Mega-events and the climate: what’s the game? by David Gogishvili, Martin Müller

“…Carbon intensity was calculated as total emissions divided by outputs, such as revenue and athletes, to show the amount of carbon emitted per unit of production, providing a standardized measure across different activities and sectors. …”
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Evolution of Spanish population well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from the COSMO-Spain study by Catarina Santos-Ribeiro, Carmen Rodríguez-Blázquez, Alba Ayala, María Romay-Barja, María Falcón, Maria João Forjaz

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Retracted: How Do Renewable Energy, Economic Growth and Natural Resources Rent Affect Environmental Sustainability in a Globalized Economy? Evidence From Colombia Based on the Grad... by Abraham Ayobamiji Awosusi, Mário Nuno Mata, Zahoor Ahmed, Zahoor Ahmed, Zahoor Ahmed, Manuel Francisco Coelho, Manuel Francisco Coelho, Mehmet Altuntaş, José Moleiro Martins, José Moleiro Martins, Jéssica Nunes Martins, Jéssica Nunes Martins, Stephen Taiwo Onifade, Stephen Taiwo Onifade

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Balanced crystalloid versus saline for resuscitation in pediatric septic shock: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Barkhá Vijendra, Ana Beatriz Bertol, Mylena Maria Guedes de Almeida, Pedro Henrique Aquino Gil de Freitas, Áurea Maria Salomão Simão, Bianca Lisa de Faria

“…Our outcomes of interest included acute kidney injury (AKI), hospital mortality, hospital length of stay, pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) length of stay, need for renal replacement therapy, hyperchloremia and mechanical ventilation. …”
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Promoção de Relações de Intimidade Saudáveis: Efetividade do Programa Desenvolvido com Adolescentes by Armando Manuel Marques Silva, Isabel Maria Pinheiro Borges Moreira, Maria Neto Cruz Leitão, Cristina Maria Figueira Veríssimo, Maria Conceição Gonçalves Marques Alegre Sá, Maria Isabel Domingues Fernandes

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System Design and Optimisation Study on a Novel CCHP System Integrated with a Hybrid Energy Storage System and an ORC by Jie Ji, Zujun Ding, Xin Xia, Yeqin Wang, Hui Huang, Chu Zhang, Tian Peng, Xiaolu Wang, Muhammad Shahzad Nazir, Yue Zhang, Baolian Liu, Xiaoying Jia, Ruisheng Li, Yaodong Wang

“…In this research, there is a hybrid energy storage unit enhancing the whole system’s operation flexibility while supplying cooling, heating, and power. …”
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Effect of home environment on neuropsychiatric development in preterm infants discharged from NICU at 18 months corrected age by Yuan Tian, Chuncao Zhang, Li Shen, Haifeng Jiang, Feng Liu, Jinjin Chen, Xia Hong

“…The aspects and extent to which the home environment affects the early (18 months corrected age) neuropsychological development of preterm infants are still unclear.Aims This study aimed to analyse the effect of the home environment on the neuropsychiatric development of preterm infants at 18 months corrected age after discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). It also sought to provide a basis for promoting neuropsychiatric development among preterm infants by improving the home environment.Methods In this retrospective cross-sectional study, 275 preterm infants born between January 2019 and January 2022 were followed up for systematic management after discharge from the NICU at Shanghai Children’s Hospital. …”
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The Burden and Trend of Blood-Borne Pathogens among Asymptomatic Adult Population in Akwatia: A Retrospective Study at the St. Dominic Hospital, Ghana by Sylvester Yao Lokpo, Mavis Popuelle Dakorah, Gameli Kwame Norgbe, James Osei-Yeboah, Godwin Adzakpah, Isaac Sarsah, John Gameli Deku, Innocent Afeke, Emmanuel Akomanin Asiamah, Nana Yaw Barimah Manaphraim, Isaac Asare, Bright Justice Ayidzoe, Emmanuel Alote Allotey, Emmanuel Agbeko Nani, Paul Amoah

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Wastewater Monitoring During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Veneto Region, Italy: Longitudinal Observational Study by Honoria Ocagli, Marco Zambito, Filippo Da Re, Vanessa Groppi, Marco Zampini, Alessia Terrini, Franco Rigoli, Irene Amoruso, Tatjana Baldovin, Vincenzo Baldo, Francesca Russo, Dario Gregori

“…MethodsThis study analyzed the temporal correlation between SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentrations in wastewater and COVID-19 clinical outcomes, including confirmed cases, hospitalizations, and intensive care unit (ICU) admissions, from October 2021 to August 2022 in the Veneto region, Italy. …”
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Inspiratory muscle training facilitates liberation from mechanical ventilation in subacute critically ill patients—a randomized controlled trial by Shu-Jane Wang, Tien-Pei Fang, Tien-Pei Fang, Daniel D. Rowley, Nan-Wei Liu, Jui-O Chen, Jui-Fang Liu, Jui-Fang Liu, Hui-Ling Lin, Hui-Ling Lin, Hui-Ling Lin

“…This study aimed to evaluate whether Inspiratory Muscle Training (IMT) facilitates weaning from mechanical ventilation and enhances muscle strength in critically ill, subacute adult patients, while examining the relationship between IMT and relevant clinical laboratory values.MethodsIn this randomized clinical trial, patients admitted to the intensive care unit requiring mechanical ventilation for more than 2 days, with stable hemodynamics and resolved acute conditions, were enrolled. …”
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RNA editing-based biomarker blood test for the diagnosis of bipolar disorder: protocol of the EDIT-B study by Andrea Miranda-Mendizabal, Diana Vetter, Juan Zambrano, Jeff Zarp, Victor Chavarría, Anna Giménez-Palomo, Meritxell Gonzalez-Campos, Marc Valenti, Lara Walczer Baldinazzo, Sara Siddi, Maurizio Ferrari, Dinah Weissmann, Chantal Henry, Josep Maria Haro, Lars Vedel Kessing, Eduard Vieta

