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Acute neuroinflammation, sickness behavior and working memory in response to acute systemic challenge with LPS following noradrenergic lesion in mice.

Dec 14, 2020

Locus coeruleus (LC)-derived noradrenaline is important in cognition and decreases with age, but the impact of prior noradrenaline deficiency on vulnerability to inflammation-induced acute cognitive d...

L'effet de la transfusion des globules rouges sur l'apport et la consommation d'oxygène au niveau des tissus périphériques chez patients septiques gravement malades.

Dec 14, 2020

The impact of blood transfusion on tissue oxygen delivery (DO) and tissue oxygen consumption (VO) is a subject of current clinical studies. The primary objective of this observational study is to eval...

The Genus Nepeta: Traditional uses, Phytochemicals and Pharmacological Properties.

Dec 14, 2020

Nepeta is a multiregional genus of the "Lamiaceae" (Labiatae or Mint) family. Species of Nepeta are a valuable part of traditional medicine and used extensively, particularly in the Himalayan region o...

Decreased serum levels of the inflammaging marker miR-146a are associated with clinical response to tocilizumab in COVID-19 patients.

Dec 14, 2020

Current COVID-19 pandemic poses an unprecedented threat to global health and healthcare systems. The most amount of the death toll is accounted by old people affected by age-related diseases that deve...

Features of family clusters of COVID-19 patients: A retrospective study.

Dec 14, 2020

To investigate and compare the clinical and imaging features among family members infected with COVID-19.We retrospectively collected a total of 34 COVID-19 cases (15 male, 19 female, aged 48 ± 1...

An analysis of the descriptors of acute myocardial infarction used by South Africans when calling for an ambulance from a private emergency call centre.

Dec 14, 2020

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a time sensitive emergency. In resource limited settings, prompt identification and management of patients experiencing AMI in the pre-hospital setting may minimis...

A comprehensive assessment of multi-system responses to a renal inoculation of uropathogenic E. coli in swine.

Dec 14, 2020

The systemic responses to infection and its progression to sepsis remains poorly understood. Progress in the field has been stifled by the shortcomings of experimental models which include poor replic...

A pregnancy-specific reference interval for procalcitonin.

Dec 14, 2020

Sepsis is a leading cause of maternal death, and developing diagnostic tests for infection is increasingly important to reduce maternal mortality. The existing inflammatory markers, like C-reactive pr...

Clinical prioritisation of revision knee surgical procedures: BASK working group consensus document.

Dec 14, 2020

Elective orthopaedic surgery during the Covid-19 pandemic requires careful case prioritisation. We aimed to produce consensus-based guidelines on the prioritisation of revision total knee arthroplasty...

Serum Substance P Concentration in Children with Traumatic Brain Injury: A First Report.

Dec 14, 2020

To review the clinic value and severity assessment of serum substance P (SP) concentration in children with different degrees of traumatic brain injury (TBI) through analyzing correlations with outcom...

Prognostic analysis of emergency decompressive craniectomy for severe traumatic brain injury patients with bilateral fixed dilated pupils.

Dec 14, 2020

For severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) patients with bilateral fixed dilated pupils (BFDP), the value of aggressively decompressive craniectomy (DC) treatment is still controversial. The objective o...

Measuring the Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter with Ultrasound in Acute Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke Patients.

Dec 14, 2020

Measurement of the optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) with ultrasound enables non-invasive and indirect assessment of increased intracranial pressure (ICP). Although most of the studies were employed ...

Gut microbiome - A potential mediator of pathogenesis in heart failure and its comorbidities: State-of-the-art review.

Dec 14, 2020

Gut microbiome (GMB) has been increasingly recognized as a contributor to development and progression of heart failure (HF), immune-mediated subtypes of cardiomyopathy (myocarditis and anthracycline-i...

Age-dependent anticoagulant therapy for atrial fibrillation patients with intermediate risk of ischemic stroke: A nationwide population-based study.

Dec 14, 2020

Although older age is one of the most important risk factors for stroke in atrial fibrillation (AF), it is unclear whether an age threshold exists for which oral anticoagulants (OACs) are beneficial f...

Impact of the shift to a fibrinolysis-first strategy on care and outcomes of patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction during the COVID-19 pandemic-The experience from the largest cardiovascular-specific centre in China.

Dec 14, 2020

The impact of fibrinolysis-first strategy on outcomes of patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) during the COVID-19 pandemic was unknown.Data from STEMI patients presenting t...

Heart failure in people with type 2 diabetes vs. those without diabetes: A retrospective observational study from South India.

Dec 14, 2020

Despite diabetes being an independent risk for HF, only some DM patients develop HF and hence our aim was to compare the clinical features of DM with and without HF and non-DM with and without HF.A re...

Oleanolic Acid Improves the Symptom of Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury via the PI3K/AKT Pathway.

Dec 10, 2020

The aim of this study was to investigate the therapeutic effect of oleanolic acid (OA) on the renal ischemia reperfusion injury (RIRI) and the possible mechanism.The RIRI model was successfully establ...

Kawasaki Disease Shock Syndrome versus Septic Shock: Early Differentiating Features Despite Overlapping Clinical Profiles.

Dec 10, 2020

To compare the clinical features and resuscitative measures of children with Kawasaki disease shock syndrome versus septic shock.In this retrospective case-control study, children with KDSS admitted t...

Design and evaluation of ciprofloxacin loaded collagen chitosan oxygenating scaffold for skin tissue engineering.

Dec 10, 2020

Hypoxia and sepsis are the key concerns towards modern regenerative medicine. Oxygen generating biomaterials having antibacterial property aim to answer these concerns. Hypoxia and Sepsis promote reac...

Epidemiology and Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury in COVID-19 Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Multicenter Retrospective Study.

Dec 10, 2020

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with increased mortality in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). However, the epidemiological features and outcomes of AKI among COVID-19 p...

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