Critical Care General
Sep 10, 2020
Atherosclerotic stenosis of the extracranial carotid artery accounts for approximately 20% of all strokes. Both carotid artery endarterectomy and carotid artery angioplasty with stenting (CAAS) are re...
Sep 10, 2020
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death in Iran. A fixed-dose combination therapy (polypill) was proposed as a cost-effective strategy for CVD prevention, especially in lower-res...
Sep 10, 2020
Despite continued advances and developments in neonatal medicine, neonatal sepsis is the third leading cause of neonatal mortality and a major public health problem, especially in developing countries...
Sep 10, 2020
Neonatal sepsis is a major cause of worldwide morbidity and mortality. Blood cultures are considered the gold standard for diagnosis, but results are often delayed for 24 to 48 hours, and sensitivit...
Sep 10, 2020
This study aimed to describe the epidemiology of vertically transmitted sepsis (VS) and nosocomial sepsis (NOS) in very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates (birth weight ≤ 1,500 g) over the pa...
Sep 10, 2020
To assess the relationship between subjective cognitive symptoms and objective cognitive test scores in patients after concussion. We additionally examined factors associated with subjective and objec...
Sep 10, 2020
The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is used for the assessment of impaired consciousness; however, it is not always possible to test each component, most commonly the verbal component. This affects the deriv...
Sep 10, 2020
Cardiac inflammation plays a critical role in the development of heart failure. Inflammation-induced oxidative stress contributes to aberrant cardiac metabolism and mitochondrial function. GLP-1 recep...
Sep 10, 2020
Pathological cardiac hypertrophy (CH) is one of the main risk factors for heart failure and cardiac death. Mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress often occur in hypertrophic cardiomyocytes. It...
Sep 10, 2020
Impairment of blood-brain barrier (BBB) is involved in numerous neurological diseases from developmental to aging stages. Reliable imaging of increased BBB permeability is therefore crucial for basic ...
Sep 10, 2020
There is a considerable periprocedural risk of thromboembolic events in atrial fibrillation patients undergoing cardioversion, and treatment with anticoagulants is therefore a hallmark of cardioversio...
Sep 10, 2020
Calcinosis is a debilitating complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc) with no effective treatments. We sought to identify clinical correlations and to characterize complications and disability associa...
Sep 07, 2020
Spreading depolarization (SD) represents a neurological process characterized by a massive, self-sustaining wave of brain cell depolarization. Understanding its mechanism is important for treating isc...
Sep 07, 2020
Clinical studies evaluating the use of hydrocortisone in patients with septic shock are heterogeneous in design with conflicting results. The appropriate time in which to initiate hydrocortisone after...
Sep 07, 2020
A 56-day research was performed to examine the influence of graded levels (0 (control), 0.5, 1 and 2%) of Fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris) leaves powder (FLP) in diet on immune competence and growth o...
Sep 07, 2020
We analyzed the concordance of rectal swab isolates and blood culture for gram negative bacteria (GNB) isolates in neonates with suspicion of neonatal sepsis admitted to a neonatal care unit in Haiti....
Sep 07, 2020
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has extensively and rapidly spread in the world, causing an outbreak of acute infectious pneumonia. However, no specific antiviral drugs or...
Sep 07, 2020
Prolonged dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) with aspirin and clopidogrel beyond 1 year has shown to reduce ischemic events at the expense of increased bleeding; however, limited data are available on t...
Sep 07, 2020
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a highly contagious respiratory virus that can lead to venous/arterial thrombosis, stroke, renal failure, myocardial infarction, thrombo...
Sep 07, 2020
Despite the large number of pregnant women with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), there is not enough analytical study to compare maternal and fetal consequences of COVID-19 infected with non-i...