Rapid review protocol: Zinc for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19 and other coronavirus-related respiratory tract infections

Background: The global COVID-19 pandemic has prompted an urgent search for effective interventions.SARS-CoV-2 mortality/morbidity risk increases with age and for those chronic disease co-morbidities, both of which are associated with lower zinc status, as is the risk of infection.Methods: Rapid review methods will be applied to a systematic review

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Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the right pulmonary artery with intramural aortic trajectory. Clinicosurgical diagnostic implications

OBJECTIVE: Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the right pulmonary artery (AOLCARPA), is a rare entity that is usually associated with other defects.Of the 20 cases of AOLCARPA reported in the literature, 14 (70%) had associations.We describe four patients with AOLCARPA without associated defects, but with a peculiar intramural aortic

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Physicochemical and microbiological characteristics of kefir ice cream with the addition of bengkuang (Pachyrhizus erosus (L.)) starch

The technology for fermenting milk kefir and the development in processing kefir ice cream is crucial to produce superior food products that support health.The addition of prebiotics from bengkuang (Pachyrhizus erosus (L.)) starch in making ice cream is the main purpose of improving the quality of kefir ice cream.This research purposed to determine

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