Jul 05, 2021

Calcitriol, an active form of vitamin D, has immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory properties. Vitamin D levels have inverse correlation with sepsis outcomes and obesity may aggravate the severity of...

Jul 05, 2021

This study investigated treatment strategy for suspicious lung cancer with postoperatively proven benign etiology. In this retrospective study, we collected patients who underwent pulmonary resection ...

Jul 05, 2021

When the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) appeared, concerns about its course in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) arose. This study aim...

Jul 05, 2021

Estrogens mediate various effects in the brain not only via classical estrogen receptors (ERs) but also through their splice variants. We showed earlier that the ERα splice variant TADDI is abundantl...

Jul 05, 2021

Lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB) is very common in the hospital setting. Most bleedings stop spontaneously, but rare infectious causes of LGIB may lead to rapid and serious complications if left...

Jul 05, 2021

The aim of the present study was to evaluate if the vancomycin (1 mg/ml) is effective for the prevention of septic arthritis after ACL reconstruction. The hypothesis was that local antibiotic prophyl...

Jul 05, 2021

Growing evidence associates organ dysfunction(s) with impaired metabolism in sepsis. Recent research has increased our understanding of the role of substrate utilization and mitochondrial dysfunction ...

Jul 05, 2021

Timely diagnosis and treatment of increased intracranial pressure can decrease morbidity and prevent mortality. The present meta-analysis aims to determine the mean value of the ONSD measured in patie...

Jul 05, 2021

This study examined whether sleep disturbances were associated with neurobehavioral outcome following a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in a well characterized group of service members and veterans.Six-h...

Jul 05, 2021

The present study investigated executive function and sustained attention of non-athlete, young adults (ages 18 - 23) with a history of concussion beyond ten months post incident. Cognitive functionin...

Jul 05, 2021

Paclitaxel-eluting devices (PED) reduce restenosis and target lesion revascularization (TLR) in femoropopliteal intervention. Recent data suggest a two-fold increased long-term mortality in patients t...

Jul 05, 2021

Enhanced central chemoreflex drive and irregular breathing are both hallmarks in heart failure (HF) and closely related to disease progression. Central chemoreceptor neurons located within the retrotr...

Jul 05, 2021

Bibliometric analyses show gender bias against women in scientific publications and citations. We hypothesized that a metric of an individual senior author's inclusivity of women as first authors in c...

Jul 05, 2021

Compared to other life-threatening infection survivors, long-term health-related quality of life (QOL) of patients surviving necrotizing soft-tissue infections (NSTI) and its determinants are little k...

Jul 01, 2021

To evaluate the association between birth weight and the risk of adult stroke in men, independent of body mass index (BMI) at young adult age.We included 35,659 men born 1945-61 from the BMI Epidemiol...

Jul 01, 2021

A Littre's hernia (LH) is defined by the presence of Meckel's diverticulum (MD) in any kind of hernia sac. Preoperative diagnosis of LH is a challenge because of its rarity and the absence of specific...

Jul 01, 2021

Reports on septic lung injury have implicated the protective effects of adipose mesenchymal stem cells-derived Exos (ADSCs-Exos). At present, we tried to explain the mechanism of ADSCs-Exos-loaded mic...

Jul 01, 2021

To report on the impact of COVID-19 on a brain damage unit.We reviewed the records of all patients admitted to our brain damage unit. The study included all the significant clinical events from the fi...

Jul 01, 2021

Critically ill COVID-19 patients are at high risk for nosocomial bacterial and fungal infections due to several predisposing factors such as intensive care unit stay, mechanical ventilation, and broad...

Jul 01, 2021

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is the leading cause of death, morbidity, and health costs worldwide. In AMI, a sudden blockage of blood flow causes myocardial ischemia and cell death. Reperfusion a...