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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Guidelines for Stroke Critical Rehabilitation by PAN Yu, XIE Yuxiao, ZHANG Hao, LYU Zeping, XIE Qing, BAI Dingqun, WAN Chunxiao, JIANG Shan, HE Jing, LIU Shaxing, LI Chong, YANG Bing, LIU Weiming, YANG Guofa, ZHOU Hua, LI Xin, XIE Ruimou, NI Xueyi, MA Di

“…Early systematic rehabilitation intervention is of great significance in improving the overall functional status, reducing the duration of mechanical ventilation, reducing the number of days of intensive care hospitalization, and reducing medical costs. …”
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Оценка гликемии и потребности в глюкозе у новорожденных детей во время оперативного вмешательства: проспективное клиническое исследование... by М. М. Нассер, Юлия Викторовна Жиркова, Ю. И. Кучеров, В. М. Межевикина

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Geriatric nutritional risk index as a predictor of 30-day and 365-day mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a retrospective cohort study using the MIMIC-IV databa... by Xiaolong Zheng, Xiaolong Zheng, Xin Zheng, Xin Zheng, Changgui Zhang, Minghua Liu

“…This study aims to explore the correlation between the GNRI and the overall mortality within 30 days and 365 days in those with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).MethodsA retrospective analysis was performed utilizing the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV (MIMIC-IV) database. The study included 895 patients diagnosed with AMI and identified through ICD9 and ICD10 codes (410, I21, I23) who were hospitalized for the first time due to AMI. …”
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Artificial Intelligence in Cardiac Surgery: Transforming Outcomes and Shaping the Future by Vasileios Leivaditis, Eleftherios Beltsios, Athanasios Papatriantafyllou, Konstantinos Grapatsas, Francesk Mulita, Nikolaos Kontodimopoulos, Nikolaos G. Baikoussis, Levan Tchabashvili, Konstantinos Tasios, Ioannis Maroulis, Manfred Dahm, Efstratios Koletsis

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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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Feasibility of teleyoga for people with post COVID-19 condition– a mixed method design by Marie Lundberg, Leonie Klompstra, Lotti Orwelius, Mirjam Schimanke, Cecilia Olsson, Anna Strömberg

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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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The value of blood lactate and lactate clearance rate in evaluating the prognosis of athletes with heat illness of varying degrees after high-intensity exercise by Li Yu, Xuehui Dong, Huanhuan Li, Lili Mi

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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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Etiology of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) in Tertiary-Care Hospitals in Thailand: A Multicenter, Retrospective Cohort Study by Rongrungruang Y, Plongla R, Pleumkanitkul S, Hantrakun V, Khawcharoenporn T

“…After diagnosis of NP, 19 patients were transferred to intensive care units with median length of stays of 11 days (IQR 3– 24 days). …”
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Video-feedback intervention for promoting social engagement in children with neurodevelopmental disabilities by Rosario Montirosso, Serena Micheletti, Camilla Pisoni, Eleonora Mascheroni, Elisa Scarano, Elisa Scarano, Cecilia Naboni, Elisa Rosa, Annalisa Castagna, Margherita Bonino, Elisa Fazzi, Elisa Fazzi, Simona Orcesi, Simona Orcesi

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The efficacy and safety of half-dose glucocorticoids combined with rituximab versus high-dose glucocorticoids for initial treatment of minimal change disease: a single-center exper... by Xueting Li, Peng Yan, Lu Zhang, Wei Qiao, Zhengbiao Xue, Xiangdong Fang, Ben Ke, Shuying Zhu

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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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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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Role of the professional critical care team in improving the quality of critical care in the hospital (危重症专业小组在提升医院危重症护理水平中的作用探讨) by PENG Jine (彭金娥), WANG Siyi (王思懿), WU Xuehua (吴雪花)

“…Conclusion A professional critical care team can improve the quality of nursing, improve nursing satisfaction, and promote the level of intensive care. (目的 探讨危重症专业小组在提升医院危重症护理水平中的作用。方法 医院危重症专业护理小组由ICU主导, 同时在其他科室选择1名护理骨干共同组成。…”
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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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Impact of dexmedetomidine-ropivacaine versus sufentanil-ropivacaine combination for epidural labour analgesia on neonatal outcomes: a pilot randomised clinical trial by Dong-Xin Wang, Chun-Mei Deng, Ke-Xin Jin, Ting Ding, Yuan Qu

“…Objective To investigate the impact of dexmedetomidine-ropivacaine combination versus sufentanil-ropivacaine combination for epidural labour analgesia on neonatal and maternal outcomes and test the feasibility of a future large, randomised trial.Design A randomised, double-blind, pilot clinical trial from 16 March 2023 to 15 June 2023.Setting A tertiary-care hospital in Beijing, China.Participants 200 women aged≥18 years who had full-term single pregnancy and were scheduled for vaginal delivery with epidural analgesia.Interventions Eligible participants were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive self-controlled epidural labour analgesia using ropivacaine supplemented with either dexmedetomidine (0.45 µg/mL for induction and 0.36 µg/mL for maintenance) or sufentanil (0.45 µg/mL for induction and 0.36 µg/mL for maintenance).Main outcomes and measures The primary endpoint was a composite of neonatal morbidity, including 1- or 5 min Apgar score&lt;7, umbilical artery PH&lt;7.1, requirement for immediate assisted ventilation and admission to neonatal ward or intensive care unit within 24 hours. Secondary and other endpoints included effect of analgesia and occurrence of adverse events. …”
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Improving apgar scores and reducing perineal injuries through midwife-led quality improvements: an observational study in Uganda by Johanna Blomgren, Michael B. Wells, Dinah Amongin, Kerstin Erlandsson, John Wanyama, Diana A. Afrifa, Helena Lindgren

“…Secondary outcomes included postpartum haemorrhage, admission to neonatal intensive care, newborn resuscitation, skin-to-skin care, and breastfeeding initiation. …”
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