Jul 12, 2021

Despite the recently increasing number of elderly patients undergoing liver resection, the impact of advancing age on postoperative infections (PIs) incidence and risk remains unclear. This study aime...

Jul 12, 2021

Lipocalin 2 (LCN2) is a pleiotropic molecule that is induced in the central nervous system (CNS) in several acute and chronic pathologies. The acute induction of LCN2 evolved as a beneficial process, ...

Jul 12, 2021

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) provokes primary and secondary damage on endothelium and brain parenchyma, leading neurons die rapidly by necrosis. The mammalian target of rapamycin signalling pathway (m...

Jul 12, 2021

To analyse the most recent trends and characteristics of playground equipment-related injuries in children.We used the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System database to acquire cases of playg...

Jul 12, 2021

Clinical decision support may improve the post-neuroimaging management of children with mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) and intracranial injuries. While the CHIIDA score has been proposed for thi...

Jul 12, 2021

Heart failure is a global health burden responsible for high morbidity and mortality with a prevalence of greater than 60 million individuals worldwide. One of the major causes of heart failure is dil...

Jul 12, 2021

Cardiac hypertrophy is the uppermost risk factor for the development of heart failure, leading to irreversible cardiac structural remodeling and sudden death. As a major mediator of cardiac remodeling...

Jul 08, 2021

Appendectomy is one of the most common surgical procedures performed worldwide There are different etiologies for acute appendicitis such as obstruction of the appendiceal lumen by fecalith, lymphoid ...

Jul 08, 2021

To investigate the association between graft-derived cell-free DNA and pretransplantation clinical variables, and to determine whether the former could be used as a novel biomarker to predict renal fu...

Jul 08, 2021

The complex pathophysiology of sepsis makes it a syndrome with limited therapeutic options and a high mortality rate. Gram-negative bacteria containing lipopolysaccharides (LPS) in their outer membran...

Jul 08, 2021

Intravenous lipid emulsions in parenteral nutrition may cause different metabolic responses and immune effects in critically ill patients with sepsis. The aim of this study is to investigate the effec...

Jul 08, 2021

Mixed oil intravenous lipid emulsion (MO ILE) that contains 30% soybean oil (SO), 30% medium chain triglycerides, 25% olive oil and 15% fish oil can benefit hospitalized patients receiving parenteral ...

Jul 08, 2021

The primary goal of this study was to demonstrate that endotracheal tubes coated with antimicrobial lipids plus mucolytic or antimicrobial lipids with antibiotics plus mucolytic would significantly re...

Jul 08, 2021

The COVID-19 outbreak has resulted in a global pandemic and led to more than a million deaths to date. COVID-19 early detection is essential for its mitigation by controlling its spread from infected ...

Jul 08, 2021

The expression of β-lactamases, especially metallo-β-lactamases (MβLs) in bacteria is one of the main causes of drug resistance. In this work, an effective N-acylhydrazone scaffold as MβL inhibito...

Jul 08, 2021

Mucormycosis is a rare infection caused by the fungus belonging to the order . Mucormycosis predominantly affects immunocompromised individuals such as people with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, ...

Jul 08, 2021

This study aimed to compare the clinical and radiological outcomes of patients who underwent total hip arthroplasty (THA) after failed osteosynthesis of acetabular fractures vs. fractures of the proxi...

Jul 08, 2021

The normal wound healing process is characterised by proteolytic events, whereas infection results in dysfunctional activations by endogenous and bacterial proteases. Peptides, downstream reporters of...

Jul 08, 2021

Whether patients with minor traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (MTICH) require intensive care remains uncertain. This study aimed to identify the factors affecting the postinjury neurological outcomes ...

Jul 08, 2021

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a global public health problem, causing long-term burden to patients and caregivers. Patients and their families often resort to seeking online information regarding TB...