Nov 19, 2020

To evaluate the precipitating factors for heart failure decompensation in primary care and associations with short-term prognosis. Prospective cohort study with a 30-d follow-up from an index consult...

Nov 19, 2020

Cardiopulmonary exercise test and 6-minute walking test are frequently used tools to evaluate physical performance in heart failure (HF), but they do neither represent activities of daily living (ADLs...

Nov 19, 2020

Although resuscitation with intravenous fluids (IVF) is the cornerstone of sepsis management, consensus regarding their association with improvement in clinical outcomes is lacking.Is there a differen...

Nov 19, 2020

Thromboembolism in a cerebral blood vessel is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Mechanical thrombectomy (MT) is one of the emergency procedures performed to remove emboli. However, the int...

Nov 16, 2020

Hyperthyroidism-related anterior circulation ischemic events have been well documented; however, posterior circulation infarction is rarely reported, not to mention with superior mesenteric artery syn...

Nov 16, 2020

Individuals with the inherited progressive microangiopathy Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts (CADASIL) most classically develop migraine with aura and recurrent subcor...

Nov 16, 2020

Sepsis is a heterogenous syndrome and individualized management strategy is the key to successful treatment. Genome wide expression profiling has been utilized for identifying subclasses of sepsis, bu...

Nov 16, 2020

Trauma induces neutrophil migration toward injury sites, both initiating wound healing and protecting against local bacterial infection. We have previously shown that mitochondrial formyl peptides (mt...

Nov 16, 2020

This study evaluated the differences in long-term cardiovascular events between obese patients who received bariatric surgery (BS), those who did not, and the general population (GP).Between 2003 and ...

Nov 16, 2020

Near occlusion of internal carotid artery (ICA) is a rare and easily misdiagnosed condition and the decision for revascularisation still remains controversial. We conducted an updated meta-analysis in...

Nov 16, 2020

Clostridioides difficile is an obligate anaerobe ubiquitous in the environment and is of particular interest in the healthcare setting as a cause of healthcare associated infection usually presenting ...

Nov 16, 2020

Streptococcus suis (S. suis) is an emerging zoonotic pathogen that can cause meningitis, arthritis, pneumonia, and sepsis. It poses a serious threat to the swine industry and public health worldwide. ...

Nov 16, 2020

Adequate dosage recommendations are imperative for successful treatment of invasive infections. We evaluated the occurrence of sub- and supratherapeutic serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) concentrati...

Nov 16, 2020

We explored the dynamic expression of platelet-derived growth factor-D (PDGF-D) and phosphorylated platelet-derived growth factor receptor-β (p-PDGFR-β) after traumatic brain injury in rats to provi...

Nov 16, 2020

Social cognitive deficits are prevalent after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Despite this, few remediation studies exist. This study aimed to demonstrate 'proof of concept' for a novel group treatment ...

Nov 16, 2020

Cerebrocardiac syndrome (CCS) is a common complication after severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) and its occurrence obviously increases the risk of a poor outcome. Macrophage migration inhibitory fac...

Nov 16, 2020

Few studies are looking at the usefulness of lung ultrasound combined with inferior vena cava (ultrasound strategy) in the particularly challenging diagnosis of acute heart failure (AHF) in elderly dy...

Nov 16, 2020

Dyads receiving palliative care for advanced heart failure are at risk for the loss of feeling safe, experienced as a fractured sense of coherence, discontinuity in sense of self and relationships, an...

Nov 16, 2020

Nearly half of the heart failure (HF) patients have been classified as HF with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (HFpEF) and the prevalence has been increasing over time. The subject of thi...

Nov 16, 2020

We aim to report 3 cases of central nervous system (CNS) vasculitides, in which high-resolution magnetic resonance vessel wall imaging (HR-VWI) findings were instrumental in the diagnosis and manageme...