Critical Care General
Aug 10, 2020
To reduce intensive care unit overcrowding and optimize resources, elderly patients affected by suspected infection with declining clinical conditions could be managed in internal medicine departments...
Aug 10, 2020
Cell iron uptake in mammals is commonly distinguished by whether the iron is presented to the cell as transferrin-bound or not: TBI or NTBI. This generic perspective conflates TBI with canonical trans...
Aug 10, 2020
Concussions can cause cognitive impairment, somatic symptoms, and behavioral changes. Symptoms may vary in severity, depending on the degree of traumatic force. Due to the biomechanical nature of this...
Aug 10, 2020
Concussion, a type of mild traumatic brain injury, is a disruption in normal brain function due to head injury. New-onset symptoms from concussion vary, likely depending on the areas of the head and n...
Aug 10, 2020
Data on socioeconomic-related differences in heart failure (HF) care are sparse. Inequality in care may potentially contribute to a poor clinical outcome. We examined socioeconomic-related differences...
Aug 10, 2020
Atrial fibrillation (AF) occurs in dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) as a consequence of left atrial (LA) dilatation, and it affects survival and quality of life.To evaluate the usefuln...
Aug 10, 2020
There are limited data about pediatric left ventricular assist device (VAD) infections in developing countries. This study aimed to investigate device postimplantation infectious complications and the...
Aug 10, 2020
Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) affects more than 200 million people worldwide. Recent studies suggest that oxidative stress-related inflammation can lead to the initiation and progression of PAD. F...
Aug 10, 2020
The 2018 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology (AHA/ACC) cholesterol management guidelines identified 2 distinct groups of patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASC...
Aug 09, 2020
With emerging data suggesting that therapies for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) can impact outcomes among patients with heart failure (HF), and vice versa, but no single document that comprehensively...
Aug 06, 2020
Under controlled conditions, mental stress can provoke decrements in ventricular function, yet little is known about the effect of mental stress on diastolic function in patients with heart failure (H...
Aug 06, 2020
In this work, we report an ultra-high sensitive (S = 1.4 * 10^8 %}), prompt response and recovering Pt/Pt+SiO2 cermet layer/GaN-based hydrogen (H2) sensor. A sensor fabricated with a 15 nm cermet laye...
Aug 06, 2020
Use of extended criteria donors (ECD) and donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors are strategies to address organ shortage in liver transplantation (LT). We studied the characteristics and outco...
Aug 06, 2020
In sepsis, the protection of the vascular endothelium is essential and the maintenance of its function is critical to prevent further deterioration. High-density lipoprotein (HDL)-associated sphingosi...
Aug 06, 2020
Human mitochondrial DNA provides a promising target for fecal source tracking because it is unique and intrinsic to humans. We developed a TaqMan chemistry assay, hCYTB484, targeting the cytochrome b ...
Aug 06, 2020
Revision total hip arthroplasty (rTHA) is becoming a more common procedure due to the increasing volume of primary total hip arthroplasty. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is currently projected to affect 4.4% ...
Aug 06, 2020
The incidence and outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in immunocompromised patients are a matter of debate.Prospective nationwide study including a consecutive cohort of liver transplant p...
Aug 06, 2020
The spread of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and the guidance from authorities for social distancing and media reporting lead to significant uncertainty in Germany. Concerns have been expressed rega...
Aug 06, 2020
The first reports of declining hospital admissions for major cardiovascular emergencies during the COVID-19 pandemic attracted public attention. However, systematic evidence on this subject is sparse....
Aug 06, 2020
Background Impaired heart rate variability (HRV) is associated with increased mortality in sinus rhythm. However, HRV has not been systematically assessed in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). We...