Mar 18, 2020

The Republic of Congo (RoC) is characterized by a high prevalence of tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, which largely drive the epidemiology of serious fungal infections.We aimed to estimate the current burde...

Mar 12, 2020

Recent studies concerning left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) suggest that the extent of left ventricular (LV) hypertrabeculation has no impact on prognosis. The variety of methods of LV noncompacte...

Mar 12, 2020

The aim of this meta-analysis was to compare short- and long-term outcomes of patients undergoing mitral annuloplasty (MA) with or without papillary muscle surgery (PMS) for the treatment of ischemic ...

Mar 12, 2020

Myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury (MIRI) is the leading cause of poor prognosis in patients undergoing clinical cardiac surgery. miRNAs are involved in MIRI. However, the effect of miR-760 on MIR...

Mar 12, 2020

In patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute ARDS Clinical Trials Network recommends a target partial pressure of arterial oxygen (Pao) be...

Mar 12, 2020

This study evaluated the impact of a dedicated outpatient service on vaccination uptake after splenectomy and on the incidence of postsplenectomy sepsis.From 2009 to 2016 at the University Hospital Fr...

Mar 12, 2020

Cost evaluation is a key tool in monitoring expenditure for budget management. It increases the efficiency of possible changes through identifying potential savings and estimating the resources requir...

Mar 12, 2020

Dysglycemia is frequently observed in patients with sepsis. However, the relationship between dysglycemia and outcome is inconsistent. We evaluate the clinical characteristics, glycemic abnormalities,...

Mar 12, 2020

To highlight the pathogenicity of Streptococcus anginosus, which is rare in pediatric patients, but can cause severe infections that are known to have a better outcome when treated early with interven...

Mar 12, 2020

For nondiagnostic CT-guided lung biopsies, we tested whether radiologicpathologic correlation could identify patients who may benefit from repeat biopsy. In this retrospective study, 1525 lung biops...

Mar 12, 2020

Pleural empyema is an inflammatory condition characterized by accumulation of pus inside the pleural cavity, which is usually followed by bacterial pneumonia. During the disease process, the pro-infla...

Mar 12, 2020

Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000, but the risk of outbreaks owing to international importations remains. An outbreak of measles in New York City began when one unvaccinated...

Mar 12, 2020

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI), also recognized as a "heart attack," is one leading cause of death globally, and cardiac myoglobin (cMb), an important cardiac biomarker, is used for the early asses...

Mar 12, 2020

Coronary heart disease is a leading cause of death in Indonesia and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a routinely performed procedure. The aim of this study is to provide real-world insight ...

Mar 12, 2020

: The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic performance of new morphology-related indices and Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) and Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) scores during hospitalizat...

Mar 12, 2020

, a pathogen often responsible for musculoskeletal infections in children is the most common cause of septic arthritis and osteomyelitis in children 6 to 36 months of age. The aim of this study was to...

Mar 12, 2020

A 9-year-old neutered male domestic shorthair cat was referred for assessment of a chronic non-weightbearing left forelimb lameness that had an acute onset following a suspected cat bite to the distal...

Mar 12, 2020

This study aims to investigate the effect of Hemovac drainage placed in graft harvesting area on preventing deep surgical site infection (SSI) and/or septic arthritis through draining the hematoma for...

Mar 12, 2020

Newborn infants, especially those born preterm, are at risk of infections in early life. In preterm infants, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a devastating inflammatory gut condition, and late-onset s...

Mar 12, 2020

Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) has been linked to mental health disorders (MHDs) and pituitary function alterations. Due to the complex relationship of mTBI, the neuroendocrine system, and MHDs, w...