Critical Care General
Jul 06, 2020
The 5-factor modified frailty index (mFI-5) and the 11-factor modified frailty index (mFI-11) are equally effective in predicting adverse outcomes in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical...
Jul 02, 2020
Stroke lesion volume is a key radiologic measurement in assessing prognosis of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients. The aim of this paper is to develop an automated segmentation method for accurately...
Jul 02, 2020
Early neurologic deterioration (END) may occur in patients with anterior circulation ischemic stroke (ACIS) after receiving endovascular treatment (EVT). Hemodynamic insufficiency, re-occlusion, and p...
Jul 02, 2020
Calciphylaxis is a cutaneous vasculopathy with high morbidity and mortality characterized by vascular intimal fibrosis, calcification, stenosis, thrombosis, and eventual tissue death due to ischemia. ...
Jul 02, 2020
Sepsis-induced myocardial dysfunction (SIMD) contributes significantly to cardiovascular dysfunction during septic shock. We aimed to evaluate the potential role of Xinmailong injection (XMLI), a poly...
Jul 02, 2020
Children with cancer and non-neutropenic fever (NNF) episodes are often treated as outpatients if they appear well. However, a small subset have bloodstream infections (BSIs) and must return for furth...
Jul 02, 2020
The detection of COVID-19 by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has varying sensitivity. CT of the chest can verify the infection in patients with clinical symptoms and a negativ...
Jul 02, 2020
On the 21 of February 2020 a resident of the municipality of Vo', a small town near Padua, died of pneumonia due to SARS-CoV-2 infection. This was the first COVID-19 death detected in Italy since the ...
Jul 02, 2020
Restoration of coronary blood flow after a heart attack can cause reperfusion injury potentially leading to impaired cardiac function, adverse tissue remodeling and heart failure. Iron is an essential...
Jul 02, 2020
Sepsis is defined as a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. Mortality rates are high, exceeding 50% in patients with septic shock. The sepsis severit...
Jul 02, 2020
Trefoil factor 3 (TFF3) is a small peptide secreted mainly by goblet cells in the gut, where it plays a key role in gastrointestinal defence and repair. Plasma TFF3 has been reported as a biomarker of...
Jul 02, 2020
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a life-threatening respiratory illness caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Its clinical presentation can vary from ...
Jul 02, 2020
The thrombopoietin receptor agonist romiplostim (RP) is a therapeutic agent for immune thrombocytopenia that can achieve complete survival in mice exposed to a lethal dose of ionizing radiation. The ...
Jul 02, 2020
To determine the relationship between neurovascular coupling (NVC), vision and sensory performance in Special Operations Forces (SOF) combat soldiers with and without concussion history. We studied 6...
Jul 02, 2020
The widespread use of opioids for the treatment of moderate or severe acute and chronic pain has become a public health problem due to the physical and psychological dependence and tolerance they prod...
Jul 02, 2020
His bundle pacing (HBP) and left bundle pacing (LBP) are emerging as novel delivery methods for cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) in heart failure patients with left bundle branch block (LBBB). ...
Jul 02, 2020
Digoxin reduces the risk of heart failure hospitalization but has no effect on mortality in patients with heart failure without atrial fibrillation in the randomized controlled trial setting. Observat...
Jul 02, 2020
Although exercise training (ET) has been shown to improve both physical function and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in older patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)...
Jun 29, 2020
The activation of NLRP3 inflammasome is closely related to ischemic brain injury and inhibition of NLRP3 inflammasome activation may be a new therapeutic strategy for ischemic stroke. Our previous stu...
Jun 29, 2020
We aimed to compare the effectiveness of single- vs multiple-strain probiotics in a network meta-analysis of randomized trials.We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, Science Citation Index Expanded, CINAHL, Sco...