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Four-year incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with atherosclerosis and atrial fibrillation.

Feb 28, 2020

There is a paucity of contemporary data assessing the implications of atrial fibrillation (AF) on major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in patients with or at high-risk for atherosclerotic diseas...

Effect of direct angioplasty therapy on acute middle cerebral artery occlusion with good leptomeningeal collateral.

Feb 28, 2020

The objective of this study was to investigate and discuss the effect of direct angioplasty therapy on acute middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) patients with good leptomeningeal collateral circul...

Cardiac glycoside digoxin ameliorates pro-inflammatory cytokines in PBMCs of rheumatoid arthritis patients in vitro.

Feb 28, 2020

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disorder characterized by hyperplasia of the synovial membrane along with persistent inflammation of joints. Earlier studies suggest the crucial role...

The neuroinvasive potential of SARS-CoV2 may be at least partially responsible for the respiratory failure of COVID-19 patients.

Feb 28, 2020

Following the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), another highly pathogenic coronavirus named SARS-CoV-2 (previously k...

[Clinical manifestations and late diagnosis of common variable immunodeficiency].

Feb 28, 2020

Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID) is the most frequent type of severe primary immunodeficiency (PID). Clinical manifestations of CVID occur at any age; nevertheless, they are more frequent betwe...

Radiological findings from 81 patients with COVID-19 pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study.

Feb 28, 2020

A cluster of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia caused by infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) were successively reported in Wuhan, Chin...

Variation in Practice Related to the Use of High Flow Nasal Cannula in Critically Ill Children.

Feb 28, 2020

To determine current management of critically ill children and gather views regarding high flow nasal cannula therapy and to evaluate research priorities for a large prospective randomized controlled ...

Clinical course and outcomes of critically ill patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a single-centered, retrospective, observational study.

Feb 28, 2020

An ongoing outbreak of pneumonia associated with the severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) started in December, 2019, in Wuhan, China. Information about critically ill patients with SARS...

Intestinal flora dysbiosis aggravates cognitive dysfunction associated with neuroinflammation in heart failure.

Feb 28, 2020

Cognitive dysfunction after heart failure (HF) is characterized by neuroinflammation, which plays an important role in the occurrence and development of cognitive dysfunction. Recent studies have show...

Comparing PCI Approaches for Cardiogenic Shock

Feb 25, 2020

Previous studies indicate that early revascularization appears to reduce mortality among patients with acute MI that is complicated by cardiogenic shock. Approximately 80% of MI patients with cardioge...

Susceptibility of rat steatotic liver to ischemia-reperfusion is treatable with liver-selective matrix metalloproteinase inhibition.

Feb 18, 2020

This study examined whether enhanced susceptibility of steatotic liver to I/R injury is due to impaired recruitment of bone marrow (BM) progenitors of LSECs (also called sprocs) with diminished repair...

Hypoxic-ischemic-related cerebrovascular changes and potential therapeutic strategies in the neonatal brain.

Feb 18, 2020

Perinatal hypoxic-ischemic (HI)-related brain injury is an important cause of morbidity and long-standing disability in newborns. The only currently approved therapeutic strategy available to reduce b...

Mitochondrial division inhibitor 1 disrupts oligodendrocyte Ca homeostasis and mitochondrial function.

Feb 18, 2020

Mitochondrial fission mediated by cytosolic dynamin related protein 1 (Drp1) is essential for mitochondrial quality control but may contribute to apoptosis as well. Blockade of Drp1 with mitochondrial...

Inhibition of MiR-122 Decreases Cerebral Ischemia-reperfusion Injury by Upregulating DJ-1-Phosphatase and Tensin Homologue Deleted on Chromosome 10 (PTEN)/Phosphonosinol-3 Kinase (PI3K)/AKT.

Feb 18, 2020

BACKGROUND Ischemia-reperfusion injury is caused by a blood reperfusion injury in ischemic brain tissue, and usually occurs in the treatment stage of ischemic disease, which can aggravate brain tissue...

Multistate, population-based distributions of candidate vaccine targets, clonal complexes, and resistance features of invasive Group B Streptococci within the US: 2015-2017.

Feb 18, 2020

Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a leading cause of neonatal sepsis and meningitis and an important cause of invasive infections in pregnant and nonpregnant adults. Vaccines targeting capsule polysaccha...

Presepsin:albumin ratio and C-reactive protein:albumin ratio as novel sepsis-based prognostic scores : A retrospective study.

Feb 18, 2020

To investigate the prognostic value of the presepsin:albumin ratio and C‑reactive protein:albumin ratio in patients with sepsis in the intensive care unit (ICU).A total of 228 (129 males and 99 fem...

Implantation of biologic mesh in ventral hernia repair-does it make sense?

Feb 18, 2020

Biological acellular porcine dermis mesh, such as Permacol™, has been used since 2009 to treat abdominal incisional hernias in a septic context. This study investigated the risk factors for inc...

Low vasopressin and progression of neonatal sepsis to septic shock: a prospective cohort study.

Feb 18, 2020

The study objective was to analyze the association between low plasma vasopressin and progression of sepsis to septic shock in neonates ...

Trajectory of Mortality and Health-Related Quality of Life Morbidity Following Community-Acquired Pediatric Septic Shock.

Feb 18, 2020

In-hospital pediatric sepsis mortality has decreased substantially, but long-term mortality and morbidity among children initially surviving sepsis, is unknown. Accordingly, the Life After Pediatric S...

Systemic Endothelial Activation Is Associated With Early Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Children With Extrapulmonary Sepsis.

Feb 18, 2020

Systemic endothelial activation may contribute to sepsis-associated organ injury, including acute respiratory distress syndrome. We hypothesized that children with extrapulmonary sepsis with versus wi...

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