Critical Care General
Jun 03, 2021
Thyroid hormone is essential for brain development and brain function in the adult. During development, thyroid hormone acts in a spatial and temporal-specific manner to regulate the expression of gen...
Jun 03, 2021
Multiple brain injury criteria (BIC) are developed to quickly quantify brain injury risks after head impacts. These BIC originated from different head impact types (e.g. sports and car crashes) are wi...
Jun 03, 2021
Previous studies have shown that deep brain stimulation can improve the levels of consciousness of comatose patients with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). However, the most suitable targets for deep b...
Jun 03, 2021
Protein phosphatase 1(PP1) is a key regulator of cardiac function through dephosphorylating serine/threonine residues within target proteins to oppose the function of protein kinases. Studies from fai...
Jun 03, 2021
How benign liver steatosis progresses to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), fibrosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains elusive. NASH progression entails diverse pathogenic mechanisms and r...
Jun 03, 2021
The implantation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is often the only therapy in terminal heart failure (HF). However, despite technical advancements, the physical fitness of the patients is s...
Jun 03, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in unprecedented adjustments to intensive care unit (ICU) organization and care processes globally.Did hospital emergency responses to the COVID-19 pandemic differ depen...
Jun 01, 2021
Most screened athletes had subclinical infection, study found Myocarditis can be confirmed in one of two ways, endovascular biopsy or cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR); the first option is i...
May 31, 2021
Ischemia on the colon wall negatively affects healing of anastomosis. We were aimed to evaluate the effects of Carbon Monoxide Releasing Molecule-2 (CORM-2) on the healing of anastomosis in a rat mode...
May 31, 2021
Sepsis triggers liver dysfunction with high morbidity and mortality. Here, we elucidated the effect of anemoside B4 on sepsis in cecal ligation and puncture (CLP)-induced mouse model and LPS-induced p...
May 31, 2021
To determine the 30-day readmission rate after Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) discharge in a nationally representative sample, as well as patient, clinical, and hospital characteristics associated wit...
May 31, 2021
Immune profiling of COVID-19 patients has identified numerous alterations in both innate and adaptive immunity. However, whether those changes are specific to SARS-CoV-2 or driven by a general inflamm...
May 31, 2021
Herein, we consider venous immunothrombotic mechanisms in SARS-CoV-2 infection and anti-SARS-CoV-2 DNA vaccination. Primary SARS-CoV-2 infection with systemic viral RNA release (RNAaemia) contributes ...
May 31, 2021
We performed a systemic review and meta-analysis to elucidate the effectiveness and safety of dual antiplatelet (DAPT) therapy with P2Y12 inhibitors (clopidogrel/ticagrelor) and aspirin versus aspirin...
May 31, 2021
Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a rare but devastating complication of total joint arthroplasty. Identifying the offending infectious agent is essential to appropriate treatment, and uncommon ...
May 31, 2021
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is a leading cause of nosocomial bloodstream infections worldwide. This study aimed to evaluate the incidence of P. aeruginosa bloodstream infections and to iden...
May 31, 2021
Patients are susceptible to immunosuppression in late-stage of sepsis, in which myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) is an important contributor. This study aims to investigate whether all-trans-r...
May 31, 2021
The polytrauma clinical triad (PCT), encompassing traumatic brain injury, PTSD, and chronic pain, has been identified as a significant concern in the Military Health System (MHS). Conditions in this t...
May 31, 2021
The Brain Trauma Foundation (BTF) published evidence-based guidelines with a detailed approach to the management of intracranial hypertension (ICH) in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. However, m...
May 31, 2021
To recognize and validate the predictor of risk factors for ICU patients with QTc intervals ≥500 ms.We retrospectively reviewed 160 ICU patients with their medical electronic records including all d...