Aug 06, 2020

The relation between deresuscitative fluid management after the resuscitation phase and clinical outcome in patients with abdominal sepsis is not completely clear. The aim of this study was to assess...

Aug 06, 2020

Streptococcus suis serotype 2 is an important porcine bacterial pathogen and emerging zoonotic agent. Infections induce an exacerbated inflammation that can result in sudden death (septic shock) and m...

Aug 06, 2020

Acute Q fever is usually asymptomatic or is associated with a mild self-limited course and a favorable outcome. The occurrence of endocarditis during acute infection by is an emerging clinical entity...

Aug 06, 2020

To investigate the association of sexuality with sociodemographic (age, sex, education), medical (injury severity, time since injury), physical (fatigue, pain, independence), neuropsychological (memor...

Aug 06, 2020

Traumatic brain injury is one of the major causes of death and disability in the world. One of the most frequent and deadly injury resulted from a head trauma is acute subdural haematoma (ASDH), which...

Aug 06, 2020

Patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) often have multiple autonomic disturbances that interfere with normal gastrointestinal motility. Many of the pharmacologic agents used in the intensiv...

Aug 06, 2020

Estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) from cystatin C (eGFRcys) is often considered a more accurate method to assess GFR compared to estimated GFR from creatinine (eGFRcr) in the setting of heart...

Aug 06, 2020

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is an adaptive structural remodelling consequent to uncontrolled blood pressure. Impaired angiogenesis plays a vital role in transiting LVH into cardiac failure. Cat...

Aug 06, 2020

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has been declared by the WHO as an emerging public health problem of global importance and classified as a pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 inf...

Aug 06, 2020

Elevated left ventricular filling pressure (measured as mean pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, PCWPm) at rest or with exercise is diagnostic of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)...

Aug 06, 2020

Atopic dermatitis (AD) has been linked to systemic infections in adulthood, but large-scale studies are few and potential associations unclear.To examine whether adults with AD have increased risk of ...

Aug 03, 2020

Ruxolitinib, a selective Janus kinase (JAK)1/2 inhibitor, has recently been proposed for steroid refractory chronic graft-versus host disease (cGVHD) after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplan...

Aug 03, 2020

Endothelial cells lining the microvasculature are particularly vulnerable to the deleterious effects of cardiac ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury, a susceptibility that is partially mediated by dysreg...

Aug 03, 2020

The dysfunction of vascular endothelial cells is associated with sepsis development. Long noncoding RNAs take part in the regulation of vascular endothelial cell function. This study aimed to explore ...

Aug 03, 2020

Resection of the distal interphalangeal joint (DIJ) is a claw-preserving method for treatment of septic arthritis. This study presents the radiographic and histological findings of the surgically-trea...

Aug 03, 2020

The aim is to provide a narrative review of the role of corticosteroids, with and without inhaled beta agonist, in communityacquired pneumonia. Community and health-care associated pneumonia remain le...

Aug 03, 2020

The goal of this study was to assess chest computed tomography (CT) diagnostic accuracy in clinical practice using RT-PCR as standard of reference.From March 4th to April 9th 2020, during the peak of ...

Aug 03, 2020

The outbreak of the new coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) in Wuhan, Hubei, has caused very serious consequences and severely affected people's lives and mental health. The outbreak will cause bad emotions s...

Aug 03, 2020

Infection is postulated as a possible risk factor for ischemic heart disease with a spiralling body of evidence. Hepatitis B is one of the most comprehensively investigated infection for its associati...

Aug 03, 2020

Elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has become an increasingly safe procedure. However, same day discharge (SDD) has yet to become standard practice. Our aim is to characterize the patie...