Publications by authors named "M A G Magenta"

Introduction: Kidney transplant continues to be the best treatment option for patients with end-stage chronic renal failure. The shortage of organs and long waiting times mean that many patients arrive at the transplant with a significant level of deterioration. The objective was to analyze the relationship between socioeconomic variables and knowledge about pre-emptive kidney transplant in the pre-transplant consultation.

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Background: Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) have been investigated as inflammatory markers of malignancies, cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases. We explored the association between NLR, PRL, measured during pregnancy, and stillbirth (SB).

Methods: We conducted a retrospective case control study at a tertiary hospital center in New York City from May 2015 to July 2018.

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Several studies attest to the long-term consequences of COVID-19 infection on survivors' mental illness, especially in terms of high prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1-3 months after hospitalization. Aims of the present study were (1) to jointly evaluate PTSD and positive mental health among COVID-19 survivors and family members after hospital discharge, and (2) to investigate the relationship between perceived healthcare staff's relational empathy during hospitalization and survivors' post-traumatic stress levels. In this cross-sectional study, 60 survivors (M = 60.

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: To develop a predictive model for re-admission for postpartum preeclampsia (PPEC).: A case-control study; cases were patients re-admitted for PPEC; controls were not re-admitted. Mixed linear modelling was used to develop a predictive model on the training set, then validated on the validation set.

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