The Influence of Climate on Critically Ill Pregnant COVID-19 Patients, as Revealed by the Inflammation Indexes, in Spring versus Autumn 2021 Infection

Filip, Catalina; Covali, Roxana; Socolov, Demetra; Akad, Mona; Carauleanu, Alexandru; Vasilache, Ingrid Andrada; Scripcariu, Ioana Sadyie; Pavaleanu, Ioana; Dumachita-Sargu, Gabriela; Butureanu, Tudor; Boiculese, Lucian Vasile; Melinte, Alina; Socolov, Razvan

doi:10.12680/balneo.2023.571

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“…IIC= mean corpuscular volume x width of erythrocyte distribution x number of neutrophils/one thousand times the number of lymphocytes. NLPR= neutrophils/ (number of lymphocytes x number of platelets) [37].…”

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Inflammation Indexes PLR, SII, AISI, MLR, NLPR and MCVL in Peripartum Treated Thrombophilia Patients Undergoing Cesarean Section at Term-STROBE Compliant

Filip,

Covali,

Socolov

et al. 2024

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(1) Background: Thrombophilia is a tendency towards hypercoagulability, and it is increased by pregnancy, peaking around delivery. Research question: does thrombophilia stimulate the in-flammatory state of the patient, already suppressed by pregnancy? (2) Methods: Eighty thrombo-philia patients admitted for delivery between 1/10/2017 and 1/12/2021 were prospectively stud-ied, together with eighty age- and para-matched control patients. Patients were admitted for de-livery at term by means of cesarean section. The inflammation indexes from the complete blood count values analysis during both the 24 hours before and after labor—extracted from the hospi-tal’s medical records—were calculated and then correlated with uterine involution. (3) Results: Except for the PLR, most of the numerous inflammation indexes studied were not significantly different in treated thrombophilia patients, before and after delivery, compared to non-thrombophilia patients. Only when we split the patients, based on the uterine haematometra in the first 24-48 hours postpartum, we found out that the few treated thrombophilia patients with haematometra (14 with haematometra out of 79 with treated thrombophilia) had elevated SII and AISI antepartum. In pregnant patients treated for thrombophilia, MLR is higher in pa-tients without the Rh factor than in those with the Rh factor. In non-thrombophilia patients, MCVL and NLPR increased with age and before labor, while SII and AISI increased with age postpartum. (4) Conclusions: Thrombophilia did not stimulate the inflammatory state of the pa-tient, already suppressed by pregnancy.

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Inflammation Indexes PLR, SII, AISI, MLR, NLPR and MCVL in Peripartum Treated Thrombophilia Patients Undergoing Cesarean Section at Term-STROBE Compliant

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Covali,

Socolov

et al. 2024

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“…IIC= mean corpuscular volume x width of erythrocyte distribution x number of neutrophils/one thousand times the number of lymphocytes. [25] We performed the blood analysis using MAN-HEMATO Laboratory Equipment. We performed the data analysis via SPSS version 18 (PASW Statistics for Windows, Chicago: SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA).…”

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Inflammation Indexes PLR, SII, AISI, MLR, and MCVL in Peripartum Treated Thrombophilia Peripartum Patients Undergoing Cesarean Section at Term

Filip,

Covali,

Socolov

et al. 2023

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(1) Background: Thrombophilia is a tendency towards hypercoagulability, and it is increased by pregnancy, and peaking around delivery.; (2) Methods: 80 Eighty thrombophilia patients admitted for delivery between 1/10/2017 and 1/12/2021 were prospectively studied, together with 80 eighty age- and para-matched control patients. Patients were admitted for delivery at term by means of cesarean section. The inflammation indexes from the complete blood count values analysis, in during both the 24 hours before and the 24 hours after labor—, extracted from the hospital’s medical records—, were calculated, and then correlated with uterine involution.; (3) Results: In pregnant patients treated for thrombophilia patients, the patients who did not manage to have close their uterine cavity closed with in the first 24-48 hours had significantly higher SII and AISI inflammation indexes SII and AISI , than the onesthose who did manage to have their uterine cavity closed their uterine cavity. In pregnant patients treated for thrombophilia patients, MLR is higher in patients without the Rh factor than in those with the Rh factor. In non-thrombophilia patients, PLR was significantly higher as compared to treated thrombophilia patients. In non-thrombophilia patients, MCVL increased with age and, before labor, while SII and AISI increased with age, postpartum. ; (4) Conclusions: There may be an underlying inflammation state that persisted despite treatment in some pregnant thrombophilia pregnant patients.

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Unraveling the Impact of COVID-19 on Rheumatoid Arthritis: Insights from Two Romanian Hospitals—Preliminary Results

Vlădulescu-Trandafir,

Onose,

Munteanu

et al. 2024

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Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are at heightened risk of Coronavirus Disease—19 (COVID-19) complications due to immune dysregulation, chronic inflammation, and treatment with immunosuppressive therapies. This study aims to characterize the clinical and laboratory parameters of RA patients diagnosed with COVID-19, identify predictive risk factors for severe forms of this infection for RA patients, and determine if any RA immunosuppressive therapy is associated with worse COVID-19 outcomes. Methods: A retrospective observational case-control study included 86 cases (43 diagnosed with RA and 43 cases without any inflammatory or autoimmune disease) that suffered from SARS-CoV-2 in two Romanian hospitals between March 2020 and February 2024. Data on demographics, RA disease characteristics, COVID-19 severity, treatment regimens, and outcomes were analyzed. Results: RA patients exhibited a distinct symptom profile compared to non-RA controls, with higher incidences of neurological, musculoskeletal, and gastrointestinal symptoms, while the control group showed more respiratory and systemic manifestations. Severe COVID-19 is correlated with age and laboratory markers like erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), leucocytes, neutrophils, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), serum creatinine, and urea. Additionally, RA treatments, particularly rituximab (RTX), were associated with more severe COVID-19 outcomes (but with no statistical significance), potentially due to the advanced disease stage and comorbidities in these patients. Post-infection, a significant number of RA patients experienced disease flares, necessitating adjustments in their treatment regimens. Conclusions: This study underscores the complex interplay between RA and COVID-19, highlighting significant clinical heterogeneity and the need for tailored management strategies. Limitations include sample size constraints, possible selection, and information bias, as well as the lack of adjustments for potential confounding variables that hinder the ability to formulate definitive conclusions. Future research plans to expand the research group size and further elucidate these relationships.

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The Influence of Climate on Critically Ill Pregnant COVID-19 Patients, as Revealed by the Inflammation Indexes, in Spring versus Autumn 2021 Infection

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References 54 publications

Inflammation Indexes PLR, SII, AISI, MLR, NLPR and MCVL in Peripartum Treated Thrombophilia Patients Undergoing Cesarean Section at Term-STROBE Compliant

Inflammation Indexes PLR, SII, AISI, MLR, NLPR and MCVL in Peripartum Treated Thrombophilia Patients Undergoing Cesarean Section at Term-STROBE Compliant

Inflammation Indexes PLR, SII, AISI, MLR, and MCVL in Peripartum Treated Thrombophilia Peripartum Patients Undergoing Cesarean Section at Term

Unraveling the Impact of COVID-19 on Rheumatoid Arthritis: Insights from Two Romanian Hospitals—Preliminary Results

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