Neonatal Bacterial Meningitis: Single Reference Center Experience and Review of Current Literature: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Alper Aykanat, Hasan Tolga Celik, Gulsen Hazirolan, Sule Yigit, Murat Yurdakok

“…STUDY DESIGN: In this retrospective cohort study newborns admitted to Hacettepe University Ihsan Dogramaci Children’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit during a 5-year-period between April 2014-May 2019 and who underwent atraumatic lumbar puncture were included. …”
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A model-based spectral directional approach reveals the long-term impact of COVID-19 on cardiorespiratory control and baroreflex by Beatrice Cairo, Francesca Gelpi, Vlasta Bari, Martina Anguissola, Pavandeep Singh, Beatrice De Maria, Marco Ranucci, Alberto Porta

“…Patients were categorized according to their need of ventilatory support during hospitalization as individuals that had no need of continuous positive airway pressure (noCPAP, n = 27), need of continuous positive airway pressure in sub-intensive care unit (CPAP, n = 14) and need of invasive mechanical ventilation in intensive care unit (IMV, n = 8). …”
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Second Trimester Umbilical Cord Coiling Index and Perinatal Outcomes by Yusuf Aytaç Tohma, Mehmet Metin Altay, Derya Turgut, Selcan Coşkun, Eylem Ünlübilgin, Sertaç Esin, Orhan Gelişen, Okyar Erol

“…Newborns with hypercoiling or hypocoiling were needed more neonatal intensive care unit. CONCLUSIONS: There was measured correlation between umbilical cord diameter and aUCI between 18-24 weeks and perinatal outcome but new prospective studies about umbilical artery morphology and perinatal outcomes are also needed. …”
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Clostridium difficile-associated disease in versatile hospital patient population and risk factors for its development by Ya. N. Yarushina, G. B. Kolotova, V. A. Rudnov, V. A. Bagin

“…Following risk factors for C. difficile-associated diarrhea were determined: age over 65 years, presence of several associated diseases (Charlson score >2), chronic renal failure that require hemodialysis, anemia, admission to intensive care unit and surgical departments, surgical treatment, PPI administration for over 7 days, more than one course of antibiotic treatment and duration of antibacterial therapy for more than 5 days, administration of 3rd generation cephalosporins.…”
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Neurological Crisis Following Intravenous Ozone Therapy; a Case Report by Chloe Y Y Wong, Komal Saxena, John Meneer, Koshy George, Gerben Keijzers

“…The patient required intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and despite improved neurological function experienced lasting cognitive impairments necessitating long-term rehabilitation. …”
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Multiparameter body composition analysis on chest CT predicts clinical outcomes in resectable non-small cell lung cancer by Yilong Huang, Hanxue Cun, Zhanglin Mou, Zhonghang Yu, Chunmei Du, Lan Luo, Yuanming Jiang, Yancui Zhu, Zhenguang Zhang, Xin Chen, Bo He, Zaiyi Liu

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Investigation of hemostasis by thromboelastography in the patient with liver cirrhosis (Clinical case) by Ye. L. Bulanova, A. Yu. Bulanov, D. S. Gatsolayeva

“…Due to high severity of patient’s state he was directed to intensive care unit. Intravenous infusion therapy required installation of central venous catheter, that was complicated by catheter bleeding. …”
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The role of the TAPSE/sPAP ratio as a predictor of mortality in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Its value for patient risk stratification by Paul Palacios-Moguel, MD, Guillermo Cueto-Robledo, MD, Héctor González-Pacheco, MD, Jorge Ortega-Hernández, MD, María Berenice Torres-Rojas, MD, Dulce Iliana Navarro-Vergara, MD, Marisol García-Cesar, MD, Cinthia Alejandra González-Nájera, MD, Carlos Alfredo Narváez-Oríani, MD, Julio Sandoval, MD

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Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report by Ozlem Ece Basaran, Emine Seda Guvendag Guven, Suleyman Guven

“…She was transferred to the cardiac intensive care unit and received supplemental oxygen, noninvasive ventilation and intravenous infusion of lidocaine. …”
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COVID-19 Positive Woman Presented with Preterm Labor: Case Report by Ibrahim A. Abdelazim, Mohannad AbuFaza, Sulaiman Al-Munaifi

“…The delivered girl was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit for 16 days. The PCR swab of the delivered girl came negative for COVID-19. …”
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Electrocautery Versus Scalpel in Women Undergoing Primary Cesarean Section and Neonatal Outcomes by Esra Isci Bostanci, Ismail Guler, Funda Cevher Akdulum, Mehmet Anil Onan

