Critical Care General
Apr 28, 2020
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory tract infection caused by a newly emergent coronavirus, that was first recognized in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Currently, the World Health Or...
Apr 28, 2020
Early use of antimicrobials is a critical intervention in the treatment of patients with sepsis. The exact time of initiation is controversial and its early administration may be a difficult task in c...
Apr 28, 2020
Blastomycosis is an uncommon disease caused by the dimorphic fungus, Blastomyces dermatitidis, often found in endemic regions of Midwestern America. It can be found in forested, sandy soils, decaying ...
Apr 28, 2020
The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (COVID-19) induced infection can be associated with a coagulopathy, findings consistent with infection induced inflammatory changes as observed in patients with disseminated...
Apr 28, 2020
To develop and psychometrically test the Behavioral Indicators of Pain Scale (ESCID) in patients with traumatic brain injury DESIGN: A prospective observational study to test the psychometric properti...
Apr 28, 2020
: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between relatives' interpersonal functioning and patients' recovery after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) across one year in Switzerland....
Apr 28, 2020
To present recent evidence on the prevalence, incidence, costs, activity limitations, and work limitations of common conditions requiring rehabilitation.This was a systematic review. Medline (PubMed),...
Apr 28, 2020
The protective effect of methylene blue (MB) was investigated on the model of focal one-sided traumatic brain injury (TBI) of the sensorimotor cortex region from 1 to 7 days after the injury. TBI caus...
Apr 28, 2020
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant medical problem with limited treatment options and is one of the main causes of life-long disability. Neuroinflammation orchestrated by activated microgli...
Apr 28, 2020
Premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) are extremely common, found in the majority of individuals undergoing long-term ambulatory monitoring. Increasing age, a taller height, a higher blood pressure, ...
Apr 28, 2020
To evaluate outcome assessment of percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) in different flow and gradient patterns of severe aortic stenosis (AS).The mean pressure gradient reduction after BAV ...
Apr 28, 2020
The effects of ER stress on protein secretion by cardiac myocytes are not well understood. In this study, the ER stressor thapsigargin (TG), which depletes ER calcium, induced death of cultured neonat...
Apr 28, 2020
Post-implantation syndrome (PIS) is the clinical and biochemical expression of an inflammatory response following endovascular aneurysm repair, with a reported incidence ranging from 2-100%. Although ...
Apr 28, 2020
The echocardiography working group of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine recognized the need to provide structured guidance for future CCE research methodology and reporting based on a sy...
Apr 28, 2020
Transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) has been shown to have half the rates of transient ischemic attack (TIA), stroke and death compared to transfemoral carotid artery stenting (TFCAS). Succes...
Apr 28, 2020
A seven-year-old, spayed female, domestic longhair cat was referred for management of a sudden aortic thromboembolism (ATE). Echocardiography showed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with severe left atrial...
Apr 28, 2020
The development of postoperative pneumonia following cardiac surgery is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. However, seasonal variation as a risk factor for the development of postope...
Apr 28, 2020
To compare the results of concomitant femoropopliteal and infrapopliteal percutaneous angioplasty / stenting (PTA/S) with distal bypass graft surgery (BGS) in patients with chronic limb-threatening is...
Apr 24, 2020
A rare disease of unknown etiology, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is characterized by progressive, irreversible scarring of the lung interstitium leading to a reduction in respiratory function a...
Apr 20, 2020
An accurate biomarker for metabolic acidosis at birth is needed. Our aims were to investigate the link between umbilical artery pCO and the risk for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) and to compar...