Showing 8 results for Covid-19
Mohammad Irani,
Volume 9, Issue 2 (4-2020)
Abstract
An unprecedented outbreak of pneumonia in Wuhan City, Hubei province in China emerged in December of 2019. COVID-19 is a betacoronavirus which consisted of a single-stranded ribonucleic acid (RNA) structure that belongs to the Coronavirinae subfamily. With respect to the large number of infected people that were exposed to the alive animals (bats, snakes, pangolins) in Wuhan City, China, it is suggested that this is likely the onset of a origin of COVID-19. The extensive functions have been carried out to reduce person-to-person transmission of COVID-19. In this review, the symptoms, epidemiology, transmission, pathogenesis, phylogenetic analysis and future directions to control the spread of this fatal disease have been presented.
Hamidreza Hasani, Shayan Mardi, Parham Mardi ,
Volume 11, Issue 4 (8-2022)
Abstract
Background: Since prevalence of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2), millions of infected people presented with various manifestations. Some studies report ocular complications, such as conjunctivitis and sub-conjunctival haemorrhage, as an initial manifestation of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). This article aims to report unilateral acute anterior non-granulomatous uveitis manifested in COVID-19. Systemic work up and laboratory results, confirmed the diagnosis.
Materials and Methods: A 37-year-old female patient with a history of hypothyroidism, fever, weakness and lethargy, throbbing chest pain, non-productive cough and diffuse painful redness of the left eye with positive COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test from nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs and erythrocyte sedimentation rate of 43 mm/h is reported.
Results: Demographically, the patient was a 37-year-old female. On ophthalmologic examination, right and left eye vision were 10/10 and 5.10, respectively. The relative afferent pupillary defect was negative. External ocular motility was within normal limits. On slit lamp biomicroscopy, conjunctival peri-limbal injection, 2+ cells and 3+ flares in the anterior chamber of the left eye, posterior synechiae was seen and the vitreous cavity was clear. Right eye examination was completely normal.
Conclusion: Covid-19 can be associated with ocular involvement as acute non-granulomatous anterior uveitis, which can be prevented ocular complications and vision loss if diagnosed and treated early. Acute anterior non-granulomatous uveitis can also be an early sign of Covid-19 disease, which should raise clinical suspicion of the disease and therefore reduce the morbidity and mortality of Covid-19 disease by starting timely treatment.
Ehsan Seif , Mahmoud Rasoulian, Ehsan Shahrestanaki, Pouria Basiri, Shaghayegh Mousavi, Zahra Esmaeili Abdar, Mostafa Qorbani,
Volume 11, Issue 4 (8-2022)
Abstract
Background: When the Covid-19 was spread around the world, there have been concerns that the mental health of people in the community is at risk. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the effect of psychological counseling program on stress during the Quid-19 virus epidemic crisis among the staff of Alborz University of Medical Sciences.
Methods: This intervention study was performed over a period of one month. Psychotherapy intervention was performed in eight sessions (two sessions per week) for the intervention group and the control group received routine care. Chi-square, independent t-test and two-way ANOVA were performed.
Results: According to the two-way ANOVA test, training over time had a significant effect on the mean score of anxiety (p-value> 0.001, sleep (p-value = 0.001) and life satisfaction (p-value = 0.005). But these trainings over time had no a significant effect on the mean score of depression (p-value = 0.22), stress (p-value = 0.26), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (p-value = 0.21), Templer scale (p -value = 0.496), health satisfaction (p-value = 0.073) and ZUNG scale (p-value = 0.051).
Conclusion: The results of the study showed that with good care and psychological counseling sessions during difficult collective times such as epidemics, the level of anxiety was greatly reduced and the quality of sleep and life satisfaction increased.
Farhad Rahimi, Peigham Heidarpoor,
Volume 12, Issue 2 (5-2023)
Abstract
Background: : The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the stress management caused by the covid-19 pandemic and its related factors in the health department personnel of Alborz University of Medical Sciences in 2021.
Methods:In this descriptive-correlation study, statistical population included all the personnel of the Health Vice-Chancellor of Alborz University of Medical Sciences in 2021. The sampling method in the present study was stratified sampling and for this purpose, 1104 people were selected as the sample group. The tools used in this research were Mehralizadef stress management questionnaires. This quiestinnare is validated and relaiable for iranian population. Independent t test, multivariate variance test and Pearson correlation were used for data analysis.
Results: The amount of stress management (stress tolerance and stress control) among the employees of the health department is lower than the average (t=-5.48) with increasing age (F=2.66) and education (F=10.16). ) increases. Also, there is a significant difference in stress management in groups with work environment (F=5.08) and type of employment (F=6.42). The results of the Pearson correlation test showed a positive relationship between stress management and education (r=0.17) and with age (r=-0.08), marital status (r=-0.07) and occupation (-0.12). =r) has a significant negative relationship (p>0.05).
