Jul 23, 2020

Inflammation and malnutrition play a critical role in the outcomes of patients undergoing carotid artery stenting (CAS). Prognostic nutritional index (PNI) is commonly utilized to evaluate the peri-op...

Jul 23, 2020

Sepsis is defined as a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection, and some sepsis patients will develop cardiac dysfunction. Sepsis-induced cardiac dysfunc...

Jul 23, 2020

Despite advances in therapeutic strategies and critical care management, septic encephalopathy (SE) is still a leading cause of infection-associated death in intensive care units (ICUs). Vitexin, a fl...

Jul 23, 2020

Septic cavernous sinus thrombosis (CST) is a rare, life-threatening disease with infectious thrombosis causing associated complications resulting in high morbidity and mortality. We report a series of...

Jul 23, 2020

The cognitive, behavioral, and emotional deficits that may be associated with sports-related concussions among adolescents are unclear.We examined the association between reported concussion history a...

Jul 23, 2020

Closed-head traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a worldwide concern with increasing prevalence and cost to society. Rotational acceleration is a primary mechanism in TBI that results from tissue strains t...

Jul 23, 2020

An increasing number of patients are able to survive traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) with advanced resuscitation. However, the role of their pre-injury health status in mortality in the following year...

Jul 23, 2020

Previous studies have reported superior hemodynamic performance with bovine bioprosthetic aortic valves compared with porcine valves. However, conflicting results mean the long-term effect on survival...

Jul 23, 2020

A left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is used in certain heart failure cases, but LVADs can have significant neurological complications including intracranial hemorrhages (ICH). Prediction and manag...

Jul 23, 2020

The recent pandemic highlights the essential nature of optimizing the use of invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) in complex critical care settings. This review of reviews maps evidence-based practic...

Jul 23, 2020

Liberal oxygen supplementation is often used in acute illness but has, in some studies, been associated with harm. We aimed to assess the benefits and harms of higher versus lower oxygenation strategi...

Jul 23, 2020

Dementia disorders predispose for lethal complications and decrease life expectancy. A more profound knowledge regarding end-stage conditions in dementia could therefore ameliorate treatment and care ...

Jul 23, 2020

A number of trials have assessed the efficacy and safety of short-term dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) in patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). However, whether to continue a...

Jul 23, 2020

Naturally occurring human genetic variants provide a valuable tool to identify drug targets and guide drug prioritization and clinical trial design. Ivabradine is a heart rate lowering drug with prote...

Jul 20, 2020

Stroke is the leading cause of death and the main cause of disability in surviving patients. The detrimental interaction between immune cells, glial cells, and matrix components in stroke pathology re...

Jul 20, 2020

MicroRNAs are dysregulated in sepsis. Acute lung injury is a progressive syndrome during sepsis. However, the role of miR-129-5p in the development of acute lung injury induced by sepsis remains uncle...

Jul 20, 2020

Rare diseases are often poorly understood, and this study sought to investigate the incidence of a rare disease entity, basaloid squamous cell carcinoma (BSCC) of the oral cavity (OC) at a tertiary ca...

Jul 20, 2020

Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) is a potentially life-threatening infection that occurs in immunocompromised individuals. The incidence can be as high as 80% in some groups but can be reduced t...

Jul 20, 2020

SARS-CoV-2 causes a phenotype of pneumonia with diverse manifestation, which is termed as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). An impressive high transmission rate allows COVID-19 conferring enormous ...

Jul 20, 2020

Hyaluronic acid (HA) based nanofibers (NFs) represented a novel class of bioactive wound dressings that have a vital role in wound management due to their unique properties as an extracellular-matrix ...