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Critical Care General

The Outcome of Diabetic Patients with Cardiomyopathy in Critical Care Unit: Hospital and Short-Term Outcome in a Period of Six Months to One Year.

Jan 24, 2020

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major risk factor for heart failure (HF) and coronary artery disease (CAD). DM may cause structural changes involving the left ventricle (LV) systolic and diastolic functio...

[Exploration on connotation of Zhigancao Decoction formula syndrome from the perspective of modern pathophysiology and severe cases of critical care and its clinical efficacy on cardioversion,maintenance of sinus rhythm,hemostasis,increasing platelets count,and tonifying deficiency].

Jan 24, 2020

Zhigancao decoction recorded in Treatise on Febrile Disease by Zhang Zhongjing in the Han dynasty have been widely used in treating palpitation and irregular pulse by traditional Chinese medicine phys...

[Exploration of Mahuang Fuzi Xixin Decoction formula syndromes based on severe cases of critical care and its application for nosocomial infection in critical care medicine including hyperpyrexia after tracheotomy and severe pain accompanied by acute myocardial infarction and diabetic peripheral neuropathy].

Jan 24, 2020

Mahuang Fuzi Xixin Decoction recorded in Treatise on Febrile Diseases by Zhang Zhongjing in the Han Dynasty have been widely used in treating Yang deficiency and exogenous wind-cold syndrome by tradit...

Sensitivity Enhancement of Point-of-Care for Cardiac Markers Detection using Micro-Impedimetric Immunosensor Arrays.

Jan 23, 2020

This paper describes the development and characterisation of a novel, electrical impedance spectroscopy-based (EIS) immunosensor array for point-of-care applications. EIS is a highly sensitive, label-...

Design and methodology of heart failure registry: Results of the Persian registry of cardiovascular disease.

Jan 23, 2020

Heart failure (HF) resulted from ultimate pathway of many cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) or as a separate entity poses a considerable increasing prevalence and economic burden, but its registry for be...

Mitochondrial Quality Control: Role in Cardiac Models of Lethal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.

Jan 23, 2020

The current standard of care for acute myocardial infarction or 'heart attack' is timely restoration of blood flow to the ischemic region of the heart. While reperfusion is essential for the salvage o...

Acute Myocardial Infarction Caused by Coronary Spasm and Dissection Treated with Medical Therapy.

Jan 23, 2020

We report the case of a 33-year-old woman with no history of coronary risk factors or chest pain who experienced intermittent chest pain at rest for several minutes from 2 PM. At 8 AM the next day, ch...

Impact of leaflet thrombosis on hemodynamics and clinical outcomes after bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement: A meta-analysis.

Jan 23, 2020

Leaflet thrombosis (LT, also called cusp thrombosis) detected by multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) is common in bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement (bAVR). However, it remains contradictory ...

Wearable Device Data May Help Predict Flu-Like Illness Patterns

Jan 21, 2020

TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Data from activity and physiological trackers may improve prediction of influenza-like illness (ILI), according to a study published online Jan. 16 in T...

First U.S. Patient With Coronavirus ID'd in Washington State

Jan 21, 2020

TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- The first U.S. case of a new coronavirus illness that originated in central China has been identified in a patient in Washington State, federal health of...

Sleep and Delirium in Adults Who Are Critically Ill: A Contemporary Review.

Jan 21, 2020

Sleep is important to health and well-being, and studies in healthy adults have demonstrated that sleep deprivation impacts respiratory, immune, and cognitive function. Historically, because of the na...

Basic Primer for Finances in Academic Adult and Pediatric Pulmonary Divisions.

Jan 17, 2020

The finances of academic medical centers (AMCs) are complex and rapidly evolving. This financial environment can have important effects on faculty expectations, compensation, and the work environment....

Thoracic Injury in Patients Injured by Explosions on the Battlefield and in Terrorist Incidents.

Jan 17, 2020

Thoracic injury is common on the battlefield and in terrorist attacks, occurring in 10% to 70% of patients depending on the type of weapons used. Typical injuries seen include bullet, blast, and fra...

Association of Contrast and Acute Kidney Injury in the Critically Ill: A Propensity-Matched Study.

Jan 17, 2020

Despite evidence that low osmolar radiocontrast media is not associated with acute kidney injury, it is important to evaluate this association in critically ill patients with normal kidney function.Th...

Prediction of mortality in adult patients with sepsis using six biomarkers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Jan 17, 2020

Angiopoietin-1 (Ang-1) and 2 (Ang-2), high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), soluble receptor for advanced glycation endproducts (sRAGE), soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 1 (sTREM1),...

Surfactant protein D (SP-D) gene polymorphism rs721917 is an independent predictor of acute kidney injury development in sepsis patients: a prospective cohort study.

Jan 17, 2020

Currently, there are no reliable predictors of risk of development and severity of acute kidney injury (AKI) in septic patients. The surfactant protein D (SP-D) polymorphism rs721917C/T is associated ...

Smoking tied to worse outcomes after a stroke

Jan 14, 2020

By Lisa Rapaport People who smoke or have recently quit have higher odds of being severely impaired after a stroke than their counterparts who never smoked, a new study su...

Clinical Guidelines Developed for Managing Nosebleeds

Jan 09, 2020

THURSDAY, Jan. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- In a clinical practice guideline from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, published online Jan. 7 in Otolaryngology-Head...

FDA Approves Ubrelvy for Acute Migraine Treatment

Jan 08, 2020

Significantly more patients treated with Ubrelvy versus placebo achieved pain freedom two hours post-treatment TUESDAY, Dec. 24, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Ubrelvy (ubrogepant) tablets have been ap...

CDC: Cases of Flu Continue to Mount Across America

Jan 07, 2020

Agency says it is still too early to know how severe this year's flu season will be. MONDAY, Dec. 30, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Flu continues to spread throughout the United States and has reached...

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