Sep 04, 2023

Studies have confirmed the salutary effects of progesterone (P4) on traumatic brain injury (TBI). This study investigated the beneficial effects of P4 via its receptors on TBI, and also whether proges...

Sep 04, 2023

Results of experimental studies have shown that β-aminoisobutyric acid (BAIBA), an exercise-induced myokine-like molecule, is an endogenous negative regulator of fat mass in mice, but it remains uncl...

Sep 04, 2023

Data are scarce regarding epidemiology and management of critically ill patients with lung abscesses.What are the clinical and microbiological characteristics of critically ill patients with lung absc...

Aug 28, 2023

As a common diffuse encephalopathy caused by sepsis, sepsis-associated encephalopathy (SAE) is closely associated with increased mortality, severe cognition dysfunction and increased cost of health ca...

Aug 28, 2023

Sepsis poses a serious threat to human life and health, with limited options for current clinical treatments. Acupuncture plays an active role in treating sepsis. However, previous studies have focuse...

Aug 28, 2023

To evaluate the population pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of teicoplanin in elderly critically ill patients with pneumonia for optimal dosages.Fifteen critically ill patients (9 men) ≥ 60 ...

Aug 28, 2023

The clinical indications of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in immunosuppressed patients are not clear. This study aimed to analyse the effectiveness of ECMO and to identify the risk factor...

Aug 28, 2023

Sepsis, a complication of dysregulated host immune systemic response to an infection, is life threatening and causes multiple organ injuries. Sepsis is recognized by WHO as a big contributor to global...

Aug 28, 2023

Endourological procedures are the mainstay of treatment for stone disease in the upper urinary system. Infection is a common complication, and urine cultures (UC) are often obtained preoperatively. In...

Aug 28, 2023

Cerebrovascular reactivity has been identified as a key contributor to secondary injury following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Prevalent intracranial pressure (ICP) based indices of cerebrovascular ...

Aug 28, 2023

Individuals who have experienced mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs) suffer from several comorbidities, including chronic pain. Despite extensive studies investigating the underlying mechanisms of m...

Aug 28, 2023

The PARALLEL-HF study assessed the efficacy and safety of sacubitril/valsartan vs. enalapril in Japanese patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). This open-label ext...

Aug 21, 2023

Norepinephrine is a commonly used drug for treating vasoplegic acute circulatory failure in ICU. The prediction of norepinephrine macro- and micro-circulatory response is complicated by its uneven rec...

Aug 21, 2023

Long-term maintenance steroid therapy (MST) is frequently required for repeated relapses of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP); however, the optimal minimal dose has not been clarified. Therefore,...

Aug 21, 2023

A 60-year-old female was admitted to internal medicine with a painful left knee after a fall and pneumonia. She had undergone a primary cemented left total knee arthroplasty in 2019 and a right c...

Aug 21, 2023

Septic arthritis of the hip is a serious infection in children. However, blood and joint fluid cultures are often negative, which makes the diagnosis and treatment challenging. We analyzed the clinica...

Aug 21, 2023

The human dura mater is known to impact vastly traumatic brain injury mechanopathology. In spite of this involvement, dura mater is typically neglected in computational and physical human head models....

Aug 21, 2023

The Glasgow outcome scale-extended (GOS-E), an ordinal scale measure, is often selected as the endpoint for clinical trials of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Traditionally, GOS-E is analyzed as a fixed...

Aug 14, 2023

To investigate the impact of human serum albumin (HSA) levels on symptomatic cerebral vasospasm (SCVS) in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH).We retrospectively reviewed the medica...

Aug 14, 2023

Hand replantation (HR) surgery is a delicate and complex procedure that requires a multidisciplinary team (MT) and specialized equipment, as well as factors such as ischemia time and injury mechanism ...