Evaluation of postoperative pain on Transversus Abdominis Plane block and Erector Spinae Plane block in patients undergoing gynecological surgery: a prospective, comparative study by D. Tavianto, O. M. Pison, Azka Putra Rakhmatullah

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Clinical Management and Surgical Outcomes of Wandering Spleen with Splenic Torsion in Pediatric Patients: A Case Report by Shaban Memeti, Saimir Kuci, Toni Ristevski, Lazar Todorovic, Marijan Kamilovski, Blagica Krsteska, Haris Sulejmani

“…After the surgical procedure, the intensive care unit carefully observed the patient and treated her with intravenous electrolyte replacement, broad-spectrum antibiotics, pain management, and measures to prevent thrombosis. …”
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Length of hospital stay and its factor associated among neonates with perinatal asphyxia in the Northwest Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia 2023: a multicentre retrospective cross-... by Gezahagn Demsu Gedefaw, Asnake Tadesse Abate, Degalem Tilahun Worku, Mulugeta Endalamaw Ayenew, Dawit Tesfaye Daka

“…Objective To determine the length of hospital stay and related factors in newborns with perinatal asphyxia in comprehensive specialised hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia.Design A multicentre institutional-based cross-sectional study.Setting Tertiary hospitals in Northwest Amhara Regional State, Northwest Ethiopia, from 1 to 30 December 2023.Participants A total of 609 neonates with perinatal asphyxia were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit of selected public hospitals in Northwest Amhara from September 2018 to October 2023.Outcome measures Length of hospital stay and associated factors in newborns with perinatal asphyxia were noted.Results A total of 609 newborns with perinatal asphyxia were included in this study. …”
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The Effect of a Nurse-Led Multidisciplinary Team on Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Rates by W. Bradley Dosher, Elena C. Loomis, Sherry L. Richardson, Jennifer A. Crowell, Richard D. Waltman, Lisa D. Miller, Muhammad Nazim, Faisal A. Khasawneh

“…A retrospective study of the trend in VAP rates in a community-hospital’s open medical intensive care unit (MICU) after the enactment of a nurse-led VAP prevention team. …”
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Serum chemokine IL-8 acts as a biomarker for identifying COVID-19-associated persistent severe acute kidney injury by Zhi He, Jing-jing Liu, Shao-lei Ma

“…Our study attempted to evaluate the diagnostic value of chemokines for early-stage PS-AKI prediction.Methods According to the KDIGO criteria, 115 COVID-19 patients diagnosed with stage 2/3 AKI were recruited from the intensive care unit between December 2022 and February 2023. …”
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Analysis of Adverse Events during Intrahospital Transportation of Critically Ill Patients by Francielli Mary Pereira Gimenez, Wesley Henrique Bueno de Camargo, Ana Clara Beraldo Gomes, Thaylla Sumyre Nihei, Monique Walicheki Maria Andrade, Maria Laura de A. F. Sé Valverde, Larissa D’ Epiro de Souza Campos, Debora Carvalho Grion, Josiane Festti, Cintia Magalhães Carvalho Grion

“…To describe adverse events occurring during intrahospital transportation of adult patients hospitalized in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and to evaluate the association with morbidity and mortality. …”
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Blunt Isolated Small Bowel Perforation Intervention: Does a Delay in Management Matter? by Sung Yong Hong, Se Hun Kim, Ki Hoon Kim

“…Bowel resection, length of stay (LOS), intensive care unit (ICU) LOS, morbidity, and mortality were analyzed as outcomes in 52 patients. …”
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Cortistatin-14 Exerts Neuroprotective Effect Against Microglial Activation, Blood-brain Barrier Disruption, and Cognitive Impairment in Sepsis-associated Encephalopathy by Qiang Wen, Qian Ding, Jinchao Wang, Yanhua Yin, Shangchen Xu, Yuanrong Ju, Hongsheng Ji, Bin Liu

“…Sepsis-associated encephalopathy (SAE) is a life-threatening deterioration of mental status in relation to long-term and disabling cognitive dysfunction that is common in intensive care units worldwide. Cortistatin-14 is a neuropeptide structurally resembling somastostatin, which has been proven to play a crucial role in sepsis. …”
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A Case of Ruptured Aortic Arch Aneurysm Successfully Treated by Thoracic Endovascular Aneurysm Repair with Chimney Graft by Yohei Kawatani, Yujiro Hayashi, Yujiro Ito, Hirotsugu Kurobe, Yoshitsugu Nakamura, Yuji Suda, Takaki Hori

“…Although respiratory failure was persistent, there were improvements and the patient was extubated 34 days postoperatively and discharged from the intensive care unit 37 days postoperatively. On postoperative day 75, he was discharged from the hospital to an elder care facility. …”
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The Incidence of Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections in Children With Congenital Heart Disease Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Study by Mohammad Mehdi Rajabi, Behdad Gharib, Mohammad Reza Mirzaaghayan

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The Impact of 3S2E Nursing Management on the Psychological Status of Respiratory Function and Quality of Life of Patients with Severe Pneumonia in the ICU by Yaoyao Xu, Xia Li, Qin Yang, Xiuxian Ma

