Critical Care General
Jun 16, 2022
For a study, researchers sought to describe the diaphragm function time course in mechanically ventilated septic and non-septic patients. Secondary analysis of 2 prospective observational studies of m...
May 23, 2022
Recently, many diagnostic biomarkers were reported, but each had its own limitation. However, there is a need for an effective sensitivity and specificity of biomarker in diagnosis and prognosis of se...
May 23, 2022
In patients with knee infection, arthrodesis by external fixation is a limb-salvage procedure appropriate in highly selected patients. No hardware that might lead to infection is left in situ. However...
May 23, 2022
Severe traumatic brain injury remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Despite recommendations from the Brain Trauma Foundation, there is wide variability in treatment paradigms for severe ...
May 23, 2022
The left atrium is a dynamic chamber with peculiar characteristics. Stressors and disease mechanisms may deeply modify its structure and function, leading to left atrial remodeling and disease. Left a...
May 18, 2022
The following was originally posted to the University of Nebraska Medical Center Division of Infectious Diseases blog. Dr. Rupp recently assisted in the creation of ne...
May 16, 2022
Admission hypothermia (AH, < 36.5℃) remains a major challenge for global neonatal survival, especially in developing countries. Baseline research shows nearly 89.3% of very low birth weight (...
May 16, 2022
Activation of the coagulation cascade is a critical, evolutionarily conserved mechanism that maintains haemostasis by rapidly forming blood clots in response to blood-borne infections and damaged bloo...
May 16, 2022
Although several chest X-ray (CXR) severity scoring systems are in use to assess Covid-19 pneumonia (CP), inhomogeneity has been observed among the assessment methodologies.To describe and validate se...
May 16, 2022
Proteotoxicity from insufficient clearance of misfolded/damaged proteins exacerbates cardiac functional decline following a myocardial infarction (MI). Estrogen is known to play a crucial role in the ...
May 16, 2022
The healthy heart comprises immune cells, mainly macrophages of differing class and origin. While these myeloid cells remain an area of continuous investigation, we have come to appreciate that a subs...
May 16, 2022
We evaluated the effectiveness of the Extended Prevalence of Infection in Intensive Care (EPIC) III data collection protocol as an active surveillance tool in the eight Intensive Care Units (ICUs) of ...
May 16, 2022
Twenty percent of pediatric patients with BA develop ACLF with increased mortality while awaiting LT. Respiratory complications are common in pediatric ACLF and are associated with increased morbidity...
May 16, 2022
There are notable health disparities and inequities in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and concussion by race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, and geography. This review will ev...
May 16, 2022
The relationships between glucose abnormalities, insulin resistance (IR) and heart failure (HF) are unclear, especially regarding to the HF type, i.e., HF with reduced (HFrEF) or preserved (HFpEF) eje...
May 11, 2022
From January 1, 2020, to December 1, 2021, Pubmed, Cochrane Library, Scopus, and Embase were searched to find relevant papers comparing outcomes of COVID-19 patients undergoing early and late tracheos...
May 11, 2022
In the immediate post-operative course of young, congenital heart repaired patients, non-invasive cardiac output (CO) measurements were critical. In pediatric intensive care units (PICUs), the adoptio...
May 11, 2022
For a study, researchers sought to link the proportion of time spent in different blood glucose ranges (TIR) and death in critically sick patients. Adult patients admitted to the ICU for at least 1 da...
May 11, 2022
For a study, researchers sought to determine if introducing bedside percutaneous ultrasound gastrostomy (PUG) would improve efficiency and cost results in ICU patients when compared to traditional gas...
May 09, 2022
For a study, researchers sought to compare the time to release from respiratory support using high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) treatment as the first-line form of noninvasive respiratory support followi...