Fatal Multiorgan Failure Associated with Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus-1 Infection: A Case Report by Michael Glas, Sigrun Smola, Thorsten Pfuhl, Juliane Pokorny, Rainer M. Bohle, Arno Bücker, Jörn Kamradt, Thomas Volk

“…Here we describe the case of a 70-year-old male admitted with macrohematuria and signs of acute infection and finally deceasing in a septic shock with multi organ failure 17 days after admission to intensive care unit. No bacterial or fungal infection could be detected during his stay, but only two days before death the patient showed signs of rectal, orolabial and genital herpes infection. …”
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A prospective observational study of why people are medically evacuated from offshore installations in the North Sea by Anne Waje-Andreassen, Øyvind Østerås, Guttorm Brattebø

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MitoQ Modulates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Intestinal Barrier Dysfunction via Regulating Nrf2 Signaling by Shengfeng Zhang, Qingniao Zhou, Youcheng Li, Yunli Zhang, Yinmei Wu

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The Impact of Coronavirus Disease-19 on Pregnancy Outcomes, A Case Series by Bilge Cetinkaya Demir, Ozge Albayrak, Kiper Aslan

“…Eight of these women (8.6%) required intensive care unit admission due to COVID pneumonia-related acute respiratory distress syndrome. …”
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The Diagnosing Challenge of a Positive ANCA Vasculitis in the Paediatric Age by Clara Preto, Armandina Silva, Sandra Alves, Margarida Guedes, Paula Matos, Conceição Mota, Paula Rocha, Paula C. Fernandes

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Optimizing haemodialysis outcomes: A pilot study on the effectiveness of multidisciplinary clinics in enhancing vascular access and improving patient outcomes by Boon Cheok Lai, Hui Boon Tay, Pei Shan Lee

“…Secondary outcomes included the frequencies of catheter-related bloodstream infections, intensive care unit admissions, and recurrent hospitalizations. …”
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Comparative Study between Colloid versus Crystalloid Solutions during Spinal Anesthesia for Elective Cesarean Section by Faez Mahdi, Hiwa Saber, Ziwar Ahmed

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Factors Associated with Post-rewarming Procalcitonin Levels in Newborns with Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy by Aslı Okbay Güneş, Aydın Bozkaya, Mehmet Emin Avlanmis

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Bilious Vomiting in the Newborn: A Three-Year Experience in a Tertiary Medical and Surgical Centre by Rebecca A Lee, Theodore Dassios, Ravindra Bhat, Anne Greenough

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Exhaled breath metabolites reveal postmenopausal gut-bone cross-talk and non-invasive markers for osteoporosis by Pritam Sukul, Dagmar-Christiane Fischer, Celine Broderius, Simon Grzegorzewski, Anja Rahn, Thomas Mittlmeier, Bernd Kreikemeyer, Daniel A. Reuter, Jochen K. Schubert, Wolfram Miekisch

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Sedation AND Weaning In Children (SANDWICH): protocol for a cluster randomised stepped wedge trial by Mark J Peters, Daniel Francis McAuley, Margaret Murray, Karla Hemming, Lyvonne N Tume, Mike Clarke, Bronagh Blackwood, Ashley Agus, Joanne Jordan, Roisin Boyle, Duncan Macrae, Clíona McDowell, Lisa McIlmurray, Kevin P Morris, Roger Parslow

“…It is being conducted in 18 paediatric intensive care units in the UK to evaluate a protocol-based intervention for reducing the duration of invasive mechanical ventilation. …”
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Application and nursing of prone ventilation technique in ICU (俯卧位通气技术在ICU的应用及护理) by DAI Hongran (代洪然), WANG Huazhi (王华枝), LI Yuhua (李玉华), MA Haihong (马海红)

“…Methods From January 2020 to January 2021, 4 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and 1 patient with atelectasis admitted to the Intensive Care Unit were retrospectively analyzed. The effect of prone ventilation was studied, and the nursing experience was summarized. …”
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Feasibility of real-time compression frequency and compression depth assessment in CPR using a “machine-learning” artificial intelligence tool by Hannes Ecker, Niels-Benjamin Adams, Michael Schmitz, Wolfgang A. Wetsch

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Human inborn errors of immunity underlying Talaromyces marneffei infections: a multicenter, retrospective cohort study by Huifeng Fan, Zhiyong Yang, Yuhui Wu, Xiulan Lu, Tian Li, Xuyang Lu, Gen Lu, Liming He, Guoping Lu, Li Huang

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An unusual case of type I hyperlipidemia - infant with acute encephalopathy, bulging fontanel, vomiting and pink blood: a case report by Jasna Kalanj, Mina Goran Cobeljic, Maja Jesic, Vera Zdravkovic, Mirjana Cvetkovic, Nadja Vukasinovic, Marina Andjelkovic, Snezana Rsovac

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Comparative study between high and low dose methylene blue infusion in septic cancer patients: a randomized, blinded, controlled study by Ehab Hanafy Shaker, Ahmed Mohamed Soliman, Ahmed Abd Elmohsen Bedewy, Mai Mohamed Elrawas

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COVID-19 Mortality in Children: A Referral Center Experience from Iran (Mofid Children’s Hospital, Tehran, Iran) by Shahnaz Armin, Seyed Alireza Fahimzad, Sedigheh Rafiei Tabatabaei, Roxana Mansour Ghanaiee, Noushin Marhamati, Seyyedeh Narjes Ahmadizadeh, Azita Behzad, Seyedeh Masumeh Hashemi, Saeed Sadr, Maryam Rajabnejad, Mahnaz Jamee, Abdollah Karimi

“…Recorded documents of 59 pediatric patients (under 18 years old) assumed to have COVID-19 who had died in the COVID-19 ward and COVID-19 intensive care unit (ICU) were retrospectively evaluated. …”
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Association between oxidative stress and postoperative delirium in joint replacement using diacron-reactive oxygen metabolites and biological antioxidant potential tests by Tomoo Yuba, Yoshihisa Koyama, Ayako Takahashi, Yuji Fujino, Shoichi Shimada

“…The primary endpoint was the association between changes in oxidative stress markers and the occurrence of POD as diagnosed using the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit and Richmond Agitation–Sedation Scale. …”
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Unmasking culprits: novel analysis identifies complement factors as potential therapeutic targets to mitigate inflammation during children's heart surgery by Joel Bierer, Roger Stanzel, Mark Henderson, John Sapp, Pantelis Andreou, Jean S. Marshall, David Horne

“…Spearman’s correlation described the linear relationship between mediator concentrations at the end of CPB and intensive care length of stay. Results are median (IQR). …”
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Prevalence, causes and outcomes of hospital admissions in Mongolia: a national registry-based descriptive analysisResearch in context by Altanchimeg Sainbayar, Ganbold Lundeg, Naranpurev Mendsaikhan, Jens Meier, Martin W. Dünser

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