scholarly journals Clinical characteristics and laboratory findings of 252 Chinese patients with anti-phospholipid syndrome: comparison with Euro-Phospholipid cohort

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 599-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Shi ◽  
Jia-lin Teng ◽  
Yue Sun ◽  
Xin-yao Wu ◽  
Qiong-yi Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Chinese Patients ◽  
Laboratory Findings ◽  
Anti Phospholipid Syndrome

scholarly journals COVID-19 outbreak in Jordan: Epidemiological features, clinical characteristics, and laboratory findings

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 103-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaher M. Samrah ◽  
Abdel-Hameed W. Al-Mistarehi ◽  
Ali M. Ibnian ◽  
Liqaa A. Raffee ◽  
Suleiman M. Momany ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Laboratory Findings ◽  
Epidemiological Features

Clinical Features and Prognosis of Adult-onset Still’s Disease: 61 Cases from China

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 1026-1031 ◽  
Author(s):  
TING ZENG ◽  
YU-QIONG ZOU ◽  
MEI-FANG WU ◽  
CHENG-DE YANG
Keyword(s):  
Prognostic Factors ◽  
Clinical Features ◽  
Chinese Patients ◽  
Adult Onset Still’S Disease ◽  
Disease Course ◽  
Adult Onset ◽  
Still’S Disease ◽  
Laboratory Findings ◽  
Still's Disease ◽  
Adult Onset Still's Disease

Objective.To describe the onset, clinical features, prognostic factors, and treatment of adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD) in cases from China.Methods.Sixty-one Chinese patients with AOSD were analyzed retrospectively.Results.Common clinical features were fever (100.0%), rash (88.5%), and arthritis (82.0%). The laboratory findings were as follows: leukocytosis (83.6%), increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate (100.0%), elevated transaminase concentrations (23.0%), elevated ferritin levels (79.6%), negative antinuclear antibody (88.5%), and negative rheumatoid factor (88.5%). Of the 61 patients, 44.3% exhibited a monocyclic disease pattern, 29.5% experienced disease relapse at least once, 16.4% exhibited chronic articular course, and 9.8% died; most deaths were due to pulmonary infection and respiratory failure. Based on the disease course, we divided the 61 patients into 2 groups: those with favorable outcome (cyclic disease course, n = 45) and unfavorable outcome (chronic disease course or death, n = 16). We analyzed the prognostic factors for the 2 groups, and found that pleuritis, interstitial pneumonia, elevated ferritin levels, and failure of fever to subside after 3 days of prednisolone at 1 mg/kg/day were unfavorable prognostic factors for patients with AOSD.Conclusion.Patients with AOSD had complex symptoms with no specific laboratory findings. Our results indicate that AOSD is not a relatively benign disease, especially in cases that are refractory to high doses of prednisone.

Coexistence of moyamoya and Graves’ diseases: The clinical characteristics and treatment effects of 21 Chinese patients

2013 ◽  
Vol 115 (9) ◽  
pp. 1647-1652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Desheng Li ◽  
Weizhong Yang ◽  
Peng Xian ◽  
Peng Liu ◽  
Xiangyang Bao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Treatment Effects ◽  
Chinese Patients

Clinical Characteristics and Genetic Causes of Infantile Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency in Chinese Patients

Pancreas ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (10) ◽  
pp. 1344-1349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziqing Ye ◽  
Ying Zhou ◽  
Ying Huang ◽  
Hua Sun ◽  
Huijun Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Pancreatic Insufficiency ◽  
Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency ◽  
Chinese Patients ◽  
Genetic Causes

scholarly journals Clinical characteristics and quality of life in Chinese patients with multiple system atrophy

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. e01135
Author(s):  
Juan-Juan Du ◽  
Tian Wang ◽  
Pei Huang ◽  
Shishuang Cui ◽  
Chao Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Multiple System Atrophy ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Chinese Patients

scholarly journals Clinical Characteristics and Risk of Diabetic Complications in Data-Driven Clusters Among Type 2 Diabetes

