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Critical Care General

Nanotechnological strategies for systemic microbial infections treatment: A review.

Aug 31, 2020

Systemic infections is one of the major causes of mortality worldwide, and a shortage of drug approaches applied for the rapid and necessary treatment contribute to increase the levels of death in aff...

The Current Evidence for the Treatment of Sepsis with Xuebijing Injection: Bioactive Constituents, Findings of Clinical Studies and Potential Mechanisms.

Aug 31, 2020

Xuebijing (XBJ) injection is a Chinese medicine containing extracts from Carthamus tinctorius L. (Carthami Flos, hong hua, Asteraceae), Paeonia lactiflora Pall. (Paeoniae radix rubra, chi shao, Ranunc...

Tocilizumab use in COVID -19 associated pneumonia.

Aug 31, 2020

We sought to evaluate the effect of Tocilizumab (TCB), a recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody against soluble interleukin-6 receptors, in patients hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID...

Rate of anastomotic leak following right hemicolectomy by general surgical trainees.

Aug 31, 2020

Performing a right hemicolectomy (RH) is a core technical competency for general surgical trainees. There is a concern that anastomotic leaks occur more frequently when patients are operated on by tra...

Admission IL-32 Concentration Predicts Severity and Mortality of Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia Independently of Etiology.

Aug 31, 2020

Severe community-acquired pneumonia (SCAP) is a critical disorder with high morbidity and mortality, usually manifested as acute respiratory failure and septic shock generally caused by exaggerated sy...

Correlation of Mean Platelet Volume with ST Segment Resolution after Thrombolytic Therapy in Patients with ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction.

Aug 31, 2020

Acute occlusive thrombosis of the coronary artery is the principal cause of myocardial infarction where platelets play an important role. Large size platelets, easily measured by mean platelets volume...

[Predictive value of N-terminal B-type natriuretic peptide on outcome of elderly hospitalized non-heart failure patients].

Aug 31, 2020

To investigate the predictive value of N-terminal type B natriuretic peptide(NT-proBNP) on the prognosis of elderly hospitalized patients without heart failure(non-heart failure). Elderly patien...

Do isolates from pharyngeal and rectal swabs match blood culture bacterial pathogens in septic VLBW infants? A pilot, cross-sectional study.

Aug 31, 2020

Serial body site swabbing is used to monitor horizontal spread of aggressive bacterial species in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Since colonization/carriage is thought to precede systemic in...

Neutrophil elastase inhibitor (sivelestat) may be a promising therapeutic option for management of acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome or disseminated intravascular coagulation in COVID-19.

Aug 31, 2020

This article summarizes the effects of sivelestat on acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) or ARDS with coagulopathy, both of which are frequently seen in patients with COVI...

Case-Case Comparison of Candida auris Versus Other Candida Species Bloodstream Infections: Results of an Outbreak Investigation in Colombia.

Aug 31, 2020

Candida auris is an emerging multidrug-resistant yeast that causes outbreaks in healthcare settings around the world. In 2016, clinicians and public health officials identified patients with C. auris ...

Altered physiology of gastrointestinal vagal afferents following neurotrauma.

Aug 31, 2020

The adaptability of the central nervous system has been revealed in several model systems. Of particular interest to central nervous system-injured individuals is the ability for neural components to ...

Identification of predictive MRI and functional biomarkers in a pediatric piglet traumatic brain injury model.

Aug 31, 2020

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) at a young age can lead to the development of long-term functional impairments. Severity of injury is well demonstrated to have a strong influence on the extent of functio...

The Impact of Accidental Hypothermia on Mortality in Trauma Patients Overall and Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury Specifically: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Aug 31, 2020

Accidental hypothermia is a known predictor for worse outcomes in trauma patients, but has not been comprehensively assessed in a meta-analysis so far. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analy...

Characteristics, prognosis and treatment response in distinct phenogroups of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

Aug 31, 2020

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is a heterogeneous syndrome. We aimed to derive HFpEF phenotype-based groups based on clinical features using machine learning, and to compare cl...

SGLT2 inhibitors for prevention of cardiorenal events in people with type 2 diabetes without cardiorenal disease: A meta-analysis of large randomized trials and cohort studies.

Aug 31, 2020

To investigate whether sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) can reduce important cardiorenal endpoints in type 2 diabetic adults without established cardiovascular disease (ECD), in tho...

Efficacy and safety of non-vitamin K anticoagulants and warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure: A network meta-analysis.

Aug 31, 2020

To recommend the proper anticoagulant drug and its dose for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF), we conducted a network meta-analysis (NMA) to make the comparisons among non-...

Medical prevention and treatment of radiation-induced carotid injury.

Aug 31, 2020

Radiotherapy has significantly improved the survival of cancer patients but is also associated with several adversities, including radiation-induced carotid injury (RICI). The RICI mechanisms are comp...

Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma originating from the coumadin ridge and review of literature.

Aug 31, 2020

Papillary fibroelastomas represent the second most common benign cardiac tumour, secondary only to cardiac myxoma. A majority of patients are asymptomatic on presentation. The most common clinical man...

Amoxicillin Dosing Regimens for the Treatment of Neonatal Sepsis: Balancing Efficacy and Neurotoxicity.

Aug 27, 2020

Large variability in neonatal amoxicillin dosing recommendations may reflect uncertainty about appropriate efficacy and toxicity targets.The aim of this study was to model efficacious and safe exposur...

Effect of mean arterial pressure change by norepinephrine on peripheral perfusion index in septic shock patients after early resuscitation.

Aug 27, 2020

The peripheral perfusion index (PI), as a real-time bedside indicator of peripheral tissue perfusion, may be useful for determining mean arterial pressure (MAP) after early resuscitation of septic sho...

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