Mar 18, 2020

A massive open online course (MOOC) has the potential to help address the public health burden of concussion across all levels of sport and leisure activities. The main objectives of this study were t...

Mar 18, 2020

Traumatic brain injury is caused by physical collision (primary injury). It changes the brain's biochemistry and disturbs the normal brain function such as memory loss and consciousness disturbance (s...

Mar 18, 2020

Posttraumatic cerebral infarction (PTCI) is a devastating complication of traumatic brain injury. It is usually seen in patients with moderate-to-severe head injury with a reported incidence of 1.9%-1...

Mar 18, 2020

Lethal apnea is a significant cause of acute mortality following a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). TBI is associated with a surge of adenosine, which also suppresses respiratory function in the ...

Mar 18, 2020

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common cause of death and disability in the paediatric population, although the literature on the Spanish population is scarce. From the perspective of early vulnerab...

Mar 18, 2020

Heart failure (HF) is a health problem in Spain where the prevalence rate for this disease is correlated with aging. Heart failure-related mortality and hospital readmissions are high. The purpose of ...

Mar 18, 2020

Acute pulmonary embolism is the third most common cause of cardiovascular death. Pulmonary embolism increases right ventricular afterload, which causes right ventricular failure, circulatory collapse ...

Mar 18, 2020

Introduction Shortness of breath is a leading cause of intensive care unit (ICU) admissions and is multifactorial. Acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to heart failure is one of the leading causes...

Mar 18, 2020

Oscillatory positive expiratory pressure (OPEP) devices facilitate secretion clearance by generating positive end expiratory pressure. However, different device designs may produce different levels of...

Mar 18, 2020

Multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) are associated with increased intensity of end-of-life (EOL) care, but their effect is not well explored in patients with cancer. We examined EOL health care inten...

Mar 18, 2020

To perform a systematic review of the data collected from case-control studies conducted earlier to investigate the correlation between E-selectin S128R polymorphism and ischemic stroke (IS) risk amon...

Mar 18, 2020

Remnant cholesterol in triglyceride-rich lipoproteins is associated observationally and genetic, causally with increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in healthy individuals.We tested...

Mar 18, 2020

Evidence suggests that older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) might not receive evidence-based treatments. We explored the impact of patient MCI on physician decision-making and recommendat...

Mar 18, 2020

The Republic of Congo (RoC) is characterized by a high prevalence of tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, which largely drive the epidemiology of serious fungal infections.We aimed to estimate the current burde...

Mar 12, 2020

Recent studies concerning left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) suggest that the extent of left ventricular (LV) hypertrabeculation has no impact on prognosis. The variety of methods of LV noncompacte...

Mar 12, 2020

The aim of this meta-analysis was to compare short- and long-term outcomes of patients undergoing mitral annuloplasty (MA) with or without papillary muscle surgery (PMS) for the treatment of ischemic ...

Mar 12, 2020

Myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury (MIRI) is the leading cause of poor prognosis in patients undergoing clinical cardiac surgery. miRNAs are involved in MIRI. However, the effect of miR-760 on MIR...

Mar 12, 2020

In patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute ARDS Clinical Trials Network recommends a target partial pressure of arterial oxygen (Pao) be...

Mar 12, 2020

This study evaluated the impact of a dedicated outpatient service on vaccination uptake after splenectomy and on the incidence of postsplenectomy sepsis.From 2009 to 2016 at the University Hospital Fr...

Mar 12, 2020

Cost evaluation is a key tool in monitoring expenditure for budget management. It increases the efficiency of possible changes through identifying potential savings and estimating the resources requir...