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Xing ◽  
Fangyu Peng ◽  
Qian Liang ◽  
Xiaoshuang Dai ◽  
Junli Ren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Diabetic Complications ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Chinese Patients ◽  
Newly Diagnosed ◽  
Medication Treatment ◽  
Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 ◽  
Age Related

BackgroundThis study aimed to cluster newly diagnosed patients and patients with long-term diabetes and to explore the clinical characteristics, risk of diabetes complications, and medication treatment related to each cluster.Research Design and MethodsK-means clustering analysis was performed on 1,060 Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes based on five variables (HbA1c, age at diagnosis, BMI, HOMA2-IR, and HOMA2-B). The clinical features, risk of diabetic complications, and the utilization of elven types of medications agents related to each cluster were evaluated with the chi-square test and the Tukey–Kramer method.ResultsFour replicable clusters were identified, severe insulin-resistant diabetes (SIRD), severe insulin-deficient diabetes (SIDD), mild obesity-related diabetes (MOD), and mild age-related diabetes (MARD). In terms of clinical characteristics, there were significant differences in blood pressure, renal function, and lipids among clusters. Furthermore, individuals in SIRD had the highest prevalence of stages 2 and 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD) (57%) and diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) (67%), while individuals in SIDD had the highest risk of diabetic retinopathy (32%), albuminuria (31%) and lower extremity arterial disease (LEAD) (13%). Additionally, the difference in medication treatment of clusters were observed in metformin (p = 0.012), α-glucosidase inhibitor (AGI) (p = 0.006), dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitor (DPP-4) (p = 0.017), glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) (p <0.001), insulin (p <0.001), and statins (p = 0.006).ConclusionsThe newly diagnosed patients and patients with long-term diabetes can be consistently clustered into featured clusters. Each cluster had significantly different patient characteristics, risk of diabetic complications, and medication treatment.

scholarly journals Clinical Manifestations of Orbital Involvement in IgG4-Related Disease: A Retrospective Study of 573 Patients

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linyang Gan ◽  
Xuan Luo ◽  
Yunyun Fei ◽  
Linyi Peng ◽  
Jiaxin Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lacrimal Gland ◽  
Clinical Laboratory ◽  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
Chinese Patients ◽  
Laboratory Findings ◽  
Male Predominance ◽  
Orbital Involvement ◽  
Related Disease ◽  
Igg4 Related Disease ◽  
Serum Igg4

Abstract Purpose: To investigate the clinical manifestations of orbital involvement in a large cohort of Chinese patients with IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD). Methods: A total of 573 patients with IgG4-related disease were included. We described and compared the demographic, clinical, laboratory and histopathologic findings from 314 patients with IgG4-related ophthalmic disease (IgG4-ROD) and 259 with extra-ophthalmic IgG4-RD.Results: Male predominance was found significant in extra-ophthalmic IgG4-RD only. Patients with IgG4-ROD showed younger age at diagnosis and longer duration from onset till diagnosis. In patients with extra-ophthalmic IgG4-RD, the most commonly involved extra-ophthalmic organ was pancreas; while in IgG4-ROD patients, salivary gland was most frequently affected. Multivariate analysis exhibited IgG4-ROD was associated with allergy history, higher serum IgG4/IgG ratio, multiple organs involvement and sialoadenitis. Orbital images were reviewed in 173 (55.1%) IgG4-ROD patients. Fifty-one (29.5%) patients had multiple lesions. Lacrimal gland involvement was detected in 151 (87.3%) patients, followed by extraocular muscles (40, 23.1%), other orbital soft tissue (40, 23.1%) and trigeminal nerve (8, 4.6%). Biopsy was performed from various organs in 390 cases. A dense lymphoplasmacytic infiltration and fibrosis were the main feature in orbital specimens. Storiform fibrosis and obliterative phlebitis were absent in lacrimal gland.Conclusions: Lacrimal gland involvement was the most common orbital manifestation of IgG4-ROD. Patients with IgG4-ROD showed different characteristic in demographic, clinical, laboratory findings compared to patients with extra-ophthalmic IgG4-RD. These features might indicate potential differences in the pathogenesis of these two subgroups of IgG4-RD.

