Zaiga Kravale

Zaiga Kravale serves as Acting Assistant in the Department of Internal Diseases with active research contributions in medical science. Her scholarly work spans multiple high-impact journals with publications from 2023-2025.

Dr. Kravale's research focuses on critical areas of internal medicine with emphasis on respiratory and renal complications in infectious diseases. Her work particularly examines biomarker dynamics in COVID-19 patients, investigating connections between acute kidney injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and mortality outcomes. She has published significant case reports on rare conditions including dermatomyositis with interstitial pneumonia and recurrent respiratory papillomatosis treated with bevacizumab therapy.

Analysis of her publication record reveals strong specialization in prospective cohort studies examining physiological markers in critical illness. Her research consistently bridges clinical observations with laboratory findings, particularly in the context of pandemic-related complications. The majority of her work appears in open-access medical journals with international reach.

Dr. Kravale has engaged in academic dissemination through conference presentations, including a poster presentation on biomarker dynamics in COVID-19 at a 2023 event. She has also contributed to public health discourse through media appearances, notably discussing the severe mycoplasma pneumonia season in Latvia in December 2024.