Aug 02, 2021

In patients with diabetes, myocardial fibrosis may contribute to the pathogenesis of heart failure and arrhythmogenesis, increasing ventricular stiffness and delaying conduction. Diabetic myocardial f...

Aug 02, 2021

. Left ventricular ejection fraction is the most commonly used measure describing pumping efficiency, but it is heavily dependent on loading conditions and therefore not well suited to study pathophys...

Aug 02, 2021

Many patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) required critical care. Mid-term outcomes of the survivors need to be assessed. The objective of this single-center cohort study was to describe ...

Aug 02, 2021

At the critical care level, the flu surveillance system is limited in France, with heterogeneous regional modalities of implementation.We aimed at assessing the relevance of the Assistance Publique-H�...

Aug 02, 2021

Whether Intensive Care Unit (ICU) clinicians display unconscious bias towards cancer patients is unknown. The aim of this study was to compare the outcomes of critically ill patients with and without ...

Jul 29, 2021

Acute kidney injury (AKI) induces distant organ injury, which is a serious concern in patients with AKI. Recent studies have demonstrated that distant organ injury is associated with oxidative stress ...

Jul 29, 2021

Based on the pathophysiology of acute kidney injury (AKI), it is plausible that certain early interventions by the nephrologist could influence its trajectory. In this study, we investigated the impac...

Jul 29, 2021

The rationale for hyperoxygenation in controlling surgical site infection (SSI) has been described in many studies yet has not been defined clearly. Some studies in colorectal surgery have reported b...

Jul 29, 2021

Fritillariae thunbergii Bulbus (FT), knowns as "Jeolpaemo ()" in Korean traditional medicine, is a perennial plant belonging to the Liliaceae family and has been used to treat symptoms such as cough, ...

Jul 29, 2021

Continuous infusion (CI) piperacillin/tazobactam is frequently used to treat infections in very elderly patients. The aims is to conduct a population pharmacokinetic analysis of CI piperacillin/tazoba...

Jul 29, 2021

After myocardial infarction caused by a heart attack, endothelial cells need to be preserved in order to regenerate new capillaries. Moreover, sufficient mechanical support is necessary for the infarc...

Jul 29, 2021

Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common genetic disorder characterized by a lifelong elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level. The relationship between FH and ischemic stroke ...

Jul 29, 2021

We describe an unusual case of type 2 leprosy reaction (T2R) with septic shock-like features induced by helminth infection in a 31-year-old Moluccan male patient with a history of completed treatment ...

Jul 29, 2021

Steroid-refractory chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) is associated with high morbidity. To date, there is no standard therapy for patients who fail to respond to steroids.In this study, we eva...

Jul 29, 2021

The healthcare system in Iran, like most around the world, is managing thousands of patients hospitalised with COVID-19. In Iran, in-hospital mortality is in the region of 25%, rising to 50-60% in pat...

Jul 29, 2021

To compare the potential healing prognosis of the different routine noninvasive techniques implemented in the International Working Group Diabetic Foot Guidelines with the novel use of hyperspectral i...

Jul 29, 2021

The cranial meninges have been shown to play a pivotal role in traumatic brain injury mechanopathology. However, while the mechanical response of the brain and its many subregions have been studied ex...

Jul 29, 2021

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a prevalent head injury worldwide which increases the risk of neurodegenerative diseases. Increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) and inflammatory chemokines after TBI ...

Jul 29, 2021

Epidemiologic data supporting the association of accumulated inflammation from mid-to late-life with late life risk of cardiac dysfunction and heart failure (HF) is limited.Among 4,011 participants in...

Jul 29, 2021

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and impact of stroke-related comorbidity in a community-based sample of stroke survivors. We sought to find out which types of comorbidity that...