Nov 29, 2021

Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), often used to evaluate degree of heart failure, has been implicated in fluid dysregulation and inflammation in critically-ill patients. Twenty to 30% of patients with ...

Nov 29, 2021

Critical care randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are often published in high-impact journals, whether general journals [the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), The Lancet, the Journal of the Amer...

Nov 22, 2021

Cryptococcus neoformans infections occur in immunocompromised patients, especially those with HIV infection, chemoradiotherapy after cancer, and organ transplantation. Infection can cause pneumonia an...

Nov 22, 2021

Examining a variety of diet quality methodologies will inform best practice use of diet quality indices for assessing all-cause and CVD mortality.To examine the association between three diet quality ...

Nov 22, 2021

Bloodstream infections (BSIs) are considered as a major cause of morbidity and mortality all over the world. The purpose of this study was to explore the distribution and antimicrobial resistance tren...

Nov 22, 2021

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is the most common disabling spinal injury, and the complex pathological process can eventually lead to severe neurological dysfunction. Many studies have reported that the ma...

Nov 22, 2021

Although degenerative mitral valve disease (DMVD) is essentially a disorder of the valve, the progression of the disease leads to structural myocardial changes that may compromise left ventricular sys...

Nov 22, 2021

There is no pharmacological treatment for the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Platelets play an important role in the pathophysiology of ARDS. Pre-clinical, observational and clinically re...

Nov 15, 2021

To compare and evaluate the diagnostic performance of visual evaluation and CT maximal density relative enhancement value in the diagnosis of intestinal ischemia complication in patients with closed ...

Nov 15, 2021

This study investigates the synergistic effect of TGF-β1 and Nrp-1 on CD4 CD25 T ' stabilization, and the associated pathways of signal transduction, in vitro models in the presence of LPS.Spleen CD4...

Nov 15, 2021

Describe what costs and benefits parents across the socioeconomic spectrum weight most heavily when making decisions about sport participation for their children.Cross-sectional survey of a nationally...

Nov 11, 2021

“Growing evidence indicates that survivors of sepsis face multiple health challenges after their initial hospitalization, along with high rates of healthcare utilization and mortality,” explains S...

Nov 08, 2021

Transdermal glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) has potential beneficial properties in acute stroke including intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and possible clinical benefits suggested in ultra-early stroke (≤ 6...

Nov 08, 2021

Polymicrobial bloodstream infections (pBSI) occurring in hematological patients are still poorly understood, and specific information are very limited.In this epidemiologic survey, we describe clinica...

Nov 08, 2021

Several lakes in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada have experienced reoccurring algal blooms and possess concentrations of phosphorus (P) that are in the eutrophic to hypereutrophic range (>35 μg/L...

Nov 08, 2021

Subclinical vascular brain lesions are highly prevalent in elderly patients with stroke. Little is known about predisposing factors and their impact on long-term outcome of patients with stroke at a y...

Nov 08, 2021

To evaluate the prognostic value of preprocedural CHA2DS2-VASc [congestive heart failure, hypertension, age ≥75 years (doubled), diabetes mellitus, previous stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA)...

Nov 08, 2021

Sepsis is defined as life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. Sestrin2 (SESN2), a highly evolutionarily conserved protein, is critically involved in the ...

Nov 08, 2021

Rehabilitation is key to improving outcomes and quality of life after traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, individuals experiencing homelessness are rarely represented in research that informs evide...

Nov 08, 2021

The effect of severe hypoglycemia on the incidence of heart failure (HF) is unclear.We evaluated the association of severe hypoglycemia with incident HF among individuals with type 2 diabetes.We inclu...