Background: Climate change and mental health outcomes are two of the most pressing global crises. Despite the increasing global mental health burden, climate-related mental health outcomes research is nascent and isolated, with substantial gaps across regions and disciplines. Connecting Climate Minds is a global initiative connecting researchers, experts, and people with lived experience of adverse mental health outcomes to identify regional research needs and create a community to support improved climate-related mental health outcomes.
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June 2022
Introduction: Kidney transplant recipients (KTR) are at increased risk of morbidity and mortality due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This study aimed to explore the clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 in KTR.
Methods: We reviewed the clinical profile, outcomes, and immunological responses of recipients admitted with COVID-19.
Indian J Nephrol
July 2022
Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) are at a higher risk for developing severe COVID-19 which can be associated with cardiovascular complications. We studied five KTRs recipients infected with COVID-19 who developed severe cardiovascular complications. Two patients presented with ST segment myocardial infarction and two with clinically suspected myocarditis.
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September 2022
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in patients with severe impairment of kidney function is associated with high mortality. We evaluated the effect of high dependency renal unit (HDRU), with nephrologists as primary care physicians, as a quality improvement initiative for the management of these patients. This was a quasi-experimental observational study conducted at a tertiary care hospital in western India.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEvidence on the evolution of graft function in kidney transplant recipients recovering from coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is lacking. This multicenter observational study evaluated the short-term clinical outcomes in recipients with acute kidney injury (AKI) secondary to COVID-19. Out of 452 recipients following up at five centers, 50 had AKI secondary to COVID-19.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNanotechnology has intrigued a large number of researchers the world over owing to its unique properties as compared to bulk materials, and the novelty of applications made possible across many fields of science. Researchers, taking advantage of the unique properties of particles in nano (1-100 nm) form, have been developing nanoformulations of various medicinal compounds to enhance drug solubility, dissolution, and bioavailability. There are various methods by which drug compounds are conjugated to nanoparticles, and some bioactive compounds are attached by intermediary agents which are themselves usually part of the formation reaction of nanoparticles.
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June 2014
Colloidal gold is very attractive for several applications in biotechnology because of its unique physical and chemical properties. Many different synthesis methods have been developed to generate gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). Here, we will introduce these methods and discuss the differences between fabrication techniques.
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