2021
Risk Factors for Death Among 120,804 Hospitalized Patients with Confirmed COVID-19 in São Paulo, Brazil
da Silva P, de Oliveira S, Escalante J, Almiron M, Tsuha D, Sato H, Menezes P, de Paula R, D’Agostini T, Croda J. Risk Factors for Death Among 120,804 Hospitalized Patients with Confirmed COVID-19 in São Paulo, Brazil. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2021, 105: 88-92. PMID: 34061773, PMCID: PMC8274770, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1598.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19Confirmed COVID-19Characteristics of patientsChronic lung diseaseIntensive care unitChronic cardiovascular diseaseChronic neurological diseaseMore comorbiditiesClinical characteristicsDiabetes mellitusMedian ageCare unitLung diseaseRisk factorsCardiovascular diseaseHigh riskSevere casesElderly individualsPatientsNeurological diseasesSurvival analysisCoronavirus diseaseDiseaseSão PauloDeath
2020
Spirometry results after treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis: comparison between patients with and without previous lung disease: a multicenter study
Mancuzo E, Martins E, Sulmonett N, de Souza Viana V, Croda J, Kritski A, de Queiroz Mello F, de Souza Elias Nihues S, Azevedo K, de Miranda S. Spirometry results after treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis: comparison between patients with and without previous lung disease: a multicenter study. Jornal Brasileiro De Pneumologia 2020, 46: e20180198. PMID: 32130330, PMCID: PMC7462712, DOI: 10.36416/1806-3756/e20180198.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevious lung diseasePulmonary tuberculosisLung diseaseRadiological changesMulticenter studyRisk factorsLDS groupFunctional severityFunctional changesSevere radiological changesImpaired pulmonary functionRestrictive lung diseaseObstructive lung diseaseDegree of dyspneaChest X-raySpirometric changesSevere dyspneaPulmonary functionReferral centerClinical dataPatientsSpirometryDiseaseDyspneaSmoking
2009
Leptospirosis pulmonary haemorrhage syndrome is associated with linear deposition of immunoglobulin and complement on the alveolar surface
Croda J, Neto A, Brasil R, Pagliari C, Nicodemo A, Duarte M. Leptospirosis pulmonary haemorrhage syndrome is associated with linear deposition of immunoglobulin and complement on the alveolar surface. Clinical Microbiology And Infection 2009, 16: 593-599. PMID: 19778300, DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02916.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeptospirosis pulmonary hemorrhage syndromePulmonary hemorrhage syndromeLPHS patientsPulmonary hemorrhageAlveolar surfaceLinear depositionUnique histological patternLife-threatening syndromeImmunoglobulin depositsTreatment regimensPathological featuresPresent studyHistological patternLung specimensLung tissueSevere diseaseAlveolar septaHuman leptospirosisLinear stainingSyndromeZoonotic infectionGranular stainingHemorrhageHeterogeneous stainingPatients