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Background: Serum interleukin 6 (IL-6) levels have been studied in the diagnostic evaluation of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) disease (COVID-19). Methods: We studied the utility of treatment with tocilizumab in COVID-19 patients (n=19) with a negative nasopharyngeal swab real time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test for SARS-CoV-2 who had suggestive computed tomography (CT) findings, namely, COVID-19 Reporting and Data System (CO-RADS) 4,5. Results: Receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve analysis showed that serum IL 6 at a cut-off of >56.9 pg/L was a predictor of mortality in nasopharyngeal swab RT-PCR negative patients with suggestive CT findings. Tocilizumab had no significant effect on the mortality. Conclusions: In nasopharyngeal swab RT-PCR negative patients with suggestive chest CT findings, elevated serum IL-6 levels > 56.9 pg/L predicted mortality. However, treatment with tocilizumab had no effect on mortality.
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This paper explains the need of understanding of the current situation of covid-19 pandemic in terms student’s point of view. The consent of this student’s perception is procured by a survey of teachers and students parallel during this covid-19 pandemic. By doing this, the paper identifies the fundamental values, institutions and pre-assumptions that the academia should challenge and break through to advance and reset the research and practice frontiers. The paper continues by discussing the major impacts, behaviors and experiences that three major stakeholders (namely students, teachers, programs and policy makers) are experiencing during three COVID-19. This provides an overview of the type and scale of the COVID-19 student impacts and implications for research.