Omadacycline Treatment of Severe Pneumonia Complicated with ARDS During COVID-19

Omadacycline Treatment of Severe Pneumonia Complicated with ARDS During COVID-19

Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) has a significant value in the diagnosis of Chlamydia psittaci infection. Timely treatment of omadacycline can improve prognosis and provide a promising new option for the treatment... read more

Extracorporeal Life Support for Adults

Extracorporeal Life Support for Adults

This book presents a concise, evidence-based review of extracorporeal life support (ECLS) for adult diseases. It describes the use of ECLS with patients who are experiencing severe hypoxemic respiratory failure (ARDS and... read more

Effect of Mechanical Ventilation Under Intubation on Respiratory Tract Change of Bacterial Count

Effect of Mechanical Ventilation Under Intubation on Respiratory Tract Change of Bacterial Count

Mechanical ventilation under intubation may cause dysregulation of lower respiratory microbiota in rats. The most common 'second strike' in mechanically ventilated patients is a pulmonary infection caused by the ease with... read more

HFNC vs. CPAP in COVID-19 Patients with ARDS in ICU

HFNC vs. CPAP in COVID-19 Patients with ARDS in ICU

Acute hypoxic respiratory failure in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia has been treated with oxygen delivered by oxygen masks and non-invasive ventilation (NIV) with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP),... read more

A Promising Biomarker for Early Detection of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)

A Promising Biomarker for Early Detection of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)

As found in our study, among the biomarkers used, the diagnostic accuracy of IMA was the highest and better than that of cardiac troponin I and CK-MB. Although ECG is the preferred diagnostic tool for diagnosing ACS (STEMI,... read more

Hypercalcemia of Immobility in Critically Ill Patients

Hypercalcemia of Immobility in Critically Ill Patients

Significant hypercalcemia can occur in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Immobilization hypercalcemia has been infrequently reported after ICU admission. Patients, therefore, usually require extensive workup to rule out... read more

COVID-19 Critical and Intensive Care Medicine Essentials

COVID-19 Critical and Intensive Care Medicine Essentials

This book provides healthcare professionals in Critical Care setting an easy consultation guide to fight against COVID-19. The book is divided into sections: Fundamentals of COVID-19, Pneumological critical care, Neurological... read more

Adjunctive Intravenous Then Oral Vitamin C for CAP Patients

Adjunctive Intravenous Then Oral Vitamin C for CAP Patients

Patients hospitalised with community acquired pneumonia (CAP) have low peripheral blood vitamin C concentrations and limited antioxidant capacity. The feasibility of a trial of vitamin C supplementation to improve patient... read more

Oxygen Support Needs in Children with RSV vs. COVID-19

Oxygen Support Needs in Children with RSV vs. COVID-19

Children with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) had a higher risk of pneumonia, bronchiolitis, and a hospital stay of more than 4 days vs children with COVID-19 or influenza. Investigators compared demographic and clinical... read more

The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human

The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human

In the late 1600s, Mukherjee sets the stage for an extraordinary tale. It revolves around two notable individuals: Robert Hooke, a renowned English polymath, and Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, an eccentric Dutch cloth-merchant.... read more

Comparison of ETA and BALF mNGS in Severe Pneumonia

Comparison of ETA and BALF mNGS in Severe Pneumonia

Our study showed that some differences in the microbiological diagnosis via endotracheal aspirate (ETA) mNGS and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) appear to exist. Clinicians... read more

Rapid Sepsis Tests Using Magnetic Nanoparticles

Rapid Sepsis Tests Using Magnetic Nanoparticles

Qun Ren, an Empa researcher, and her team are currently developing a diagnostic procedure that can rapidly detect life-threatening blood poisoning caused by staphylococcus bacteria. Staphylococcal sepsis is fatal in up... read more

Secondary Bacterial Pneumonia is the Key Factor in COVID-19 Fatalities Not Cytokine Storm

Secondary Bacterial Pneumonia is the Key Factor in COVID-19 Fatalities Not Cytokine Storm

A recent study found that secondary bacterial pneumonia, rather than the much-discussed “cytokine storm,” is a significant factor in COVID-19-related fatalities. Almost half of the patients who required mechanical... read more

Prone vs. Supine Position Ventilation in Intubated COVID-19 Patients

Prone vs. Supine Position Ventilation in Intubated COVID-19 Patients

Whether prone positioning of patients undergoing mechanical ventilation for COVID-19 pneumonia has benefits over supine positioning is not clear. We conducted a systematic review with meta-analysis to determine whether prone... read more