Jun 19, 2023

Disruption of dopamine neurotransmission is associated with functional impairment after severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI). This has prompted the study of dopamine agonists, such as amantadine, to a...

Jun 19, 2023

MRI T2 mapping has been proven to be sensitive to the level of blood oxygenation. We hypothesized that impaired exercise capacity in chronic heart failure is associated with a greater difference betwe...

Jun 19, 2023

Hyperglycaemia is common in critically ill patients, but blood glucose and insulin management may differ widely among intensive care units (ICUs). We aimed to describe insulin use practices and the re...

Jun 12, 2023

To compare outcomes of patients with infective endocarditis (IE) first treated in secondary hospitals and then transferred to reference centres for surgery, to those diagnosed in reference centres, an...

Jun 12, 2023

To compare clinical outcomes in patients with severe pneumonia according to the diagnostic strategy used.In this retrospective, nested, case-control study, patients with severe pneumonia who had under...

Jun 12, 2023

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia beyond the neonatal period is not uncommon. Its diagnosis in infancy and early childhood poses a challenge owing to different clinical presentation ranging from gastroi...

Jun 05, 2023

Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) as a bridge to eventual heart transplantation (HT) is increasingly used worldwide. However, the effect of different VA-ECMO types on HT outc...

Jun 05, 2023

Cerebral ischemia is a serious neurological disorder that can lead to high morbidity and mortality. Chlorogenic acid is a polyphenol compound with antioxidant that can regulate proteins in cerebral is...

Jun 05, 2023

Hemiparesis increases the risk of femoral neck fracture (FNF) in the elderly, which frequently necessitates hemiarthroplasty. There are limited reports on the outcomes of hemiarthroplasty in patients ...

Jun 05, 2023

The aim was to investigate the combined effect of insult intensity and duration, regarding intracranial pressure (ICP), pressure reactivity index (PRx), cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP), and optimal ...

Jun 05, 2023

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can cause acute and chronic pain along with motor, cognitive and emotional problems. Although the mechanisms are poorly understood, previous studies suggest disruptions in...

Jun 05, 2023

The effects of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) in patients with heart failure (HF) remain controversial. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to examine the efficacy of HIIT versus m...

May 29, 2023

While patients undergoing dialysis have substantially increased cardiovascular event rates compared with the general population, predicting individual risk remains difficult. Whether diabetic retinopa...

May 29, 2023

We sought to establish whether nucleated red blood cells (NRBCs) are predictive of disposition, morbidity, and mortality for pediatric patients presenting to the emergency department (ED).A single-cen...

May 29, 2023

Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are common in children. We developed machine learning models to predict pediatric ARI pathogens at admission.We included hospitalized children with respiratory infe...

May 29, 2023

The Sonata System is a minimally-invasive, ultrasound-guided transcervical fibroid ablation procedure for management of symptomatic uterine fibroids. Since its approval by the U.S Food and Drug Admini...

May 29, 2023

Despite significant morbidity, radical cystectomy (RC) is standard of care for muscle invasive bladder cancer, certain high-risk nonmuscle invasive tumors and after failure of intravesical or trimodal...

May 29, 2023

Mild traumatic brain injury is an insidious event whereby the initial injury leads to ongoing secondary neuro- and systemic inflammation through various cellular pathways lasting days to months after ...

May 29, 2023

Although vasopressor and sedative agents are commonly used within the intensive care unit to mediate systemic and cerebral physiology, the full impact such agents have on cerebrovascular reactivity re...

May 22, 2023

Multiport robotic surgery in the retroperitoneum is limited by the bulky robotic frame and clashing of instruments. Moreover, patients are placed in the lateral decubitus position, which has been link...