Doctors urge people with comorbidities to take Covid-19 vaccine without hesitation:
Diabetic patients
Cancer patients
Cardiac patients
Patients with kidney ailments
Heart failure with hospital admission in past one year
Post cardiac transplant/Left Ventricular Assist Device
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Significant Left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVEF < 40%)
4. Moderate or Severe Valvular Heart Disease
Congenital heart disease
Coronary Artery Disease
Hypertension/ Diabetes on treatment
Angina and Hypertension/ Diabetes treatment
CT/MRI documented stroke patients
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Pulmonary artery hypertension and Hypertension/ Diabetes on treatment
Diabetes (>10 years or with complication)
Kidney/Liver/Hematopoietic stem cell transplant: Recipient/ On wait-list
End stage Kidney Disease on haemodialysis/ CAPD
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Current prolonged use of oral corticosteroids/ immunosuppressant medications
Decompensated cirrhosis
Severe respiratory disease with hospitalisations in last two years/ FEVI <50%
Lymphoma/ Leukaemia/ Myeloma
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Diagnosis of any solid cancer on or after July 1, 2020 or currently on any cancer therapy
Sickle Cell Disease/ Bone marrow failure/ Aplastic Anemia/ Thalassemia Major
Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases/ HIV infection
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Persons with disabilities due to Intellectual disabilities/ Muscular Dystrophy/ Acid attack with involvement of respiratory system/ Persons with disabilities having high support needs/ Multiple disabilities including deaf-blindness
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The Sputnik V investigators mention that three interim analyses were added to the study on Nov 5, 2020,1 but this change was not recorded on ClinicalTrials.gov.
The full study protocol has not been made available.
4. Besides these protocol amendments, the definition of the primary outcome is unclear in the Article.
We lack some crucial information, such as the clinical parameters determining suspected COVID-19, diagnostic protocols were used, when the PCR testing was done&...