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COVID-19 is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Its impact on pregnant women is not yet clear owing to limited data and the knowledge is evolving in several aspects. Based on the available evidences, various clinical guidelines for management of COVID-19 have been formulated. This article intends to compile and summarise guidelines from esteemed organisations, along with their implication in the Indian scenario, and offers an easy tool for clinicians managing pregnant women in times of COVID-19.
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is the most challenging health crisis that we are facing today. Against the backdrop of this pandemic, it becomes imperative to study the effects of this infection on pregnancy and its outcome. Hence, the present study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of COVID-19 infection on the maternal morbidity and mortality, the course of labour as well as the neonatal outcome.
A total of 977 pregnant women were included in the study, from 1st April to 15th May 2020 at a tertiary care hospital. There were 141 women who tested COVID positive and remaining 836 patients were included in the COVID negative group. Findings were compared in both the groups.
The incidence of COVID positive pregnant women was found to be 14.43%. More patients delivered by LSCS in the COVID positive and the COVID negative group (50%) as compared to COVID negative group (47%), (
> 0.05). Low APGAR score (0-3) was observed in 2(1.52%) neonates of COVID positive mothers and in 15 (1.91%) neonates of COVID negative mothers. Overall most of the babies were healthy. Out of all babies tested, 3 were detected positive initially which were retested on day 5 and were found to be negative.
There is no significant effect of COVID infection on maternal and foetal outcome in pregnancy and there is no evidence of vertical transmission of the COVID-19 infection but long-term follow-up of these babies is recommended.
There is no significant effect of COVID infection on maternal and foetal outcome in pregnancy and there is no evidence of vertical transmission of the COVID-19 infection but long-term follow-up of these babies is recommended.Emergence of the deadly corona virus infection took place in Wuhan in China in December last year. selleck chemicals It soon spread to all countries and became a pandemic. India's first case of COVID 19 was confirmed in Kerala's Thrissur district on 30 January 2020. Ever since, our lives have changed and we are facing numerous difficulties. This editorial will take you through these difficulties faced by us at practice and in life in general. It presents a brief account of the impact of COVID 19 on functioning of this journal. We have compiled quality articles on COVID in a special section of this issue. This editorial also presents the highlights of these articles along with editorial comments. It contains lessons learned from original research on 141 covid positive pregnant women. It also covers issues faced by obstetricians like taking informed consent, lactation management, and safety of computed tomography imaging in pregnancy and newly introduced rapid testing strategies. It delves into the most sensitive issue of mental health of health care workers, economic crisis and takes a look at the way forward. We sincerely hope that this editorial is useful to our readers in their practice to cope up with this unforeseen crisis situation.
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Two models of [Formula see text] regression equations for cycle ergometer exercise (CEE) and treadmill exercise (TE) were established with 34 active commuters. Model 1 consisted of three submaximal intensities of ergometer cycling or level walking, model 2 included also one additional workload of maximal ergometer cycling or running. The regression equations were used for estimating [Formula see text] with seven individual HR values based on 25-85% of HR reserve (HRR). The [Formula see text] este is reduced when using the HR method based on both submaximal and maximal workloads.
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Abatacept acts as a competitive inhibitor of the CD28/(CD80/86) costimulation signal required for T cell activation. Mechanisms of action of abatacept have not been fully investigated. The objective of this study was to provide detailed insight into the mode of action of Abatacept based on gene expression data.
In this ancillary study from the APPRAISE trial, we investigated the global molecular effects of Abatacept in whole blood samples collected prospectively in biologic naive rheumatoid arthritis patients (n = 19) at baseline and 6 months after the initiation of Abatacept therapy concomitant with methotrexate. Whole human genome microarrays (4x44K) were performed on both baseline and 6-month samples from responders and non-responders patients categorized according to EULAR criteria. T-test with Benjamini-Hochberg correction was performed to identify significant gene expression changes. Gene Ontology and Single Experiment Analysis tools allowed us to highlight specific biological mechanisms involved inighted 19 genes whose dysregulations were significantly associated with disease activity variation (p less then 0.05) and whose functions were associated with proliferation, apoptosis of cells and mitochondrial metabolism, suggesting a restoration of oxidative signaling. The other 653 gene expression changes were relative to direct or indirect effects of methotrexate/Abatacept treatment and were significantly (p less then 0.005) involved in pathways relative to mRNA processing, proteasome, angiogenesis, apoptosis and TCR signaling. This study highlights new mechanisms of action of methotrexate/Abatacept and may provide new therapeutic targets to prevent autoimmunity in rheumatoid arthritis.
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