“…This study examines the effects of the 3S2E nursing management mode on patients with severe pneumonia in the intensive care unit’s respiratory function, psychological status, and quality of life (ICU). …”
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Cord Blood pH and Lactate- A Step Ahead in Diagnosis of Fetal Acidaemia in Patients with Abnormal Cardiotocography by Indrani Mukhopadhyay, Sanjay Singh, Sushila Kachatti

“…Non-reactive CTG results were associated with higher mean cord blood lactate and pH levels and more number of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) admissions. There is a definite correlation between abnormal CTG patterns and poorer neonatal outcomes. …”
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Investigating the status of the second victims of error and related factors in nurses: a description study by Fardin Shahbazzadeh, Aghil Habibi Soola, Sajjad Narimani, Mehdi Ajri-Khameslou

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Hydroxychloroquine plus personal protective equipment versus personal protective equipment alone for the prevention of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infections among healthcare wor... by Rohina Joshi, Sudha Vidyasagar, Niveditha Devasenapathy, Rinaldo Bellomo, Vivekanand Jha, Chirag Patel, Vijay Kumar, Lachlan Donaldson, Oommen John, Balasubramanian Venkatesh, Michael John, Naomi Hammond, Jeyaraj Pandian, Ashwani Kumar, Arpita Ghosh, S Radhakrishnan, Rajib Paul, Bharath Kumar Tirupakuzhi Vijayaraghavan, Dorrilyn Rajbhandari, Sheila Nainan Myatra, Amritendu Bhattacharya, Sumaiya Arfin, Abhinav Bassi, Lachlan Hugh Donaldson, Naomi E Hammond, Mallikarjuna Kunigari, Cynthia Amrutha, Syed Haider Mehdi Husaini, Subir Ghosh, Santosh Kumar Nag, Hari Krishnan Selvaraj, Viny Kantroo, Kamal D Shah, Sheila Myatra, Amritendu Battacharya, Pavan Kumar Vecham, Evangeline Elvira, Gomathi Parthasarathy, Archana Ragunathan, Gnanavel Rajendra Kunjurao, Pavithra Sampath Kumar, Hilda Nirmala Kumari, Jayanthi Swaminathan, Murshid Cheriyeri Peediyekkal, Arun Chander Yadav, Aarthi Venkatramanan, Cynthia Amrutha Sukumar, Dharini Prasad, Krishnanda Nayak, Ravindra Prabhu, Rohini Bilagi, Akash Bhange, Bhumika Patel, Ekta Ramchandani, Jinesh Patel, Krupa Gandhi, N Prathyusha, Rayshma Rao Bonshlay Lakshmanan, S Hari Krishnan, Abhishek George Mehta, Mousumi Pradhan, Syed Haider Mehdi Husaini, Shahid Ali Siddique, Naved-ur Rahman, Mohammad Jamalludeen, Mounika Amarneni, Suresh Sankar, Vidya Rajesh Joshi, Alka Yadav, Nikhil Modi, Rinku Dahiya, Serena Knowles, Nikita Bathla, Fatima Butt

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Cross-sectional evaluation of medical reversals among National Institute of Health guideline practices implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic: how often did experts err in a time... by Vinay Prasad, Alyson Haslam, Alec J Kacew, Adam S Cifu

“…Two (8%) were procedures or mechanical interventions and one (4%) was a device. 16 (64%) reversals pertained to the hospital setting (4 to intensive care units), 4 (16%) were non-specific (ie, applicable to any setting), 4 (16%) pertained to a non-hospital setting and 1 pertained to healthcare workers.Conclusion When faced with a novel pandemic, policymakers rapidly made hundreds of specific medical recommendations. …”
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COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Perinatal Outcomes between Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Women by Inas Babic, Faten Alsomali, Sana Aljuhani, Sahar Baeissa, Inam Alhabib, Ebtisam AlAhmari, Magdy Omer, Khalid Alkhalifa

“…Composite fetal and neonatal adverse outcomes such as miscarriage, fetal or neonatal death, admission to neonatal intensive care unit, and neonatal COVID-19 infection were not statistically significant (p>0.05) between symptomatic and asymptomatic women. …”
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Research on the global trends of COVID-19 associated acute kidney injury: a bibliometric analysis by Wen-jing Zhao, Rui-zhi Tan, Jing Gao, Hongwei Su, Li Wang, Jian Liu

“…The co-occurrence analysis of author keywords reveals that ‘mortality’, ‘intensive care units’, ‘chronic kidney disease’, ‘nephrology’, ‘renal transplantation’, ‘acute respiratory distress syndrome’, and ‘risk factors’ emerge as the primary areas of focus within the realm of COVID-19 AKI. …”
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Associations of neutrophil/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio with frailty and its mortality by Jianqiang Zhang, Jianqiang Zhang

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Catastrophic Brain Aspergillosis after Liver Transplantation by Mohammadmahdi Abbasi, Shirin Shams Ardakani, Nasir Fakhar, Hamid Eshaghi, Hosein Alimadadi, Toktam Faghihi, Behdad Gharib, Meisam Sharifzadeh, Masoomeh Safaei

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Hydrogen gas inhalation therapy may not work sufficiently to mitigate oxidative stress induced with REBOA by Yosuke Matsumura, Yosuke Hayashi, Makoto Aoki, Yoshimitsu Izawa

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