Critical Care General
Sep 28, 2020
Caveolin-1 (Cav-1) is an important modulator for adult neurogenesis in post stroke brain repair but its underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. In the present study, we report that endothelial Cav-...
Sep 28, 2020
- Space-occupying cerebellar ischemic strokes (SOCS) often lead to neurological deterioration and require surgical intervention to release pressure from the posterior fossa. Current guidelines recomme...
Sep 28, 2020
As the number of patients with left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation has been increasing, treatment of LVAD-related ischemic stroke is becoming a critical issue. We sought to clarify the ...
Sep 28, 2020
Globally, large numbers of children die shortly after birth and many of them within the first 4 wk of life. This study aimed to determine the trends, patterns and causes of neonatal mortality in hospi...
Sep 28, 2020
Pattern-recognition receptors including Toll-like receptors (TLRs) recognize invading pathogens and trigger an immune response in mammals. Here we show that mammalian ste20-like kinase 1/serine/threon...
Sep 28, 2020
Standard coagulation parameters are used to guide prophylactic blood product transfusion prior to invasive procedures in cirrhotic patients despite limited high-quality evidence.We aimed to describe c...
Sep 28, 2020
Steroid-refractory chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGvHD) is a therapeutic challenge. Sclerotic skin manifestations are especially difficult to treat. We conducted a randomized phase-2 clinical tri...
Sep 28, 2020
We describe clinical and laboratory findings in 35 patients tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction on nasopharyngeal swab experiencing one or multiple syncop...
Sep 28, 2020
Critically ill COVID-19 patients have a clear pattern of inflammation and hypercoagulable state. The main aim of the study was to evaluate the outcome of severe COVID-19 patients basing on prothrombot...
Sep 28, 2020
Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is characterized by typical fibromyxomatous changes in the mitral leaflet tissue with superior displacement of one or both leaflets into the left atrium. An echocardiogram ...
Sep 28, 2020
Following myocardial ischemia, the cardiac tissue undergoes both, physiological and pathological changes to compensate the initial loss of function. Long-term continuous adjustments often take a drast...
Sep 28, 2020
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is responsible of variable clinical manifestations, ranging from no symptoms to severe pneumonia with acute respiratory distress ...
Sep 28, 2020
Acute myopericarditis can be caused by a myriad of infectious and non-infectious aetiologies, however, it is often considered to be due to self-limiting viral infection. spp. myopericarditis is rare ...
Sep 28, 2020
Invasive infections due to spp. (a Gram-positive coryneform) are extremely rare. Only a few cases of bloodstream infections and endocarditis have been described, as bacteraemia due to coryneforms is ...
Sep 28, 2020
Epigenetics can serve as a marker of susceptibility to many known psychiatric diseases. DNA methylation patterns of multiple genes have been studied in both civilian populations and military personnel...
Sep 28, 2020
This study explored the impact of a brief spiritual care training program upon the perceptions and self-reported practice of rehabilitation professionals working in traumatic injury.A qualitative stud...
Sep 28, 2020
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is an area of key interest in military medicine but has not been studied among the US Army Special Forces (SF), the most elite group of US soldiers. SF soldiers make up a disp...
Sep 28, 2020
Severe subaortic stenosis (SAS) is a congenital heart defect in dogs that often results in clinical signs and reduced survival. The objective of this study was to describe characteristics of dogs with...
Sep 28, 2020
Sacubitril-valsartan has been shown to have superior effects over angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers in patients with heart failure (HF) and hypertension. The e...
Sep 28, 2020
Trastuzumab is a drug used in HER2-positive breast cancer that increases patient survival. Due to cardiotoxicity is the most important side effect of trastuzumab treatment, cardiac monitoring should b...