Pre-hospital suPAR, Lactate and CRP Measurements for Decision-making

Pre-hospital suPAR, Lactate and CRP Measurements for Decision-making

Pre-hospital suPAR measurements alone or combined with C-reactive protein (CRP) and/or lactate measurements could not predict the ED discharge or hospital admission of 109 non-urgent EMS patients with non-specific chief complaints... read more

Short-term and Long-term Rates of Postacute Sequelae of COVID-19 Infection

Short-term and Long-term Rates of Postacute Sequelae of COVID-19 Infection

In this systematic review, we evaluated the temporal progression of clinical abnormalities experienced by patients who recovered from an infection with SARS-CoV-2, starting with a mean of 30 days post–acute illness and... read more

Persistent Neuropsychiatric Symptoms After COVID-19

Persistent Neuropsychiatric Symptoms After COVID-19

The nature and extent of persistent neuropsychiatric symptoms after COVID-19 are not established. To help inform mental health service planning in the pandemic recovery phase, we systematically determined the prevalence of... read more

Effect of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on the Recovery of COVID-19 Patients

Effect of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on the Recovery of COVID-19 Patients

The rehabilitation of patients with COVID-19 after prolonged treatment in the intensive care unit is often complex and challenging. Patients may develop a myriad of long-term multiorgan impairments, affecting the respiratory,... read more

Peer support during the era of COVID-19

Peer support during the era of COVID-19

Burnout has been an issue for those in health care long before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the increased stress and anxiety we face now have caused a host of new problems. The current environment health care professionals... read more

Consequences of COVID-19 in discharged patients

Consequences of COVID-19 in discharged patients

At 6 months after acute infection, COVID-19 survivors were mainly troubled with fatigue or muscle weakness, sleep difficulties, and anxiety or depression. Patients who were more severely ill during their hospital stay... read more

Post-COVID Syndrome or Post-Sepsis Syndrome?

Post-COVID Syndrome or Post-Sepsis Syndrome?

Since the initial outbreak of COVID-19, there have been reports of many people living with a new condition named post-COVID syndrome. These people are young and old, and they experience symptoms long after the infection has... read more

The Night in the ICU

The Night in the ICU

They say that in the world of the intensive care unit (ICU), there is no night. It can be qualified as a lesser day, but not really as a night. The hustle and bustle may be slower, patient flow and activity may be less, conversations... read more

Recovering from COVID-19: Post Viral-fatigue and Conserving Energy

Recovering from COVID-19: Post Viral-fatigue and Conserving Energy

Rehabilitation is fast becoming the new priority in dealing with the impact of this pandemic and is crucial for people recovering from COVID-19 infection. Royal College of Occupational Therapists published three guides... read more

Optimal Sleep Health Among Frontline Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Optimal Sleep Health Among Frontline Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Since the start of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, it has been declared a pandemic and has now involved over 200 countries. Adverse effects on the mental health of frontline... read more

The Neurohormonal Basis of Pulmonary Hypertension in HFpEF

The Neurohormonal Basis of Pulmonary Hypertension in HFpEF

Subjects with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) display activation of the endothelin and adrenomedullin neurohormonal pathways, the magnitude of which is associated with pulmonary hemodynamic derangements,... read more

Potential Mechanisms Underlying Centralized Pain and Emerging Therapeutic Interventions

Potential Mechanisms Underlying Centralized Pain and Emerging Therapeutic Interventions

Centralized pain syndromes are associated with changes within the central nervous system that amplify peripheral input and/or generate the perception of pain in the absence of a noxious stimulus. Examples of idiopathic... read more

Determinants of Health-Related Quality of Life After ICU

Determinants of Health-Related Quality of Life After ICU

Preexisting comorbidity counts, but not severity of ICU illness, are strongly associated with health-related quality of life and physical symptoms in the year following critical illness. We prospectively collected data... read more

Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Intravenous Access

Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Intravenous Access

Obtaining intravenous (IV) access is a basic necessity in the emergency department. So what do you do when you are unable to place a peripheral IV, and your go-to external jugular line is not an option? You certainly do not... read more