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INTRODUCTION: Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) has been a global public health emergency, with 209.89 million cases of infection with SARS-CoV-2 recorded, resulting in 4,401,675 deaths. After recuperation, it is probable that COVID-19 patients have sequelae of the disease. This study aimed to evaluate the respiratory anatomical-functional sequelae in Mexican patients who recovered from COVID-19. METHODOLOGY: This study included twenty-four patients who recovered from COVID-19 and eight non-infected patients (controls). Participants were screened for SARS-CoV-2 and the presence of IgM/IgG antibodies. Pulmonary function and lung anatomical abnormalities were evaluated by spirometry and computerized tomography. RESULTS: A total of 45.8% of the patients had pulmonary function with obstructive patterns: 70.8% of recovered cases had COVID-19 Reporting and Data System (CO-RADS) 1, 20.8% CO-RADS 3 and 16.7% CO-RADS 4. A total of 35.3% of patients with CO-RADS 1 also showed bilateral nodal growth; 70.8% of patients tested positive for IgG and 8.4% for IgG/IgM, and 20.8% tested negative for both antibodies. CONCLUSIONS: There were respiratory anatomical and functional sequelae in Mexican patients who recovered from COVID-19, with a high occurrence of pulmonary obstructive patterns in the study population. These observations indicate the importance of the routine evaluation of sequelae in Mexican patients who recovered from COVID-19 and the need for strict follow-up to improve the quality of life of these patients.
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COVID-19 , Antibodies, Viral , Humans , Immunoglobulin M , Lung , Quality of Life , SARS-CoV-2ABSTRACT
RESUMEN La anemia por deficiencia de hierro afecta a un tercio de la población mundial, causando severos problemas de salud. Las estrategias de prevención y tratamiento se basan en la suplementación oral y fortificación de alimentos, pero su eficacia no ha sido la esperada. Una de las causas se debe a que los compuestos de hierro utilizados tienen baja biodisponibilidad y producen efectos indeseados. Por esto, se han buscado nuevas tecnologías que pudiesen evitar estos problemas, como la encapsulación. Esta tecnología mejora la biodisponibilidad del hierro, reduce alteraciones organolépticas de los productos fortificados, y disminuye los trastornos gastrointestinales del uso de suplementos, entre las principales ventajas. Estos productos de hierro encapsulados han sido estudiados in vitro, y también aplicados en estudios in vivo para determinar su eficacia contra la anemia por deficiencia de hierro, con promisorios resultados. Por tanto, el objetivo de esta revisión fue recopilar información acerca de las tendencias actuales de encapsulación de hierro como una herramienta para prevenir o tratar la anemia por deficiencia de hierro.
ABSTRACT Iron deficiency anemia affects one third of the world population, causing severe health problems. Prevention and treatment strategies are based on oral supplementation and fortification of foods, but the effectiveness of these strategies has not been as expected. One explanation is that the iron compounds used have low bioavailability and produce undesired effects. Therefore, new technologies that could avoid these problems, like the encapsulation, have been explored. This technology improves the bioavailability of iron, reduces organoleptic alterations of fortified products, and decreases gastrointestinal disorders related to supplement use. These encapsulated iron products have been studied in vitro and also applied in in vivo studies to determine their efficacy against iron deficiency anemia, with promising results. Therefore, the objective of this review was to gather information about current trends in iron encapsulation as a tool to prevent or treat iron deficiency anemia.
