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    • Beneficial effect of corticosteroids in preventing mortality in patients receiving tocilizumab to treat severe COVID-19 illness 

      Rubio-Rivas, Manuel; Ronda, Mar; Padullés, Ariadna; Mitjavila, Francesca; Riera-Mestre, Antoni; García-Forero, Carlos; Iriarte, Adriana; Mora-Luján, José María; Padullés, Núria; Gonzalez, Monica; Solanich, Xavier; Gasa, Merce; Suarez-Cuartin, Guillermo; Sabater-Riera, Joan; Perez-Fernandez, Xose L.; Santacana, Eugenia; Leiva, Elisabet; Ariza-Sole, Albert; Dallaglio, Paolo D.; Quero, Maria; Soriano, Antonio; Pasqualetto, Alberto; Koo, Maylin; Esteve-Luque, Virginia; Antolí, Arnau; Moreno-Gónzalez, Rafael; Yun, Sergi; Cerdà, Pau; Llaberia, Mariona; Formiga, Francesc; Fanlo-Maresma, Marta; Montero, Abelardo; Chivite, David; Capdevila, Olga; Bolao, Ferran; Pintó, Xavier; Llop, Josep; Sabate, Antoni; Guardiola, Jordi; Cruzado, Josep M.; Comin-Colet, Josep; Santos, Salud; Jodar, Ramon; Corbella Virós, Xavier (Elsevier, 2020-12)
      Objectives: To assess the characteristics and risk factors for mortality in patients with severe coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) treated with tocilizumab (TCZ), alone or in combination with ...

    • Blood test dynamics in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: Potential utility of D-dimer for pulmonary embolism diagnosis 

      Cerdà, Pau; Ribas, Jesús; Iriarte, Adriana; Mora-Luján, José María; Torres, Raquel; Del Río, Belén; Jofre, Héctor Ignacio; Ruiz, Yolanda; Huguet, Marta; Fuset, Mari Paz; Martínez-Yélamos, Sergio; Santos, Salud; Llecha, Núria; Corbella Virós, Xavier; Riera-Mestre, Antoni (PLoS One, 2020-12-28)
      Background: A higher incidence of thrombotic events, mainly pulmonary embolism (PE), has been reported in hospitalized patients with COVID-19. The main objective was to assess clinical and laboratory ...

    • Clinical significance of indeterminate quantiFERON-TB Gold plus assay results in hospitalized COVID-19 patients with severe hyperinflammatory syndrome 

      Solanich, Xavier; Fernández-Huerta, Miguel; Basaez, Celeste; Antolí, Arnau; Rocamora-Blanch, Gemma; Corbella Virós, Xavier; Santin, Miguel; Alcaide, Fernando (Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021)
      Performance of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) assay could be affected by conditions of immune dysregulation. Little is known about the reliability of QTF-Plus in COVID-19 patients. Our aim was ...

    • High-dose methylprednisolone pulses for 3 days vs. low-dose dexamethasone for 10 days in severe, non-critical COVID-19: a retrospective propensity score matched analysis 

      Mora-Luján, José María; Tuells, Manel; Montero, Abelardo; Formiga, Francesc; Homs, Narcís A.; Albà-Albalate, Joan; Corbella Virós, Xavier; Rubio-Rivas, Manuel (Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021)
      Corticosteroids are largely recommended in patients with severe COVID-19. However, evidence to support high-dose methylprednisolone (MP) pulses is not as robust as that demonstrated for low-dose ...