Tag: diagnosis
Improving Patient Outcomes: Sepsis Protocols and Rapid Host Response Technologies
Patients come into the emergency department (ED) with symptoms, not diagnoses. That’s when time is of the essence. Clinicians must quickly triage patients and establish an appropriate care pathway to obtain the best possible... read more
Army Scientists’ Technique for Early Sepsis Detection in Burn Patients Submitted to FDA
A new invention developed at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command uses an artificial intelligence machine learning algorithm to identify whether burn patients are at risk of experiencing life-threatening... read more
Critical Care Nephrology and Renal Replacement Therapy in Children
Pediatric critical care nephrology is a complex and highly specialized field, presenting challenges and management strategies that are often quite distinct from those seen in adult practice. Therefore, it is high time... read more
Core Concepts in Acute Kidney Injury
This comprehensive guide covers the causes, characteristics, and presentations of acute kidney injury (AKI), as well as prevention and treatment. The first part of the book features chapters on the epidemiology and diagnosis... read more
Can Clinicians Identify CAP on Ultralow-dose CT?
This study found that clinicians could assess chest ULD-CTs for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) with high, but not perfect, diagnostic accuracy using an ED radiologist’s assessments as reference standard. Interrater... read more
Hospitalizations for Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) in US
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a rare, serious condition characterized by fever and multiorgan involvement that occurs after SARS-CoV-2 infection. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... read more
Fluid Accumulation Syndrome in Sepsis and Septic Shock
In this review, we aimed to comprehensively summarize current literature on pathophysiology, relevance, diagnosis and treatment of fluid accumulation in patients with sepsis/septic shock. Fluid accumulation syndrome (FAS)... read more
The Hidden Value of MRI: Modifying Treatment Decisions in C-spine Injuries
This study provides a critical evaluation of the implications of additional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) use in the diagnosis of c-spine injuries. We have demonstrated that an adjunctive MRI extends patients' ED stays,... read more
Genetic Testing in Early-onset Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a globally prevalent cardiac arrhythmia with significant genetic underpinnings, as highlighted by recent large-scale genetic studies. A prominent clinical and genetic overlap exists between... read more
Prevalence and Survival of Prolonged VV ECMO for ARDS
The understanding of prolonged venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV ECMO) in the setting of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is evolving and durations of support once considered extreme are now commonplace.... read more
The Existence of Adrenal Insufficiency in COVID-19 Patients with Pneumonia
Patients with a history of COVID-19 pneumonia who present with clinical symptoms such as shock, nausea, vomiting, and fatigue should have hypocortisolism included in the differential diagnosis. These patients should also... read more
Lung Ultrasound for Diagnosis and Management of ARDS
Lung ultrasonography (LUS) is essential for diagnosing and managing adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) due to its bedside accessibility and availability across different resource settings. It aids in diagnosis and... read more
Diagnosing Sepsis: Where We’re At And Where We’re Going
Diagnosing sepsis remains problematic. Pathogen identification is frequently lacking and the dysregulated host response is non-specific. Blood cultures often take days to deliver a result and, even then, approximately 90%... read more
Traumatic Major Hemorrhage in a Tertiary Trauma Center
Major traumatic hemorrhage is potentially preventable with rapid hemorrhage control and improved resuscitation techniques. The time from injury to hospital, resuscitation, diagnosis, and definitive bleeding control should... read more
Handbook of Lung Targeted Drug Delivery Systems: Recent Trends and Clinical Evidences
Handbook of Lung Targeted Drug Delivery Systems: Recent Trends and Clinical Evidences covers every aspect of the drug delivery to lungs, the physiology and pharmacology of the lung, modelling for lung delivery, drug devices... read more