“…The main outcome measures were the operation time, postoperative wound infection rate, scar character, neonatal Apgar scores, and need of neonatal intensive care unit. Results: There were no significant differences between newborn Apgar scores (1st and 5th minutes), wound infections, and operation times (p=0.35, p=0.69, p=0.32, respectively). …”
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Acute Necrotizing Fasciitis Caused by Rhizopus Infection in a Patient with Diabetes and Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Case Report by Huang X, Qiu J, Pan L, Wang C, Tang C

“…Xiaoqing Huang,1 Junke Qiu,1 Lei Pan,1 Caihong Wang,1 Chuanfeng Tang2 1Tuberculosis Intensive Care Unit, Zhejiang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China; 2Emergency Department, Zhejiang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Peoples Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Chuanfeng Tang, Emergency Department, Zhejiang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, No. 208 East Huancheng Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310000, People’s Republic of China, Tel +8615155110013, Email T20237243@163.comBackground: Zygomycosis, also termed mucormycosis, is a rare yet highly fatal fungal infection caused by Mucorales species, notably Rhizopus spp.Case Presentation: This case study details a 72-year-old man with diabetes, pulmonary tuberculosis, and nephrotic syndrome who developed acute necrotizing fasciitis attributable to R. oryzae. …”
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Predicting appropriateness of antibiotic treatment among ICU patients with hospital-acquired infection by Ella Goldschmidt, Ella Rannon, Daniel Bernstein, Asaf Wasserman, Michael Roimi, Anat Shrot, Dan Coster, Ron Shamir

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Predictive Value of Eosinophilia and Basophilia in the Diagnosis of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Premature Infants by Melek Buyukeren, Hasan Tolga Celik, Sule Yigit, Murat Yurdakok

“…STUDY DESIGN: In this retrospective cohort study, we have evaluated premature babies who were admitted between 2007 and 2017 to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Hacettepe Hospital. Hospital records were scanned and 85 preterm infants diagnosed with bronchopulmonary dysplasia formed the study group while 89 babies without bronchopulmonary dysplasia formed the control group. …”
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Learn from international recommendations and experiences of countries that have successfully implemented monoclonal antibody prophylaxis for prevention of RSV infection by Sara Manti, Eugenio Baraldi

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A Rare Case of Post-Partum Hemorrhage with Refractory Thrombotic Microangiopathy, and Hepatic Infarction: A Diagnostic Dilemma with High Mortality by Naved Yousuf Hasan, Asiah Salem Rugaan, Noha Ahmed Mohamed Ali, Masood Iqbal

“…She stayed in the intensive care unit for 9 days, developed multi-organ failure, and finally expired. …”
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Operative vaginal delivery: practice patterns and outcomes at a tertiary general hospital by Valencia Ru-Yan Zhang, Eng Loy Tan, Priyantha Ebenezer Edison, Devendra Kanagalingam

“…Neonatal outcomes in terms of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission and clinically significant neonatal events were compared. …”
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Follow-Up of Newborns with Neural Tube Defects: A Single Center Experience by Umit Ayse Tandircioglu, Cansu Kethuda Ensert Cihan, Hasan Tolga Celik, Burcak Bilginer, Sule Yigit

“…Our study aims to retrospectively evaluate patients with neural tube defects hospitalized in our intensive care unit for the last decade. STUDY DESIGN: Demographic data, prenatal-maternal characteristics, surgical operation time, intensive care follow-up, and long-term neurological-developmental results of these patients were also evaluated. …”
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Prognosis of Pregnancies with Different Degrees of Glucose Intolerance by Sevgi Ayhan, Sündüz Özlem Altınkaya, Tayfun Güngör, Utku Özcan

“…RESULTS: Macrosomia, neonatal intensive care unit admission and preterm premature rupture of membranes were the highest in the group with one elevated value after glucose tolerance test. …”
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Percutaneous large-bore mechanical thrombectomy for macroscopic fat pulmonary embolism: a case report by James M. Chan, Zeyad Aljeboori, Angajendra Ghosh, Benjamin Peake, Moira N. Rush, Alexandra Du Guesclin, Hui Yin Lim, Miranda Siemienowicz, Hong Kuan Kok, Goran Mitreski

“…Initially, she had severe circulatory shock, requiring multiple vasopressors and admission to the Intensive Care Unit. A percutaneous large-bore mechanical thrombectomy was performed, after which notable improvements to haemodynamic function and overall clinical trajectory were observed. …”
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