Critical Care General
Jul 26, 2021
Purpose People with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) may experience deficits in cognition or communication that go unnoticed by first-line health care providers (FHPs). Speech-language pathologists ...
Jul 26, 2021
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease associated with repeated traumatic brain injury (TBI). CTE is a tauopathy, in which cognitive decline is accompanied by the accumu...
Jul 26, 2021
Microglia are immune cells of the central nervous system that mediate neuroinflammation. It is widely known that microglia-mediated inflammation in the brain contribute to the widespread tissue damage...
Jul 26, 2021
Since it was first synthesised in 1935, testosterone (T) has been viewed as the mythical Fountain of Youth, promising rejuvenation, restoring sexual appetites, growing stronger muscles, and quicker th...
Jul 26, 2021
Increased weight measured by body mass index is associated with better clinical outcomes in heart failure (HF). The effect of specific components of body mass on outcome is limited. We evaluated the i...
Jul 22, 2021
Flaps used in phalloplasty are larger than described for other indications, with a design that is tubularized up to two times. While the incidence of partial flap loss (PFL) is well described, curr...
Jul 22, 2021
To date, cost-effectiveness of influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations was assumed in several health economic modelling studies, but confirmation by real-world data is sparse. The aim of this study is...
Jul 22, 2021
In critical care, continuous EEG (cEEG) monitoring is useful for delirium diagnosis. Although visual cEEG analysis is most commonly used, automatic cEEG analysis has shown promising results in small s...
Jul 22, 2021
To evaluate various clinical aspects, specifically regarding immune status, in a large cohort of patients with DGS.Data were collected of 98 patients with DGS treated at a tertiary medical center. Thi...
Jul 22, 2021
The emergence of colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CoRKp) is a serious public health issue because colistin is the last line of defense against infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-ne...
Jul 22, 2021
In this study, we describe the characteristics and outcomes of pediatric necrotizing pneumonia in the United States.A retrospective analysis of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project 2016 Kids In...
Jul 22, 2021
The purpose of this analysis was to examine the association of iso-osmolar contrast media (IOCM) vs low-osmolar contrast media (LOCM) with major adverse renal or cardiovascular events (MARCE) in patie...
Jul 22, 2021
Restenosis after carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is associated with an increased risk of ipsilateral stroke. The optimal procedural modality for this indication has yet to be determined. Here, we evaluat...
Jul 22, 2021
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the third virus that caused coronavirus-related outbreaks over the past 20 years. The outbreak was first reported in December 2019 i...
Jul 22, 2021
Hypercoagulation is one of the major risk factors for ICU treatment, mechanical ventilation, and death in critically ill patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. At the same time, hypoalbuminemia is one ris...
Jul 22, 2021
Sepsis, the syndrome of infection complicated by acute organ dysfunction, is a serious and growing global problem, which not only leads to enormous economic losses but also becomes one of the leading ...
Jul 22, 2021
The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), used to classify the severity of traumatic brain injury (TBI), is associated with mortality and functional outcomes. However, GCS can be affected by sedation and neuromus...
Jul 22, 2021
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a major cause of disability and death in modern society. In this study, we explored the neuroprotection role of the combination of gangliosides (GM) and mild hypot...
Jul 22, 2021
Traumatic brain injury is a global burden. We aimed to perform a meta-analysis to determine the efficacy of amantadine for cognitive performance after traumatic brain injury.The systematic review was ...
Jul 19, 2021
We performed a follow-up study of patients with COVID-19 presenting with seizures.All consecutive patients with seizures, who were referred to Namazee Hospital, Shiraz, Iran, with a diagnosis of COVID...