Background: The pandemic of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) represented a scientific and social crisis. Among the most pressing unmet needs for coronavirus disease in 2019 was its unpredictable clinical course, which resulted in an irreversible outcome. The presence of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome in survivors, as well as the exploration of different blood cell counts in Covid 19 survivors, seems to be unclear, and scientific data is still being summarized. Patients can be divided into three categories: mild, moderate, and severe in terms of infection severity. Platelets, white blood cell total count, lymphocytes, neutrophils and hemoglobin levels have all been linked to COVID-19 infection and severity. In this regard, evaluation of hematological abnormalities at the beginning, during and after COVID-19 infection and during COVID-19 that can be indicative of prognosis in the recovery phase. The purpose of this study was to analyze the complete blood picture among COVID-19 survivors & co-relate it with disease severity which can be implemented as a prognostic biomarker of the disease.
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Background: Major depression is a chronic condition that may affect cognition. Cognitive disturbances may affect clinical scales used to assess the severity of depression.Aims: To find an association between cognitive disturbance as objectively recorded using event-related potentials (P300) with the Hamilton rating scale for depression (HAM-D) and Montgomery-Asberg depression rating scale (MADRS) in newly diagnosed cases of major depression.Methods and material: A cross-sectional study with a sample size of 46 diagnosed cases of major depression. The assessment was done using the HAM-D and MADRS. The P300 assessment was done with the auditory oddball paradigm using the Nihon Kohden NCV-SMG-EP system (Tokyo, Japan).Statistical analysis: Pearson correlation analysis was used to study the association between various parameters of P300 and the HAM-D and MADRS depression rating scales.Results: A significant correlation was found between A21-P300 amplitude Cz and the MADRS score. No significant correlation was seen between other P300 parameters and HAM-D and MADRS scales.Conclusions: As the results were objectively recorded using various parameters of event-related potentials (P300), cognitive impairment was not significantly associated with depression rating scales i.e., the HAM-D and MADRS scores.
Background: The recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which swept across the globe in a short period, demonstrated that disease transmission management is a critical step in preventing an outbreak, as is good viral infectious disease screening. Infrared thermography (IRT) has long been considered ideal for screening body temperatures during pandemics.Methods: Single-centre cross-sectional study with 159 participants. Using infrared thermometry, participants were subjected to temperature measurement twice daily on various sites. This was compared to oral temperature.Results: The findings of the study revealed that infrared thermometry could be utilised as a proxy approach for screening by both individuals and medical professionals when employed at the glabella, cubits, or axillae.Conclusion: Temperature screening is implied as a prophylactic method during pandemics. Owing to contact limitations, oral thermometry cannot be used for mass screening during the pandemic. Infrared thermometry is a noncontact method of temperature screening that can readily be applied for mass temperature screening in congested venues such as airports, shopping malls, places of public convenience, and other similar locations.
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