Critical Care General
Dec 13, 2022
The following is a summary of "Extracorporeal versus conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation for refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a secondary analysis of the Prague OHCA trial" published ...
Dec 13, 2022
The following is a summary of "Proenkephalin A 119–159 predicts early and successful liberation from renal replacement therapy in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury: a post hoc analysi...
Dec 12, 2022
Currently there are no effective therapies to prevent or halt the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Multiple risk factors are involved in AD, including ischemic stroke (IS). Aspirin is often pr...
Dec 12, 2022
The synovial fluid (SF) analysis involves a series of chemical and physical studies that allow opportune diagnosing of septic, inflammatory, non-inflammatory, and other pathologies in joints. Among th...
Dec 12, 2022
Disorders of swallowing often lead to pneumonia when material enters the airways (aspiration). Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) plays a key role in the diagnostics of aspiration but...
Dec 12, 2022
Plasma neurofilament light chain (NF-L) levels were assessed as a diagnostic biomarker for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and as a prognostic biomarker for somatomotor recovery, cognitive decline, and e...
Dec 12, 2022
This article focuses on treatments and complications in patients presenting dental trauma in primary teeth. Treatment alternatives begin with the decision of performing a procedure under clinical sett...
Dec 12, 2022
This paper describes the baseline characteristics of the Semaglutide Effects on Heart Disease and Stroke in Patients with Overweight or Obesity (SELECT) study, one of the largest cardiovascular (CV) o...
Dec 09, 2022
Surrogate caregivers for bereaved patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) may suffer from prolonged grief disorder (PGD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and depression. Given the duration cri...
Dec 09, 2022
To demonstrate the efficacy of the Anapnoguard endotracheal tubes and its control unit, researchers put them to use in proof of concept research, including on 15 patients who had COVID-19 acute respir...
Dec 09, 2022
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most common comorbidities in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Unfortunately, there aren't many specific studies on the best way to...
Dec 08, 2022
Patients in critical care can learn more about steroidogenesis and its functional reserves by obtaining a steroid profile and then having their corticotropin levels tested. Here, researchers tested th...
Dec 08, 2022
Current single AKI biomarkers are not very specific, and the diagnosis of acute kidney injury (AKI) events is sometimes delayed. An understanding of the intricacy of AKI and the ability to identify po...
Dec 08, 2022
The intensive care unit (ICU) atmosphere can be very draining on one's emotions. Post-intensive care syndrome refers to the physical and mental health problems that patients and their loved ones may f...
Dec 07, 2022
Patients meeting certain criteria for acute hypercapnic respiratory failure should initially be treated with non-invasive ventilation (NIV) using bi-level positive pressure ventilation. Although NIV h...
Dec 07, 2022
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, a significant series of patients with severe pneumonia were recorded with spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SP), however most of these patients were already receiving inva...
Dec 07, 2022
Following cardiac arrest, it is suggested that targeted temperature management (TTM) be implemented; however, the duration to reach the target temperature differs from clinic to clinic. Specifically, ...
Dec 07, 2022
Muscle wasting, which hinders recovery, is a hallmark of a serious disease that drags on for an extended period of time. Taking an amino acid supplement may help prevent muscle loss, speed up intestin...
Dec 07, 2022
The stress response may be affected in various ways by sedative drugs. Dexmedetomidine, an alpha2-adrenergic agonist, is typically reserved for use as a secondary sedative in patients requiring mechan...
Dec 06, 2022
Individuals with greater fluid overload at randomization may benefit more from the early beginning of renal replacement therapy (RRT) among critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI). The ...