Jun 28, 2021

Although both leukocytosis and leukopenia have been considered Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome criteria, leukopenia is not generally considered a normal response to infection. We sought to eva...

Jun 28, 2021

Due to the emergence of multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains, there is an urgent need to develop several new strategies to control this bacterium. In this context, vaccination may be t...

Jun 28, 2021

Concussions, also known as mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), are a growing health challenge. Approximately four million concussions are diagnosed annually in the United States. Concussion is a heter...

Jun 28, 2021

Hypoxia inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF-1α) is involved in regulating the biological functions of neuronal death after traumatic brain injury (TBI), and attaches importance in the inflammatory response...

Jun 28, 2021

The burden of paediatric traumatic brain injury (pTBI) in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) is unknown. To fill this gap, we conducted a review that aimed to characterise the causes of pTBI in L...

Jun 28, 2021

. We aimed to develop an algorithm for the identification of basic Activities of Daily Living (ADL)-dependency in health insurance databases.. We used the AMI (Aging Multidisciplinary Investigation) p...

Jun 28, 2021

It remains unclear why depression is associated with adverse outcomes in heart failure (HF) patients. We examine the relationship between depression and clinical outcomes among patients with HF and re...

Jun 24, 2021

Ischemic stroke is caused by a sudden neurological defect following a vascular occlusion and elicits a local and systemic inflammation in brain tissue. Interleukin-38 is an anti-inflammatory cytokine ...

Jun 24, 2021

To assess patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) treatment variation between Swiss perinatal centers and to determine its effect on outcome in a population-based setting.Retrospective cohort study of infants ...

Jun 24, 2021

Recurrent chronic synovitis due to foreign body is a rare entity and it may progress into chronic septic arthritis. Chronic recurrent synovitis or septic arthritis may leave permanent damage to the ar...

Jun 24, 2021

A number of different rescue protocols for relapsed canine multicentric large-cell lymphoma have been described. The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the efficacy of a maintenance treatment in ...

Jun 24, 2021

The novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) is a highly contagious and highly pathogenic disease caused by a novel coronavirus（SARS-CoV-2）and has become a pandemic. As a vulnerable population, univ...

Jun 24, 2021

The authors reply: We appreciate the interest of Dr. Zhang and colleagues in our manuscript. The main difference between our publication and that of Zhang et al. (1), was that we assessed all rare pre...

Jun 24, 2021

An urgent need to define clinical and laboratory parameters to predict progression to the severe and lethal forms of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID 19). To investigate the direct/total bilirubin rati...

Jun 24, 2021

To evaluate patients characteristics, procedural details, perioperative outcomes, and midterm results of carotid artery stenting (CAS) performed with the Roadsaver/Casper stent (Terumo Corp, Tokyo, Ja...

Jun 24, 2021

Free wall rupture (FWR) is a lethal complication after acute myocardial infarction; however, the un-derlying mechanisms of FWR are unclear. This study analyzes the relationship between neutrophil coun...

Jun 24, 2021

Infectious complications play a prominent role in pancreaticoduodenectomy. Their incidence increases in cases with preoperative biliary drainage (PBD), due to the higher risk of bacterobilia. The aim ...

Jun 24, 2021

To determine the appropriateness of empiric antibiotic therapy and the possible benefit of adding short-course gentamicin in septic shock patients with abdominal, urogenital, or an unknown focus. Seco...

Jun 24, 2021

Perianal sepsis in Crohn's fistulae is managed with antibiotics and surgical drainage; a non-cutting seton is used for an identified trans-sphincteric fistula tract. Optimal management following seton...

Jun 24, 2021

Executive dysfunction (EF) is a common feature of adult traumatic brain injury (TBI), especially in moderate to severe cases. Assessing EF usually requires the administration of an extensive neuropsyc...