Critical Care General
Dec 07, 2020
: According to past studies, recovery and survival following severe vascular events such as acute myocardial infarction and stroke are negatively impacted by vitamin D deficiency. However, the nationa...
Dec 07, 2020
Patients with stroke or transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) and internal carotid artery stenosis harbor an increased risk of recurrent stroke especially within 2 weeks after the first event. In addition...
Dec 07, 2020
To determine whether the number of patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes has reduced during the COVID-19 pandemic.Numbers of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) activations, ...
Dec 07, 2020
The purposes of this study were as follows: (1) to evaluate the diagnostic testing performance of synovial WBC count, PMN%, synovial glucose, synovial protein, synovial LDH and synovial CRP levels, as...
Dec 07, 2020
To investigate the role of nurse-led, goal-directed lung physical therapy on the prognosis of patients with sepsis caused by Acinetobacter baumannii pulmonary infection.Patients with sepsis caused by ...
Dec 07, 2020
Neurovascular injury has been proposed as a universal pathological hallmark of traumatic brain injury (TBI) with molecular markers of angiogenesis and endothelial function associated with injury sever...
Dec 07, 2020
Drosophila models have been instrumental in providing insights into molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration, with wide application to human disease. The brain degeneration associated with traumatic ...
Dec 07, 2020
An expert working group was set up at the initiative of the Ministry of Sports with the objective of harmonizing the management of sport related concussion (SRC) in France, starting with its definitio...
Dec 07, 2020
The occurrence of congestive heart failure (CHF) hospitalization among patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is a poor prognostic marker.To assess whether Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein-7...
Dec 07, 2020
The ability of the Goldberger electrocardiographic (ECG) triad criteria to detect left ventricular dysfunction (LVD) is well-established. However, the prognostic significance of this triad as a predic...
Dec 07, 2020
COVID-19 patients may develop coagulopathy which is associated with poor prognosis and high risk of thrombosis. The objective of this work was to evaluate the prevalence of deep venous thrombosis of l...
Dec 07, 2020
Severe neurological sequelae occur in patients with carbon monoxide (CO) intoxication; however, whether the latter increases the long-term risk of developing ischemic stroke is unclear. We investigate...
Dec 07, 2020
Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have revolutionized the care of patients with advanced heart failure, yet still require concomitant medications in order to achieve the best possible clinical o...
Dec 07, 2020
Infection of prosthetic aortic grafts represents a serious complication with high morbidity and mortality. Replacement with autologous material is recommended, in absence thereof biological material s...
Dec 07, 2020
Our previous trial acute dual study (ADS) reported that dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) using cilostazol and aspirin did not reduce the rate of short-term neurological worsening in non-cardioembolic ...
Dec 04, 2020
Data indicate that, depending on the degree of obesity, patients with obesity who are infected with COVID-19 have a 1.3- to 7.4-fold increased risk of requiring critical care when compared with patien...
Dec 03, 2020
Retinal ischemia emerges in many ocular diseases and is a leading cause of neuronal death and dysfunction, resulting in irreversible visual impairment. We previously reported that brain-derived neurot...
Dec 03, 2020
Enteric fever can lead to prolonged hospital stays, clinical complications, and death. The Surveillance for Enteric Fever in Asia Project (SEAP), a prospective surveillance study, characterized the bu...
Dec 03, 2020
Little is known regarding the impact of acute kidney injury (AKI) on renal transplant outcome. Our aim was to define the incidence and outcome of AKI in renal transplant patients using data collected ...
Dec 03, 2020
COVID-19 can involve several organs and systems, often with indirect and poorly clarified mechanisms. Different presentations of myocardial injury have been reported, with variable degrees of severity...