scholarly journals Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a Teaching Hospital in Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (08) ◽  
pp. 1059-1065
Author(s):  
Norfazilah Ahmad ◽  
Norzehan Fatimah Mohd Ali ◽  
Azmawati Mohammed Nawi ◽  
Mohd Rohaizat Hassan ◽  
Azimatun Noor Aizuddin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Radiological Investigation ◽  
Laboratory Findings ◽  
Normal Ranges ◽  
Asymptomatic Patients ◽  
Overseas Travel ◽  
Sporadic Cases

Introduction: Information on the clinical characteristics of local patients with confirmed COVID-19 is limited. This study aims to report the clinical characteristics of 147 patients admitted and receiving treatment at a teaching hospital. Methodology: Patients’ socio-demographic and epidemiological data, clinical features, laboratory findings and clinical outcomes were extracted using a data sheet. Results: The median patient age was 25 [interquartile range (IQR)] 20–44) years, and most of patients were male (68.7%) and of Malaysian nationality (88.4%). Almost half of the patients were from a case cluster related to a religious event (48.3%) and 12.9% had a history of overseas travel. A total of 33.3% of patients were not related to any case cluster, i.e. sporadic cases. Radiological investigation showed that 13.6% of the patients had chest X-ray changes and all laboratory parameters were within the normal ranges. Sixty-six patients (44.9%) experienced symptoms. The most common symptoms were rhinitis (66.7%), followed by fever (19.7%) and cough (15.2%). Age, gender, case cluster, comorbidity status, haemoglobin, albumin, total protein, bilirubin total and alkaline phosphatase level were associated with symptomatic status. Conclusions: In this single-centre study, COVID-19 infection led not only to case clusters, but also to sporadic infections, with patients being either symptomatic or asymptomatic. These sporadic cases and asymptomatic patients may hamper effective contact tracing, leading to rapid human-to-human transmission in our population. Future studies on the prevalence and clinical significance of asymptomatic and presymptomatic COVID-19 patients would pre-emptively address issues on further containment of the pandemic.

scholarly journals Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Diabetic COVID-19 patients in Kuwait

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah Alshukry ◽  
Mohammad Bu Abbas ◽  
Yaseen Ali ◽  
Barrak Alahmad ◽  
Abdullah A. Al-Shammari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Clinical Laboratory ◽  
Fasting Blood Glucose ◽  
List Type ◽  
Laboratory Findings ◽  
Reactive Protein ◽  
Patients With Diabetes ◽  
Laboratory Investigations ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Variable Clinical Presentation

AbstractBackgroundCOVID-19 has a highly variable clinical presentation, ranging from asymptomatic to severe respiratory symptoms and death. Diabetes seems to be one of the main comorbidities contributing to a worse COVID-19 outcome.ObjectiveIn here we analyze the clinical characteristics and outcomes of diabetic COVID-19 patients.MethodsIn this single-center, retrospective study of 417 consecutive COVID-19 patients, we analyze and compare disease severity, outcome, associated complications, and clinical laboratory findings between diabetic and non-diabetic COVID-19 patients.ResultsCOVID-19 patients with diabetes had more severe outcomes and higher mortality than non-diabetic COVID-19 patients. Diabetic COVID-19 patients had significantly higher prevalence of comorbidities, such as hypertension. Laboratory investigations also highlighted notably higher levels of C-reactive protein in diabetic COVID019 patients and lower estimated glomerular filtration rate. They also showed a higher incidence of complications.ConclusionDiabetes could be a major contributor to worsening outcomes in COVID-19 patients. Understanding the pathophysiology underlining these findings could provide insight into better management and improved outcome of such cases.Highlights of the StudyA significantly higher proportion of Diabetic COVID-19 patients required admission to the ICU.Higher fasting blood glucose was associated with higher risk of COVID-19 associated mortality.Diabetic COVID-19 patients had significantly higher incidence of complications including sepsis, ARDS, cardiac failure and renal failure.

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