleukin-6 blockade and cytokine release syndrome in coronavirus disease of 2019: Is that a lot? Thoughts from the emergency department

Sadaf Sheikh

Volume 7, Issue 2 , July 2021, , Pages 80-81

Abstract
  Interleukin-6 is pro-inflammatory cytokine which plays a role in cytokine storm and brought into notice with corona virus disease of 2019. Lymphopenia and dysregulated immune response were seen in the critically ill patients of corona virus disease of 2019. IL-6 inhibitors were proposed as a treatment ...  Read More

Infectious disease
SARS-CoV-2 and its dynamic impact on emergency department preparedness and management

Sohil Pothiawala

Volume 6, Issue 2 , July 2020, , Pages 102-108

Abstract
  Introduction: Emerging viral diseases (EVDs) pose a significant threat to public health. There have been a few viral epidemics in the last two decades. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is now a global pandemic.Objective: To provide emergency physicians an update on severe acute respiratory syndrome ...  Read More