Dec 14, 2020

Sepsis is a leading cause of maternal death, and developing diagnostic tests for infection is increasingly important to reduce maternal mortality. The existing inflammatory markers, like C-reactive pr...

Dec 14, 2020

Elective orthopaedic surgery during the Covid-19 pandemic requires careful case prioritisation. We aimed to produce consensus-based guidelines on the prioritisation of revision total knee arthroplasty...

Dec 14, 2020

To review the clinic value and severity assessment of serum substance P (SP) concentration in children with different degrees of traumatic brain injury (TBI) through analyzing correlations with outcom...

Dec 14, 2020

For severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) patients with bilateral fixed dilated pupils (BFDP), the value of aggressively decompressive craniectomy (DC) treatment is still controversial. The objective o...

Dec 14, 2020

Measurement of the optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) with ultrasound enables non-invasive and indirect assessment of increased intracranial pressure (ICP). Although most of the studies were employed ...

Dec 14, 2020

Gut microbiome (GMB) has been increasingly recognized as a contributor to development and progression of heart failure (HF), immune-mediated subtypes of cardiomyopathy (myocarditis and anthracycline-i...

Dec 14, 2020

Although older age is one of the most important risk factors for stroke in atrial fibrillation (AF), it is unclear whether an age threshold exists for which oral anticoagulants (OACs) are beneficial f...

Dec 14, 2020

The impact of fibrinolysis-first strategy on outcomes of patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) during the COVID-19 pandemic was unknown.Data from STEMI patients presenting t...

Dec 14, 2020

Despite diabetes being an independent risk for HF, only some DM patients develop HF and hence our aim was to compare the clinical features of DM with and without HF and non-DM with and without HF.A re...

Dec 10, 2020

The aim of this study was to investigate the therapeutic effect of oleanolic acid (OA) on the renal ischemia reperfusion injury (RIRI) and the possible mechanism.The RIRI model was successfully establ...

Dec 10, 2020

To compare the clinical features and resuscitative measures of children with Kawasaki disease shock syndrome versus septic shock.In this retrospective case-control study, children with KDSS admitted t...

Dec 10, 2020

Hypoxia and sepsis are the key concerns towards modern regenerative medicine. Oxygen generating biomaterials having antibacterial property aim to answer these concerns. Hypoxia and Sepsis promote reac...

Dec 10, 2020

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with increased mortality in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). However, the epidemiological features and outcomes of AKI among COVID-19 p...

Dec 10, 2020

Current treatments for pneumonia (PNA) are focused on the pathogens. Mortality from PNA-induced acute lung injury (PNA-ALI) remains high, underscoring the need for additional therapeutic targets. Clin...

Dec 10, 2020

There is a paucity of literature about tissue granulomas in transplant patients.To characterize the clinicopathologic features of granulomas in this population and develop a clinically judicious appro...

Dec 10, 2020

We investigated the cardiovascular complications and mortality rates of patients with diabetes in South Korea. The rates of hospitalization due to cardiovascular complications and mortality were analy...

Dec 10, 2020

Introduction Perioperative medication in cardiac surgery recommends β-blockers' use but it is not clear if its prescription should be started before or after cardiac surgery. Objectives To determine ...

Dec 10, 2020

Owing to their resistance to an important class of antibiotics, the prevention and treatment of carbapenem-resistant (CR)/non-susceptible Gram-negative (GN) infections has become an important public h...

Dec 10, 2020

Menstrual blood-derived stromal cells (MenSCs) are emerging as a strong candidate for cell-based therapies due to their immunomodulatory properties. However, their direct impact on innate immune popul...

Dec 10, 2020

Treatment of tricompartimental osteoarthritis (OA) using customized instruments and implants for cruciate-retaining total knee arthroplasty. Use of patient-specific instruments and implants (ConforMIS...