Mar 04, 2020

We evaluated the clinical manifestations and outcomes of nocardiosis, a rare opportunistic infection that occurs in patients with nephrotic syndrome.The records of NS patients with nocardiosis in a si...

Mar 04, 2020

Dengue infection causes dengue fever (DF) and dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome (DHF/DSS). CD4 Foxp3 Tregs are expanded in patients during dengue infection, and appear to be associated wi...

Mar 04, 2020

Sleep is increasingly recognizes as a crucial component to rapid and successful rehabilitation, especially from traumatic brain injuries (TBI). Assessment of longitudinal patterns of sleep in a hospit...

Mar 04, 2020

Acute alcohol intoxication is universally considered a risk factor for traumatic brain injury (TBI), therefore an indication for head CT scan. There is no evidence in the literature for this attitude....

Mar 04, 2020

More than 200 million American adults and children participate in organized physical activity. Growing awareness has highlighted that concussion, especially when repeated, may be associated with prolo...

Mar 04, 2020

The purpose of this study was to prospectively validate a care pathway for psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) in a pediatric setting. The pathway was developed based on a previous study of patie...

Mar 04, 2020

 The purpose of the study was to evaluate the impact of craniotomy (CO) and decompressive craniectomy (DC) for evacuation of acute subdural hematoma (SDH) on pulmonary complications and sepsis. St...

Mar 04, 2020

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic cardiovascular disease with a broad spectrum of disease severity. HCM ranges from a benign course to a progressive disorder characterized b...

Mar 04, 2020

Physical frailty screening is more commonly performed at outpatient heart failure (HF) clinics. However, this does not incorporate other common geriatric domains. This study assesses whether a multido...

Mar 04, 2020

Mutations in the human desmin gene (DES) cause autosomal-dominant and -recessive cardiomyopathies, leading to heart failure, arrhythmias, and AV blocks. We analyzed the effects of vascular pressure ov...

Mar 04, 2020

Cardiovascular diseases are the major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Given the complex pathophysiology of cardiovascular diseases, an experimental approach capable of identifying multiple...

Mar 04, 2020

Critical care airway management (CCAM) is a key skill for critical care physicians. Simulation based training (SBT) may be an effective modality in training intensivists in CCAM.This study examines wh...

Mar 04, 2020

Combined training (CT) has been associated with positive responses in the clinical status of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Other non-pharmacological tools, such as amino acid supplementat...

Mar 04, 2020

Our study aimed to present the clinical characteristics of aetiological and risk factors of ischemic stroke (IS) in young adults in order to provide reference to the early prevention and management.Da...

Mar 02, 2020

Despite the growing concern about the safety of gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs), they are still the most commonly used. Ferumoxytol, as an off-label alternative MRI contrast agent, cannot be ...

Mar 02, 2020

Traditional Chinese medicine has been reported to influence the proliferation and differentiation of neural stem cells (NSCs) that may be protective against nervous system diseases. Recent evidence in...

Mar 02, 2020

This study is to explore the neuroprotective effects and involved glial scar of saffron (Crocus sativus L.) on the late cerebral ischemia in rats. Focal cerebral ischemia was induced by middle cerebra...

Mar 02, 2020

The bacteria LPS is one of the leading endotoxins responsible for sepsis; its sensing pathway-induced pyroptosis plays an important role in innate immunity. However, excessive pyroptosis might cause i...

Mar 02, 2020

Handling of submicron-sized objects is important in many biochemical and biomedical applications, but few methods today can precisely manipulate this range of particles. We present gradient acoustic f...

Mar 02, 2020

Following detection of high levels of serum prostate-specific antigen, many men are advised to have transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy in an attempt to locate a cancer. This nontargeted approach lac...