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Diclofenac and indomethacin patient groups had a lower incidence of PEP than the naproxen group.

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Background and Objectives: Several studies have focused on the alterations of hematological parameters for a better understanding of the COVID-19 pathogenesis and also their potential for predicting disease prognosis and severity. Although some evidence has indicated the prognostic values of thrombocytopenia, neutrophilia, and lymphopenia, there are conflicting results concerning the leukocyte and monocyte count. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective Double Centre study, we reviewed the results of WBC and monocyte counts of 1320 COVID-19 patients (243 of whom (18.4%) had severe disease) both on admission and within a 7-day follow-up. Results: We found that both the number of monocytes and the percentage of monocytosis were higher in the severe group; however, it was not statistically significant. On the other hand, we found that not only the mean number of WBCs was significantly higher in the severe cases also leukocytosis was a common finding in this group; indicating that an increased number

Background: Decision-making on allocating scarce medical resources is crucial in the context of a strong health system reaction to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Therefore, understanding the risk factors related to a high mortality rate can enable the physicians for a better decision-making process. Methods: Information was collected regarding clinical, demographic, and epidemiological features of the definite COVID-19 cases. Through Cox regression and statistical analysis, the risk factors related to mortality were determined. The Kaplan-Meier curve was used to estimate survival function and measure the mean length of living time in the patients. Results: Among about 3000 patients admitted in the Taleghani hospital as outpatients with suspicious signs and symptoms of COVID-19 in 2 months, 214 people were confirmed positive for this virus using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique. Median time to death was 30 days. In this population, 24.29% of the patients died and 24.76% of them were admitted to the ICU (intensive care unit) during hospitalization. The results of Multivariate Cox regression Analysis showed that factors including age (HR, 1.031; 95% CI, 1.001-1.062; P value = 0.04), and C-reactive protein (CRP) (HR, 1.007; 95% CI, 1.000-1.015; P value = 0.04) could independently predict mortality. Furthermore, the results showed that age above 59 years directly increased mortality rate and decreased survival among our study population. Conclusion:Predictor factors play an important role in decisions on public health policy-making. Our findings suggested that advanced age and CRP were independent mortality rate predictors in the admitted patients.

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Objective Post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP) is the most prevalent complication of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Melatonin has been mentioned as a protective factor against acute pancreatitis. The present study was conducted to determine whether melatonin addition to indomethacin reduces the rate of PEP occurrence. Methods A double-blind randomized clinical trial was conducted on 411 patients undergoing ERCP. Baseline blood samples were collected, and the patients were given melatonin 3 mg tablets plus indomethacin suppository 100 mg or placebo plus indomethacin suppository 100 mg, 1 h before ERCP. The occurrence of PEP was the primary outcome. The concentrations of amylase and lipase were also measured 24 h after ERCP. Results Demographic characteristics of patients, characteristics of ERCP procedures, and baseline levels of amylase and lipase were found to be similar in both groups. The overall rate of PEP was equal to 9.5% in intention-to-treat (ITT) and 11.4% in per-protocol (PP) analyses. There was a significant difference in the rate of PEP between the melatonin and placebo groups (8.7% vs. 11.4% in ITT and 9.3% vs. 13.6% in PP, respectively). In addition, after 24 h, amylase and lipase levels were lower in the melatonin group than in the placebo group (P = 0.041 and 0.032, respectively). Conclusion The results of the present study showed that, administration of melatonin 3 mg tablets plus indomethacin suppository 100 mg 1 h before ERCP could decrease the PEP rate and amylase and lipase levels compared to administration of indomethacin suppository 100 mg alone.

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