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Higher versus lower oxygenation strategies in acutely ill adults. A systematic review with meta-analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis.

Jul 23, 2020

Liberal oxygen supplementation is often used in acute illness but has, in some studies, been associated with harm. We aimed to assess the benefits and harms of higher versus lower oxygenation strategi...

Cause of death in autopsy-confirmed dementia disorders.

Jul 23, 2020

Dementia disorders predispose for lethal complications and decrease life expectancy. A more profound knowledge regarding end-stage conditions in dementia could therefore ameliorate treatment and care ...

P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy versus aspirin monotherapy after short-term dual antiplatelet therapy for percutaneous coronary intervention: Insights from a network meta-analysis of randomized trials.

Jul 23, 2020

A number of trials have assessed the efficacy and safety of short-term dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) in patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). However, whether to continue a...

A genetic model of ivabradine recapitulates results from randomized clinical trials.

Jul 23, 2020

Naturally occurring human genetic variants provide a valuable tool to identify drug targets and guide drug prioritization and clinical trial design. Ivabradine is a heart rate lowering drug with prote...

Neuroinflammation and fibrosis in stroke: The good, the bad and the ugly.

Jul 20, 2020

Stroke is the leading cause of death and the main cause of disability in surviving patients. The detrimental interaction between immune cells, glial cells, and matrix components in stroke pathology re...

Overexpression of miR-129-5p Mitigates Sepsis-Induced Acute Lung Injury by Targeting High Mobility Group Box 1.

Jul 20, 2020

MicroRNAs are dysregulated in sepsis. Acute lung injury is a progressive syndrome during sepsis. However, the role of miR-129-5p in the development of acute lung injury induced by sepsis remains uncle...

Revisiting a rare disease: Oral cavity basaloid squamous cell carcinoma at a high-volume tertiary center.

Jul 20, 2020

Rare diseases are often poorly understood, and this study sought to investigate the incidence of a rare disease entity, basaloid squamous cell carcinoma (BSCC) of the oral cavity (OC) at a tertiary ca...

Dapsone for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia prophylaxis - applying theory to clinical practice with a focus on drug interactions.

Jul 20, 2020

Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) is a potentially life-threatening infection that occurs in immunocompromised individuals. The incidence can be as high as 80% in some groups but can be reduced t...

Coagulopathy in COVID-19: Focus on vascular thrombotic events.

Jul 20, 2020

SARS-CoV-2 causes a phenotype of pneumonia with diverse manifestation, which is termed as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). An impressive high transmission rate allows COVID-19 conferring enormous ...

Electrospun PVA/hyaluronic acid/L-arginine nanofibers for wound healing applications: Nanofibers optimization and in vitro bioevaluation.

Jul 20, 2020

Hyaluronic acid (HA) based nanofibers (NFs) represented a novel class of bioactive wound dressings that have a vital role in wound management due to their unique properties as an extracellular-matrix ...

Prospective study to optimize the health of patients with TIAS (transient ischemic attack) and stroke admitted to the Hamad General Hospital.

Jul 20, 2020

Recurrent ischemic strokes (IS) make up to one-third of all strokes. Nine out of 10 strokes are due to modifiable risk factors. Thus, it seems that standard management strategies of modifiable risk fa...

Methodologies for pragmatic and efficient assessment of benefits and harms: Application to the SOCRATES trial.

Jul 20, 2020

Standard approaches to trial design and analyses can be inefficient and non-pragmatic. Failure to consider a range of outcomes impedes evidence-based interpretation and reduces power. Traditional appr...

Self-reported snoring patterns predict stroke events in high-risk patients with obstructive sleep apnea: post-hoc analyses of the SAVE study.

Jul 20, 2020

The relation of snoring to risks of stroke and other major cardiovascular (CV) events is uncertain.We aimed to determine associations of snoring patterns and major CV events in relation to the obstruc...

COVID-19 as part of the hyperferritinemic syndromes: the role of iron depletion therapy.

Jul 20, 2020

SARS-CoV-2 infection is characterized by a protean clinical picture that can range from asymptomatic patients to life-threatening conditions. Severe COVID-19 patients often display a severe pulmonary ...

Clinical Manifestations and Outcomes of Critically Ill Children and Adolescents with COVID-19 in New York City.

Jul 20, 2020

To describe the clinical manifestations and outcomes of critically ill children with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) in New York City.Retrospective observational study of children 1 month to 21 year...

Annexin A3 in sepsis: novel perspectives from an exploration of public transcriptome data.

Jul 20, 2020

According to publicly available transcriptome datasets, the abundance of Annexin A3 (ANXA3) is robustly increased during the course of sepsis; however, no studies have examined the biological signific...

Dendritic Arbor complexity and Spine Density Changes after Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Neuroprotective Treatments.

Jul 20, 2020

Traumatic brain injury has been described as the signature affliction of recent military conflicts and repetitive TBIs, particularly associated with military and athletic activities, typically result ...

Guanosine Protects Against Behavioural and Mitochondrial Bioenergetic Alterations after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.

Jul 20, 2020

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) constitutes a heterogeneous cerebral insult induced by traumatic biomechanical forces. Mitochondria play a critical role in brain bioenergetics, and TBI induces several co...

Regeneration of the Rotator Cuff Tendon-to-Bone Interface using Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Gradient Extracellular Matrix Scaffolds from Adipose Tissue in a Rat Model.

Jul 20, 2020

Regeneration of the gradient structure of the tendon-to-bone interface (TBI) is a crucial goal after rotator cuff repair. The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of a biomimetic hydr...

Doxycycline decreases amyloidogenic light chain-induced autophagy in isolated primary cardiac myocytes.

Jul 20, 2020

Immunoglobulin light chain (AL) cardiac amyloidosis is characterized by extracellular deposition of amyloid fibrils in the heart and is potentially fatal. Untreated, it manifests clinically as heart f...

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