Apr 19, 2022

The concentrations of fugitive aerosols produced in vivo by various nebulizers and interfaces, as well as the mitigation of aerosol dispersion into the environment using multiple commercially availabl...

Apr 18, 2022

For a study, the researchers sought to see how often Polysomnography (PSG) titration leads to changes in empirically prescribed positive airway pressure (PAP) and how medication adherence was affected...

Apr 18, 2022

For a study, researchers sought to conduct a prospective observational pilot study in newborns admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit. At admission, 24 hours, and 48 hours, diaphragmatic excursi...

Apr 18, 2022

This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the peripapillary vessel density (VD), peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness values of eyes with atrophic nonarteritic anterior ischemic...

Apr 18, 2022

Acute kidney injury caused by sepsis has become a hotspot of scientific research in recent years. Since the kidney is the most abundant of all organs with vascular endothelium, activation and injury o...

Apr 18, 2022

Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) can lead to a severe systemic inflammatory response and may result in systemic sepsis. However, little is known about how often systemic sepsis may occur in patien...

Apr 18, 2022

Elderly inpatients who develop fevers after resumption of oral intake are often considered to have aspiration pneumonia (AP) and be tentatively fasted. Fasting has been associated with prolonged hospi...

Apr 18, 2022

Liver diseases and cardiovascular diseases are closely associated. Noninvasive tests (NITs), such as the FIB-4 score, have been recommended by different guidelines to rule out advanced fibrosis and es...

Apr 18, 2022

Yersiniabactin, a siderophore with a high affinity to iron, has been described as a potential virulence factor in Enterobacteriaceae. Klebsiella aerogenes is a gram-negative rod known to cause invasiv...

Apr 18, 2022

Mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with persistent sleep-wake dysfunction, including insomnia and circadian rhythm disruption, which can exacerbate functional outcomes including mood, pai...

Apr 18, 2022

Heart failure can be classified into chronic heart failure and acute heart failure. Rapid onsets or worsening symptoms characterize acute heart failure, while progressive symptoms characterize chronic...

Apr 11, 2022

Ischemic vasculopathy, particularly small-vessel disease, may mimic multiple sclerosis (MS) located in the periventricular or subcortical region on magnetic resonance (MR) examinations and should be i...

Apr 11, 2022

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is known as a sudden episode of kidney injury, which happens suddenly within a few hours or a few days. Quercetin (3,3',4',5,7-pentahydroxyflavone) is a flavonoid found in pl...

Apr 11, 2022

Late-onset postoperative pneumonia (LOPP) after esophagectomy is poorly understood. This study was designed to clarify the features and risk factors for this event. Patients who underwent esophagectom...

Apr 11, 2022

Poor oral health is a risk factor for aspiration pneumonia (AP), especially in elderly patients at risk of oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD). In Portugal, available tools to screen oral problems in nursing...

Apr 11, 2022

For patients with oral anticoagulants (OAC) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), European guidelines have recently changed their recommendations to dual antithrombotic therapy (DAT; P2...

Apr 11, 2022

The aim of this study was to determine whether: (1) the quick Sequential (Sepsis-related) Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) and National Early Warning Score (NEWS) clinical prediction tools alone, (2) ...

Apr 11, 2022

Presepsin, a biomarker discovered in Japan, has been clinically applied as a diagnostic aid for sepsis. Recently, however, it has been reported that presepsin levels are elevated in patients with seve...

Apr 11, 2022

The latest literature review on partner relationships following traumatic brain injury (TBI), conducted a decade ago, discussed solely quantitative work and noted significant knowledge gaps. The curre...

Apr 11, 2022

Native Americans have a higher incidence and prevalence of stroke and the highest stroke-related mortality among race-ethnic groups in the United States. We aimed to analyze trends in the ischemic str...