Critical Care General
Jun 07, 2020
Data indicate that people living with HIV (PLWHIV) have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) when compared with the general population, with traditional CVD risk scores not accurately ref...
Jun 05, 2020
Doctors are fighting not only to save lives from COVID-19, but also to protect patients’ brains. Although COVID-19 is best known for damaging the lungs, it also increases the risk of life-threat...
Jun 04, 2020
Previous studies have implied the efficacy and safety of argatroban plus recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (r-tPA) in patients with acute ischemic stroke. Further trials are needed to esta...
Jun 04, 2020
To assess the effects of a single dose of vitamin D on 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) levels and clinical outcomes in children with vitamin D deficiency (VDD) and sepsis.In this randomized, controlled tr...
Jun 04, 2020
Severe sepsis and septic shock are still the leading causes of death in Intensive Care Units (ICUs), and timely diagnosis is crucial for treatment outcomes. The progression of electronic medical recor...
Jun 04, 2020
To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy and the imaging features of routine admission chest X-ray in patients suspected for novel Coronavirus 2019 (SARS-CoV-2) infection.We retrospectively evaluated clini...
Jun 04, 2020
The recent outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread worldwide, with especially severe epidemics occurring in cities across China.To report the epidemiological and clinical futures of...
Jun 04, 2020
Current guidelines recommend the use of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Data regarding warfarin sodium use compare...
Jun 04, 2020
Carotid revascularization, both endarterectomy (CEA) and transfemoral carotid artery stenting (TFCAS), are associated with an increased risk of adverse outcomes in patients >80 years of age. Transc...
Jun 04, 2020
Infection is a frequent cause of postoperative morbidity and mortality. The incidence, risk factors, and outcomes for postoperative infections remain poorly characterised.This is a secondary analysis ...
Jun 04, 2020
Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL)-positive USA300 clone is a highly pathogenic and global epidemic community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) clone. Athletes are particul...
Jun 04, 2020
Sepsis is a systemic inflammatory response syndrome caused by infection. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) has been reported to induce inflammatory responses, and long non-coding RNA highly up-regulated in liv...
Jun 04, 2020
Enrolling traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients with an inability to provide informed consent in research is challenging. Alternatives to patient consent are not sufficiently embedded in European and ...
Jun 04, 2020
Traumatic brain injuries represent a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and road traffic crashes account for a significant proportion of these injuries. It is one of the leading ca...
Jun 04, 2020
The present study expands previous work on eye-hand decoupling deficits in youth with concussion history. It examines whether deficits can be linked to difficulties adapting to new task constraints or...
Jun 04, 2020
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have recently emerged as an important carrier for various genetic materials including microRNAs (miRs). Growing evidences suggested that several miRs transported by EVs we...
Jun 04, 2020
Although the CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc scoring systems are commonly used as measures of thromboembolic risk in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF), data are inconsistent as to their val...
Jun 04, 2020
Pathophysiology of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) is highly complex. Bleeding from ruptured aneurysm causes increase in intracranial pressure that disrupts blood-brain barrier leading to in...
Jun 04, 2020
Bone marrow-derived cells contribute to tissue repair, but traffic of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) is impaired in diabetes. We therefore tested whether HSPC mobilization with the CXCR4 ...
Jun 04, 2020
End-stage kidney disease (ESKD) causes bleeding diathesis; however, whether these findings are extrapolable to acute kidney injury (AKI) remains uncertain. We assessed whether AKI is associated with a...