Conclusion: The study showed that the level of stress management related to Corona in health workers is low, and interventions and trainings based on stress management for the employees of this deputy can be helpful.
Ali Taherinia, Peyman Khadem Hosseini, Jamshid Rahimi, Yazdan Mohsen Zadeh, Seyed Jamal Toufigh,
Volume 13, Issue 0 (2-2024)
Abstract
Introduction: One of the most common psychological complications in Covid-19 care nurses is stress and anxiety, especially anxiety disorder. This type of anxiety can be considered as one of the important psychological diagnoses in nurses. One of the positive psychological mechanisms in the treatment of diseases and control of resilience anxiety is resilience. Resilience ensures people's mental health by modifying and minimizing factors such as anxiety. The aim of this study was to determine the role of resilience in anxiety symptoms of corona nurses of Alborz University of Medical Sciences.
Method: The present study is cross-sectional and correlated with the statistical population of nurses involved in Covid-19 wards. Data gathering done by sample characteristics using Beck Anxiety Questionnaire for measuring the clinical anxiety symptoms in the subjects. Using the Connor and Davidson Resilience Questionnaire to measuring resilience of the samples.
Result: 28 female and 14 male nurses participated in this study. The average rate of resilience in the studied nurses was 71.05 indicates the high resilience of these people. The average anxiety of the subjects is 7.43.
Discussion: The results showed that the general health scores of the nurses did not have a good health status. Resilience rate is high in the nurses. The results show that the average anxiety of the subjects is not high on average. In statistical studies, the results showed that the distribution of scores in the sample in anxiety was normal.
Javad Zebarjadi Bagherpour, Mohamad Hadi Bahri, Ramin Bozorgmehr, Mojtaba Ahmadinejad, Saman Sheikhi, Leila Hajimaghsoudi, Haleh Pak, Ali Soltanian,
Volume 13, Issue 0 (2-2024)
Abstract
Three years after the announcement of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as an epidemic, the investigation of its signs and symptoms in different body systems continues. These clinical manifestations can be investigated both at the acute level and at the complication level. Within the respiratory system, the most common manifestation is pneumonia, which is often characterized bilaterally and involves the periphery of the lung, coming to the center of the lung, which is often accompanied by leukopenia and lymphopenia. Several cases of spontaneous pneumothorax have been reported in the context of Covid-19, this study aims to provide more comprehensive information by reviewing past studies that are often case reports of spontaneous pneumothorax.
Nahid Abbasi Khoshsirat, Parham Samimisedeh,
Volume 13, Issue 4 (11-2024)
Abstract
In March 2020, the World Health Organization announced that the disease caused by the SARS-COV-2 virus (COVID-19) had become a pandemic. This virus was first identified in Wuhan, China. Among the high-risk groups during the COVID-19 pandemic are individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). Many experienced practitioners in the treatment of MS have noted that it is still unclear whether MS treatment with medication affects the susceptibility to or the clinical severity of COVID-19 infection. However, based on most current articles, medications with the highest levels of immunosuppression (such as CD-20 inhibitors like Rituximab) are likely not suitable for treating MS patients during the COVID-19 epidemic, although there is no scientific evidence to prove this. This study examines a 44-year-old woman with known MS who was treated with Zytux (Rituximab) and received her last dose in early February 2020, coinciding with the onset of the COVID-19 epidemic. On March 21, 2020, less than a month after the injection, she presented with symptoms of cough, fever, and myalgia, and was ultimately diagnosed with COVID-19. The patient was hospitalized and died during admission due to respiratory failure.
Nahid Abbasi Khoshsirat, Parham Samimisedeh,
Volume 13, Issue 4 (11-2024)
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In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the disease caused by the SARS-COV-2 virus (COVID-19) is a pandemic. The initial symptoms of COVID-19 typically include fever, dry cough, and fatigue. Although cerebrovascular symptoms and strokes have also been mentioned as complications of COVID-19, the exact pathophysiology of these conditions is still not fully understood, and the route of virus entry into the nervous system remains unclear, with various hypotheses proposed. Regarding brain hemorrhage and its connection to COVID-19, a study raised the question of whether COVID-19 is the cause of this complication or merely a coincidence. It has been hypothesized that the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor, present in the endothelial cells of cerebral vessels and involved in vascular autoregulation and cerebral blood flow, may be affected by COVID-19, potentially leading to disturbances in cerebral autoregulation and ultimately resulting in the rupture of cerebral vessels. This case report presents a 76-year-old man with brain hemorrhage and concurrent COVID-19, confirmed by PCR testing.
