Intravenous Vitamin C for COVID-19 Patients

Intravenous Vitamin C for COVID-19 Patients

In hospitalized patients with COVID-19, vitamin C had low probability of improving the primary composite outcome of organ support–free days and hospital survival. Enrollment was terminated after statistical triggers... 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

Uncovering Heterogeneity in Sepsis

Uncovering Heterogeneity in Sepsis

Among critically ill patients with sepsis, subtype strategies using clinical, biomarker, and transcriptomic data do not identify comparable patient populations and are likely to reflect disparate clinical characteristics... read more

Pediatric Sepsis Phenotype with Persistent Hypoxemia, Encephalopathy, and Shock

Pediatric Sepsis Phenotype with Persistent Hypoxemia, Encephalopathy, and Shock

We derived and validated the persistent hypoxemia, encephalopathy, and shock phenotype, which is highly reproducible, clinically relevant, and associated with HTE to common adjuvant therapies in children with sepsis. We... read more

Genetic Causal Factors of ARDS

Genetic Causal Factors of ARDS

This comprehensive study highlights the importance of utilizing the MR-pheWAS framework in unraveling the complex etiology and pathogenesis of ARDS, and further underlines the value of integrating blood-based biomarkers into... 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

Thrombocytopenia Severity in COVID-19 Patients with Epstein-Barr Virus

Thrombocytopenia Severity in COVID-19 Patients with Epstein-Barr Virus

This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of viral co-infections in hospitalized patients and their potential association with platelet count (PLT) during hospitalization. Additionally, the study explored the gender... read more

Delirium Treatment with Haloperidol Not Associated with Higher Risk of QTc-interval Prolongation

Delirium Treatment with Haloperidol Not Associated with Higher Risk of QTc-interval Prolongation

Delirium treatment with haloperidol and/or pipamperone was not associated with a higher risk of QTc-interval prolongation in this naturalistic patient sample but was greater in magnitude and correlated with equipotent dosage... read more

Age and Associated Outcomes Among Patients Receiving V-A ECMO

Age and Associated Outcomes Among Patients Receiving V-A ECMO

In a multinational study using the ELSO Registry, we found that increasing age was strongly associated with higher risk of hospital mortality and complications among patients receiving V-A ECMO for cardiogenic shock, with... read more

Long COVID Associated with Reduced Circulating Serotonin Levels

Long COVID Associated with Reduced Circulating Serotonin Levels

Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC, "Long COVID") pose a significant global health challenge. The pathophysiology is unknown, and no effective treatments have been found to date. Several hypotheses have been formulated... read more

Enteral Citrulline Supplementation vs. Placebo in Mechanically Ventilated Patients

Enteral Citrulline Supplementation vs. Placebo in Mechanically Ventilated Patients

Among mechanically ventilated ICU patients without sepsis or septic shock, enteral L-citrulline administration did not result in a significant difference in SOFA score on day 7 compared to placebo. Of 120 randomized patients... read more

The Hemodynamics of Adrenal Veins with Four-dimensional CT Using Quantitative Time-density Curve

The Hemodynamics of Adrenal Veins with Four-dimensional CT Using Quantitative Time-density Curve

Present study quantitatively analyzed adrenal venous flow using four-dimensional computed tomography (4D CT). We reviewed 4D CT images of 55 patients [mean age, 52 years ± 11 (standard deviation); 23 females] who underwent... read more

Acute Undifferentiated Fever with Thrombocytopenia: Clinical and Etiological Profile

Acute Undifferentiated Fever with Thrombocytopenia: Clinical and Etiological Profile

Prompt recognition and management of thrombocytopenia in acute undifferentiated fever are vital. Thrombocytopenia, along with organ dysfunction and shock, significantly influence patient outcomes. Tailored interventions based... read more

Epidemiology of Surgery Associated Acute Kidney Injury (EPIS-AKI)

Epidemiology of Surgery Associated Acute Kidney Injury (EPIS-AKI)

In a comprehensive multinational study, approximately one in five patients develop PO-AKI after major surgery. Increasing severity of PO-AKI is associated with a progressive increase in adverse outcomes. Our findings indicate... read more

Using Deep Neural Networks for Survival Prediction in VA-ECMO

Using Deep Neural Networks for Survival Prediction in VA-ECMO

Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) is a complex and high-risk life support modality used in severe cardiorespiratory failure. ECMO survival scores are used clinically for patient prognostication... 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