Critical Care General
Jun 01, 2020
Sepsis is a fatal disease referring to the presence of a known or strongly suspected infection coupled with systemic and uncontrolled immune activation causing multiple organ failure. However, curren...
Jun 01, 2020
To examine the effectiveness of Brains Ahead!, a psychoeducational intervention aimed to prevent long-term problems with activities and participation in children after mild traumatic brain injury (mTB...
Jun 01, 2020
To investigate the natural course of activities and participation of children up to 6 months after a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).A prospective longitudinal cohort study with complete data sets ...
Jun 01, 2020
How recurrent traumatic brain injury (rTBI) alters brain function years after insult is largely unknown. This study aims to characterize the mechanistic cause for long-term brain deterioration followi...
Jun 01, 2020
The study sought to identify the role of Annexin A1 as a congestion marker in acute heart failure, and to identify its putative role in predicting clinical outcomes.Annexin A1 (AnxA1) is a protein tha...
Jun 01, 2020
To estimate oxygen uptake (VO) from cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) using simultaneously recorded seismocardiogram (SCG) and electrocardiogram (ECG) signals captured with a small wearable patch...
Jun 01, 2020
Aortic insufficiency (AI) is associated with morbidity and mortality in patients with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), whereas its impact on the HeartMate 3 LVAD cohorts remain...
Jun 01, 2020
Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are preferred over warfarin for the treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE) as well as atrial fibrillation (AF). The efficacy and safety of fixed dose regimen of D...
Jun 01, 2020
Complex abdominal aortic aneurysms (cAAAs) have traditionally been treated with an open surgical repair (OSR). Over the past decade, fenestrated endovascular graft repair (FEVAR) has emerged as a viab...
May 28, 2020
Research indicates that more than 750,000 patients per year are hospitalized for stroke in the US, with 50% experiencing lasting effects. Among stroke survivors, 5% to 14% experience another stroke in...
May 28, 2020
Subcapsular renal hematoma (SRH) is a challenging condition, which may jeopardize kidney function or constitute a life-threatening event. This is particularly true in single-kidney patients, such as k...
May 28, 2020
No large multicentre prospective studies ever addressed the outcomes of mpMRI targeted fusion transperineal biopsy (TPFBx) under local anesthesia (LA). The debate upon best biopsy modality is still op...
May 28, 2020
The Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute respiratory infectious disease. At present, COVID-19 has no specific therapeutic drugs, and the main clinical treatment is symptomatic treatment an...
May 28, 2020
Acute esophageal necrosis (AEN), or colloquially named "black esophagus," is a rare clinical condition often associated with ischemic injury to the esophagus secondary to splanchnic vasoconstriction d...
May 28, 2020
Oral P2Y receptor antagonists exhibit delayed onset of platelet inhibition in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Selatogrel is a potent, highly selective, and reversible P2Y receptor ant...
May 28, 2020
The relative efficacy and safety of apixaban compared with no anticoagulation have not been studied in patients on maintenance dialysis with atrial fibrillation. We aimed to determine whether apixaban...
May 28, 2020
Antiplatelet drug resistance is associated with periprocedural ischemic complications in patients undergoing intravascular stent implantation. Nonresponders are subject to increased risk of stent thro...
May 28, 2020
Infective endocarditis (IE) remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with numerous pathogens as culprits. We present a case of IE that evolved to a septic embolic stroke cause...
May 28, 2020
Animal attacks are a worrisome and dangerous entity that occur at high volumes and are evaluated frequently by ER physicians, primary care physicians, trauma teams, acute care surgeons, and plastic su...
May 28, 2020
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition and a systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) driven by infection. This study aimed at investigating the expression of microRNA-103 (miR-103) in sepsis pa...