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Nesting population trend of the leatherback sea turtle in Bocas del Toro province and Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé, Panama for the period 2002–2022 by Sonia Gutiérrez Parejo, Susan E. Piacenza, Raúl García, Cristina Ordóñez, Roldán A. Valverde

“…We calculated catch per unit effort (CPUE) to account for sampling effort differences. …”
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Intravenous esketamine in pediatric Rett syndrome: An open-label, early phase 1 pilot study by Huiping Li, Shu Liu, Caimei Lin, Yuchao Wu, Xiuping Wu, Yukun Huang, Yajun Wu, Xiubin Tong, Xiu Xu

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Life cycle assessment of cocoa farming sustainability by implementing compound fertilizer by I. Idawati, N.A. Sasongko, A.D. Santoso, A.W. Sani, H. Apriyanto, A. Boceng

“…This was conducted based on the International Standard Organization of life cycle assessment 14040 and 14044 with a function unit of 1 kilogram chocodate cashew production.FINDINGS: The results showed that reducing chemical fertilizer was environmentally preferable to decreasing all the impact categories assessed since the total potential global warming impact from chocodate cashew production was 2.092 kilogram carbon dioxide equivalent. …”
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Outcomes, Healthcare Resource Utilization, and Costs of Overall, Community-Acquired, and Hospital-Acquired Acute Kidney Injury in COVID-19 Patients by Jay L. Koyner, Rachel H. Mackey, Ning A. Rosenthal, Leslie A. Carabuena, J. Patrick Kampf, Paul McPherson, Toni Rodriguez, Aarti Sanghani, Julien Textoris

“…In adjusted models, for patients with AKI vs no AKI and HA-AKI vs CA-AKI, odds ratios (ORs) (95% CI) were 3.70 (3.61-3.79) and 4.11 (3.92-4.31) for intensive care unit use and 3.52 (3.41-3.63) and 2.64 (2.52-2.78) for in-hospital mortality; mean length of stay (LOS) differences and LOS ratios (95% CI) were 1.8 days and 1.24 (1.23-1.25) and 5.1 days and 1.57 (1.54-1.59); and mean cost differences and cost ratios were $7163 and 1.35 (1.34-1.36) and $19&#8239;127 and 1.78 (1.75-1.81) (all _P_ < .001). …”
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To Hemoadsorb or Not to Hemoadsorb—Do We Have the Answer Yet? An Updated Meta-Analysis on the Use of CytoSorb in Sepsis and Septic Shock by Carmen Orban, Angelica Bratu, Mihaela Agapie, Tudor Borjog, Mugurel Jafal, Romina-Marina Sima, Oana Clementina Dumitrașcu, Mihai Popescu

“…We did not observe any significant difference in either intensive care unit length of stay (<i>p</i> = 0.93) or between end-of-treatment severity scores in the two groups (<i>p</i> = 0.24). …”
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Long COVID and its risk factors in migrants: a nationwide register study from Sweden by Agneta Cederström, George Frederick Mkoma, Thomas Benfield, Charles Agyemang, Marie Nørredam, Mikael Rostila

“…., whether the person was hospitalized (IRR: 18.6 CI: 17.3–20.0) or treated in an intensive care unit (IRR: 120.5 CI: 111.7–129.8), primarily contributed to the higher risk of long COVID found in migrants while the contribution of vaccinations and social conditions were moderate. …”
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Effects of 24-hour urine-output trajectories on the risk of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients with cirrhosis: a retrospective cohort analysis by Jia Wang, Dongdong Niu, Xiaolin Li, Yumei Zhao, Enlin Ye, Jiasheng Huang, Suru Yue, Xuefei Hou, Jiayuan Wu

“…Changes in the trajectories of urine output within 24 h after admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) were categorized using latent category trajectory modeling. …”
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Associations of combined exposure to selected metal mixtures with thyroid hormones in children: a cross-sectional study in China by Yuhan Cao, Shiting Xiang, Yuwei Du, Meiling Chen, Rumeng Xue, Qi Li, Jun Qiu, Yanying Duan

“…Generalized linear regression (GLR) model and Quantile-based g-computation (QGC) were employed to estimate the association between metal exposure and thyroid hormone homeostasis.ResultsGLR model showed that a unit increase in ln-transformed Fe was associated with increases in TT3 (β = 0.163; PFDR &lt; 0.001), TT4 (β = 12.255; PFDR &lt; 0.001) and FT3 (β = 0.615; PFDR &lt; 0.001), as well as decreases in TSH (β = −0.471; PFDR = 0.005) and FT4 (β = −1.938; PFDR &lt; 0.001). …”
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Protocol publication rate and comparison between article, registry and protocol in RCTs by Sylvain Mathieu, Jean-Baptiste Bouillon-Minois, Laurent Renard Triché, Emmanuel Coudeyre, De Chazeron Ingrid, Finotto Thomas, Catherine Laporte, Xavier Moisset, Ludovic Samalin, Guillaume Villatte, Bruno Pereira, Methodology And Evidence Statistics for Transparency in medical Research and Outcome reporting (MAESTRO) working group

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