Jun 24, 2021

To determine the appropriateness of empiric antibiotic therapy and the possible benefit of adding short-course gentamicin in septic shock patients with abdominal, urogenital, or an unknown focus. Seco...

Jun 24, 2021

Perianal sepsis in Crohn's fistulae is managed with antibiotics and surgical drainage; a non-cutting seton is used for an identified trans-sphincteric fistula tract. Optimal management following seton...

Jun 24, 2021

Executive dysfunction (EF) is a common feature of adult traumatic brain injury (TBI), especially in moderate to severe cases. Assessing EF usually requires the administration of an extensive neuropsyc...

Jun 24, 2021

Recently, some epidemiological studies have reported that cognitive disorders in elderly people is accelerated with traumatic brain injury. But the causal relationship between traumatic brain injury a...

Jun 24, 2021

To examine the safety of high-level mobility (HLM) prescription in the early sub-acute phase of recovery following moderate-to-extremely severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) with specific focus on prov...

Jun 24, 2021

Patients with heart failure (HF) have an increased risk of incident cancer. Data relating to the association of statin use with cancer risk and cancer-related mortality among patients with HF are spar...

Jun 24, 2021

A 2.5-year-old castrated male domestic shorthair cat with a past pertinent history of FLUTD treatment 8 days earlier was presented during the night due to apathy and anorexia. Radiographs, ECG, bloo...

Jun 24, 2021

For patients with novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) who undergo emergency endotracheal intubation, there is limited data regarding the practice, outcomes and complications of this procedure.For COVID-...

Jun 24, 2021

The extent by which the degree of baseline frailty, as measured using standardized multidimensional health assessments before admission to hospital, predicts survival among older adults following admi...

Jun 24, 2021

Survivors of critical illness have poor long-term outcomes with subsequent increases in healthcare utilisation. Less is known about the interplay between multimorbidity and long-term outcomes.How do b...

Jun 21, 2021

Working in the ICU during the first COVID-19 wave was associated with high levels of mental health disorders.What are the mental health symptoms in health-care providers (HCPs) facing the second wave?...

Jun 18, 2021

Unplanned acute care continues to be a major contributor to growing healthcare costs in the United States, especially among patients with cancer. Quality measures have been developed to reduce healthc...

Jun 17, 2021

WEDNESDAY, June 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Strict rest may slow recovery and prolong symptoms after sports-related concussion (SRC), according to a consensus statement published online June 15 in th...

Jun 17, 2021

As disorder of tryptophan metabolism is common in CKD, the rate-limiting enzyme of tryptophan, indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), has been reported to be involved in CKD, while the accurate mechanism ...

Jun 17, 2021

The present paper is a case-based review on rare complications of illegal abortion, i.e., necrotizing fasciitis missed early by the treating gynecologists which landed up into a negligence tort agains...

Jun 17, 2021

Since the term Stimulus-Induced Rhythmic, Periodic, or Ictal Discharges (SIRPIDs) was introduced into the vocabulary of electrophysiologists/neurologists, there has been an ongoing debate about its si...

Jun 17, 2021

The aim of the present study was to assess the coagulation profile in neonatal critical illness using rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM), and to investigate its association with disease severity an...

Jun 17, 2021

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, especially for the elderly and people who suffer from chronic conditions. This study was conducted to assess the c...

Jun 17, 2021

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) is one of the most dominant causes of nosocomial infections in burn patients. Increasing emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains highlights the need for novel antimicrobi...

Jun 17, 2021

SARS CoV-2 is an epidemic viral infection that can cause mild to severe lung involvement. Newly apprehended knowledge on thoracic imaging abnormalities and the growing clinical experience on the evolu...