Nutritional Advice El Mondo

Artemisinin-based combination therapies should be treatment guidelines for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in pregnant women

Objectives:
Malaria in pregnancy affects both the mother and the fetus. However, evidence supporting treatment guidelines for uncomplicated (including asymptomatic) falciparum malaria in pregnant women is scarce and assessed in varied ways. Therefore, this review article has been conducted.

What should be the treatment guidelines for uncomplicated (including asymptomatic) falciparum malaria in pregnant women?

Study design:

Parkinson's disease

Scientific studies (review articles) on the relationship between diet/nutrients and Parkinsons's diseases:
A review article (a collection of scientific studies on a specific topic) of randomized, placebo-controlled double blind clinical trials (RCTs) will answer the following question:
"Do taking dietary supplements make sense?" Yes for a positive conclusion and no for a negative conclusion.

Severe vitamin D deficiency (< 10 ng/mL) increases mortality in patients with sepsis

Objectives:
Vitamin D deficiency has been related to the risk of sepsis. However, previous studies showed inconsistent results regarding the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 (OH)D) and mortality risk in septic patients. Therefore, this review article has been conducted.

Does a low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (vitamin D level in blood) increase mortality risk in septic patients?

Rate of Intensive Care Unit admission of COVID-19 is 32%

Objectives:
What is the rate of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission, mortality, morbidity and complications among patients with COVID-19?

Study design:
This review article included 37 studies with 32,741 participants.

Results and conclusions:   
The investigators found in 37 studies with 32,741 participants that the rate of Intensive Care Unit admission was 32% [95% CI = 26 to 38].

Some patients with COVID-19 have multiple organ dysfunction

Objectives:
Recently, there have been several studies on the clinical characteristics of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, these studies have mainly been concentrated in Wuhan, China; the sample sizes of each article were different and the reported clinical characteristics, especially blood biochemical indices, were quite different. Therefore, this review article has been conducted.

Convalescent plasma therapy is a potentially effective treatment for COVID-19

Objectives:
Convalescent plasma (CP) has been used successfully to treat many types of infectious diseases and it has shown initial effects in the treatment of the emerging 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19). However, its curative effect and feasibility have yet to be confirmed by formal evaluation and well-designed clinical trials. Therefore, this review article has been conducted.

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