Ineffective Airway Clearance Nursing Diagnosis & Care Plans

Ineffective Airway Clearance Nursing Diagnosis & Care Plans

Ineffective airway clearance is the inability to clear secretions or obstructions from the respiratory tract. This can be detrimental to breathing and create complications. Secretions can be problematic as a result of... read more

Oxygenation Improvement in Hyperinflammatory Ovine ARDS Treated with Methylprednisolone

Oxygenation Improvement in Hyperinflammatory Ovine ARDS Treated with Methylprednisolone

Early and persistent improvement in oxygenation was seen only in hyperinflammatory ovine ARDS treated with methylprednisolone, while hemodynamic situation and survival was improved in both injury models and corticosteroid... read more

A Global Perspective on AKI After Major Surgery

A Global Perspective on AKI After Major Surgery

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an abrupt decline in kidney function occurring within hours or days. In patients having surgery, postoperative AKI is a major complication associated with adverse outcomes including mortality.... read more

COVID-19 Severity and 2-year Prevalence of Physical Symptoms

COVID-19 Severity and 2-year Prevalence of Physical Symptoms

Although the persistence of physical symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection is a major public health concern, evidence from large observational studies beyond one year post diagnosis remain scarce. We aimed to assess the prevalence... read more

Simple Blood Test Indicating Sepsis Relapse

Simple Blood Test Indicating Sepsis Relapse

Sepsis is often not adequately diagnosed at the early stage when it could still be potentially avoidable. In this report, we describe the dramatic hematological changes found in the blood of a sepsis survivor just after discharge... read more

What to Know About Merkel Cell Carcinoma, the Rare Cancer that Killed Jimmy Buffett

What to Know About Merkel Cell Carcinoma, the Rare Cancer that Killed Jimmy Buffett

"Margaritaville" singer Jimmy Buffett died of Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare but aggressive form of skin cancer, according to a tribute posted on his official websiteopens in a new tab or window. The 76-year-old music icon... read more

Neonatology Questions and Controversies: Neonatal Hemodynamics

Neonatology Questions and Controversies: Neonatal Hemodynamics

Dr. Richard Polin's Neonatology Questions and Controversies series highlights the toughest challenges facing physicians and care providers in clinical practice, offering trustworthy guidance on up-to-date diagnostic and treatment... 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

High-Sensitivity Troponin T in a Secondary Care Setting

High-Sensitivity Troponin T in a Secondary Care Setting

High-sensitivity troponin (hs-cTn) assays play a crucial role in the early detection and management of patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS). This study supports evidence that serial troponin measurements... read more

Estimating Seroprevalence of COVID-19 Infection After Omicron Outbreak

Estimating Seroprevalence of COVID-19 Infection After Omicron Outbreak

This study aimed to investigate the seroprevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodies among individuals aged 18 years and older. Population-based study was conducted within the Arizona... read more

Sepsis Prediction Model for Determining Sepsis vs. SIRS, qSOFA, and SOFA

Sepsis Prediction Model for Determining Sepsis vs. SIRS, qSOFA, and SOFA

In this cohort study of 60,507 hospital admissions, we found that although the SPM marginally outperformed existing prediction scores in balanced accuracy for classification of sepsis, it suffers from poor timeliness, limiting... read more

A Case of Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia Due to Celiac and Mesenteric Artery Thrombosis

A Case of Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia Due to Celiac and Mesenteric Artery Thrombosis

Chronic mesenteric ischemia (CMI) is uncommon and accounts for approximately 5% of cases. CMI presents with non-specific symptoms, making it difficult to diagnose, and requires complex management involving interprofessional... read more

AKI Defined by Fluid-Corrected Creatinine in Premature Neonates

AKI Defined by Fluid-Corrected Creatinine in Premature Neonates

In this secondary analysis of the multicenter PENUT trial, we describe fluid-corrected acute kidney injury (AKI) and evaluate associations with short-term and long-term outcomes in premature neonates with fluid-corrected... read more

The Contribution of Procalcitonin, C-Reactive Protein and Interleukin-6 in the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Surgical Sepsis

The Contribution of Procalcitonin, C-Reactive Protein and Interleukin-6 in the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Surgical Sepsis

The mortality rate was quite high in our study, consistent with the elevated serum biomarker concentrations, which were higher in non-survivors compared with survivors. C-reactive protein (CRP) and IL-6 were the most effective... read more