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In Eurobact II, COVID-19 and Non-COVID-19 Infections were Compared

Dec 19, 2022

The following is a summary of "Different epidemiology of bloodstream infections in COVID-19 compared to non-COVID-19 critically ill patients: a descriptive analysis of the Eurobact II study" published...

Metabolic Change and N-formylmethionine Circulation in Critical Illness

Dec 19, 2022

The following is a summary of "Circulating N-formylmethionine and metabolic shift in critical illness: a multicohort metabolomics study," published in the October 2022 issue of Critical Care by Sigurd...

Genomic islands and their role in fitness traits of two key sepsis-causing bacterial pathogens.

Dec 19, 2022

To survive and establish a niche for themselves, bacteria constantly evolve. Toward that, they not only insert point mutations and promote illegitimate recombinations within their genomes but also ins...

Postoperative infections after non-elective cesarean section - a retrospective cohort study of prevalence and risk factors at a single center in Denmark administering prophylactic antibiotics after cord clamping.

Dec 19, 2022

Mothers giving birth by non-elective cesarean section have considerably higher risk of developing postoperative infection, than mothers giving birth by elective cesarean section. Meta-analyses have sh...

Multi-method study of the implementation of Cognitive Symptom Management and Rehabilitation Training (CogSMART) in real-world settings.

Dec 19, 2022

Cognitive Symptom Management and Rehabilitation Training (CogSMART) and Compensatory Cognitive Training (CCT) are evidence-based compensatory cognitive training interventions that improve cognition in...

Alcohol consumption affects the late endocrine consequences of mild traumatic brain injury.

Dec 19, 2022

Currently there are no widely applied methods which could identify, at the time of head trauma, those mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) patients who later develop pituitary dysfunction. The effect of...

Oxygen Targets and 6-month Cardiac Arrest Outcome: TTM2 Sub-study

Dec 15, 2022

The following is a summary of "Oxygen targets and 6-month outcome after out of hospital cardiac arrest: a pre-planned sub-analysis of the targeted hypothermia versus targeted normothermia after Out-of...

Continuous Versus Intermittent Enteral Feeding in Critical Patients

Dec 15, 2022

The following is a summary of "Comparison of continuous versus intermittent enteral feeding in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis," published in the October 2022 issue of C...

Patient, Clinician, and Researcher Perspectives on VR/AR in Critical Care Medicine

Dec 13, 2022

The following is a summary of "Virtual and augmented reality in critical care medicine: the patient’s, clinician’s, and researcher’s perspective" published in the October 2022 issue of Critical ...

Conventional Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Versus Extracorporeal for Cardiac Arrest

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 ...

Early Prediction of Proenkephalin A 119–159 in Kidney Transplant

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...

Association of Aspirin Use with Reduced Risk of Developing Alzheimer's Disease in Elderly Ischemic Stroke Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

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...

ANN-Based Discernment of Septic and Inflammatory Synovial Fluid: A Novel Method Using Viscosity Data from a QCR Sensor.

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...

AI-Based Detection of Aspiration for Video-Endoscopy with Visual Aids in Meaningful Frames to Interpret the Model Outcome.

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...

Plasma Neurofilament Light Chain (NF-L) Is a Prognostic Biomarker for Cortical Damage Evolution but Not for Cognitive Impairment or Epileptogenesis Following Experimental TBI.

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...

Evaluation of primary teeth affected by dental trauma in patients visiting a university clinic, part 2: dental injury types, treatment strategies, and complications.

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...

Semaglutide for cardiovascular event reduction in people with overweight or obesity: SELECT study baseline characteristics.

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...

Association Between PGD, PTSD, & Depressive Symptoms in ICU Grieving Families

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...

Subglottic Secretion Drainage and Cuff Pressure Control in COVID-19 ARDS Patients

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...

EIT for Positive End-expiratory Pressure Titration in ARDS Patients with COPD

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...

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