Inflammation and Immune Response in COPD: Where Do We Stand? by Nikoletta Rovina, Antonia Koutsoukou, Nikolaos G. Koulouris

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A Loading Dose of IV Salbutamol in an Adolescent with Severe Acute Asthma and Cardiac Arrest by Shelley A. Boeschoten, Ruben S. van der Crabben, Annemie L. M. Boehmer, Matthijs de Hoog, Corinne M. P. Buysse

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Throat Colonization of Neonatal Nursery Staff by Ureaplasma urealyticum: an Infection Control or Occupational Health Consideration? by Joanne E Embree, Michelle Alfa, Joy Lertzman, Gloria Gray, Carlos Fajardo, Annalee Yassi

“…However, throat colonization was not significantly higher among the neonatal intensive care nurses than among the women delivering at one of the study institutions. …”
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The Role of Surgery in the Management of Acute Pancreatitis by Beat Gloor, Waldemar Uhl, Christophe A Müller, Markus W Büchler

“…In patients with sterile necrosis, the available data strongly support a conservative approach (ie, intensive care unit treatment). Surgery is rarely necessary in these patients.…”
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Fulminant Hepatic Failure in the Course of an Outpatient Anesthetic Procedure: Sevoflurane among Other High-Risk Factors by Céline Cheron, Perrine Hoet, Nathalie Renard, Geoffroy Vanderweerden, Cristina Miscu, Mina Komuta, Pierre-François Laterre, Philippe Hantson

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Acute Ventricular Wall Thickening: Sepsis, Thrombotic Microangiopathy, or Myocarditis? by Nicolas De Schryver, Delphine Hoton, Diego Castanares-Zapatero, Philippe Hantson

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Urine Biochemistry in the Early Postoperative Period after Cardiac Surgery: Role in Acute Kidney Injury Monitoring by Alexandre Toledo Maciel, Daniel Vitório

“…Cardiac surgery is one of the leading causes of acute kidney injury (AKI) in the intensive care unit (ICU). In this paper, we describe the sequential behavior of urine electrolytes in three patients in the early (first 60 hours) postoperative period after cardiac surgery according to AKI status: no AKI, transient AKI, and persistent AKI. …”
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Alveolar Overdistension as a Cause of Lung Injury: Differences among Three Animal Species by Manuel García-Delgado, Inés Navarrete-Sánchez, Virginia Chamorro-Marín, Juan Carlos Díaz-Monrové, Javier Esquivias, Enrique Fernández-Mondéjar

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The Prognostic Factors in Children With Status Epilepticus and Status Epilepticus Severity Score Scales by Serap Bilge, Gülen Gül Mert, Özlem Hergüner, Faruk İncecik, Şakir Altunbaşak, Dinçer Yıldızdaş, Özden Özgür Horoz, Duygu Kuşcu

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Transient Left-Sided Paralysis following Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Uteropexy by Jasmina Kurdija, Jan G. Jakobsson

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TELE-critical Care verSus usual Care On ICU PErformance (TELESCOPE): protocol for a cluster-randomised clinical trial on adult general ICUs in Brazil by Regis Goulart Rosa, Luciano Cesar Pontes Azevedo, Adriano José Pereira, Otavio Berwanger, Ary Serpa Neto, Otavio T Ranzani, Alexandre Biasi Cavalcanti, Thiago D Correa, Danilo Teixeira Noritomi, Leonardo Jose Rolim Ferraz, Maura C dos Santos, Eduardo Cordioli, Renata Albaladejo, Lubia Caus de Morais, Guilherme Schettino, Rodrigo Santos Biondi, Jorge IF Salluh, Otavio Tavares Ranzani, Maura Santos, Ary Serpa Neto, Fernando Gatti, Jorge Salluh, Leonardo JR Ferraz, Lúbia Caus, Luciano Azevedo, Maura Cristina Santos, Rodrigo Biondi, Thiago Domingos Correa

“…Introduction Daily multidisciplinary rounds (DMRs) consist of systematic patient-centred discussions aiming to establish joint therapeutic goals for the next 24 hours of intensive care unit (ICU) care. The aim of the present study protocol is to evaluate whether an intervention consisting of guided DMRs, supported by a remote specialist and audit/feedback on care performance will reduce ICU length of stay compared with a control group.Methods and analysis A multicentre, controlled, cluster-randomised superiority trial including 30 ICUs in Brazil (15 intervention and 15 control), from August 2019 to June 2021. …”
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Incidence Density Rate of Neonatal Mortality and Predictors in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Zebenay Workneh Bitew, Ayinalem Alemu, Ermias Getaneh Ayele, Desalegn Abebaw Jember, Michael Tamene Haile, Teshager Worku

“…The IDRs of early and late neonatal mortalities neonatal intensive care units were 22.51 and 5.09 per 1000 neonate-days, respectively. …”
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Using trigger tools to identify triage errors by ambulance dispatch nurses in Sweden: an observational study by Ulrika Winblad, Douglas Spangler, Lennart Edmark, Jessica Colldén-Benneck, Helena Borg, Hans Blomberg

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Physician staffed emergency medical service for children: a retrospective population-based registry cohort study in Odense region, Southern Denmark by Morten Føhrby Overgaard, Anssi Heino, Sofie Allerød Andersen, Owain Thomas, Johan Holmén, Søren Mikkelsen

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Colonisation of the proximal intestinal remnant in newborn infants with enterostomy: a longitudinal study protocol by Cláudia Marques, Conceição Calhau, Inês Barreiros Mota, Ana Faria, Gonçalo Cordeiro-Ferreira, Ana Pita, Luís Pereira-da-Silva

“…The infants will be recruited at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Hospital Dona Estefânia, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central. …”
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Allograft tolerance after adult living donor liver transplantation: a case-control study by Mohamed S. Habl, Moataz Maher Emara, Reham A. Zayed, Ahmed M. Sultan, Ahmed Elsabagh, Ahmed Marwan Elsaid, Ehab E. Abdel-khalek, Mohamed M. El-Saadany, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Ahmed Shehta

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A Comparative Study between Postoperative Analgesia of Fascia Iliaca Compartment Block and Anterior Quadratus Lumborum Block in Proximal Femur Fracture by O. S. M. Abd Elmaksoud, S. E. M. Elansary, N. G. Fahmy, R. M. Hussien

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Pharmacokinetic effects of endoscopic gastric decontamination for multidrug gastric pharmacobezoars by M. Marano, BM Goffredo, S. Faraci, F. Torroni, Sharada H. Gowda, S. Perdichizzi, M. Di Nardo

“…Case report: A 15-year-old boy was admitted in an unconscious state (Glasgow Coma Scale: 7–8) to the pediatric intensive care unit after assuming an unspecified amount of quetiapine, aspirin, bisoprolol, fluoxetine, furosemide, alprazolam, and pregabalin pills. …”
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Indicators of Glucose Metabolism in Children and Adolescents Characterized as Having “Metabolically Healthy” and “Metabolically Unhealthy” Obesity by Maria Baltogianni, Niki Dermitzaki, Vasileios Giapros, Foteini Balomenou, Chrysoula Kosmeri, Fani Ladomenou, Evanthia Kantza, Anastasios Serbis

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Outcomes in children evaluated but not transported by ambulance personnel: retrospective cohort study by Jelena Oulasvirta, Heli Salmi, Markku Kuisma, Eero Rahiala, Mitja Lääperi, Heini Harve-Rytsälä

“…There was no mortality or intensive care admissions related to the non-transport. …”
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