Non-operative approaches to major blunt hepatic (Grade IV): a case report by Amirreza Salehi, Mansoor Kodori, Mohammad Sohrabi

“…Treatment involved intensive care unit monitoring, intravenous fluid therapy, and a chest tube insertion. …”
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Balloon occlusion of the aorta during cardiac arrest -a death blow to the intestines? by Bjørn Hoftun Farbu, Jostein Brede

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Activated Protein C Does Not Alleviate the Course of Systemic Inflammation in the APCAP Trial by Lea Kyhälä, Panu Mentula, Leena Kylänpää, Eeva Moilanen, Pauli Puolakkainen, Ville Pettilä, Heikki Repo

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Possible impact of use of a ketogenic diet in pregnancy on the fetus: Review of animal and human studies by Agata Miłosz, Justyna Michalczyk, Iwona Morawik, Klaudia Długoborska, Monika Gesek

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Protocol for a prospective cohort study: Prevention of Transmissions by Effective Colonisation Tracking in Neonates (PROTECT-Neo) by Martin Wolkewitz, Roland Hentschel, Philipp Henneke, Daniel Jonas, Tim Götting, Sandra Reuter, Daniel Klotz, Simone Hock, Benjamin Blümel, Georg Häcker, Hajo Grundmann, Nico Mutters

“…We postulate that transmission density increases during episodes when demand for intensive care cannot be met by existing staff, and that threshold dynamics have a bearing on cohorting and hand hygiene performance. …”
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Prone Positioning and Intravenous Zanamivir may Represent Effective Alternatives for Patients with Severe ARDS Virus A (H1N1) Related Pneumonia in Hospitals with no Access to ECM... by Giuseppe Gristina, Giuseppe Nardi, Daniela Orazi, Francesco Nicola Lauria, Maria Beatrice Valli, Eleonora Lalle, Stefano Menzo, Luigi Riccioni, Maria Pia Camporiondo

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The Pro12Ala Polymorphism of PPAR-γ Gene Is Associated with Sepsis Disease Severity and Outcome in Chinese Han Population by Guoda Ma, Haiyang Wang, Guixi Mo, Lili Cui, You Li, Yiming Shao, Xin Liu, Yuliu Xie, Jia Li, Jiawu Fu, Hua Tao, Bin Zhao, Liangqing Zhang, Keshen Li

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Managerial thinking in neonatal care: a qualitative study of place of care decision-making for preterm babies born at 27–31 weeks gestation in England by Neena Modi, Elizabeth S Draper, Miaoqing Yang, Sarah E Seaton, Kelvin Dawson, Vasiliki Bountziouka, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Thillagavathie Pillay, Natalie Armstrong, Alexis Paton, Elaine Boyle, Victor L Banda, Caroline Cupit, Bradley Manktelow, Abdul Qader T Ismail

“…Objectives Preterm babies born between 27 and 31 weeks of gestation in England are usually born and cared for in either a neonatal intensive care unit or a local neonatal unit—with such units forming part of Operational Delivery Networks. …”
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Ethics and end-of-life in pediatric and neonatal ICUs: a systematic review of recommendations by Diana Špoljar, Sunčana Janković, Dina Vrkić, Geraldine McNamara, Marko Ćurković, Milivoj Novak, Boris Filipović-Grčić, Stefan Grosek, Chris Gastmans, Bert Gordijn, Ana Borovečki

“…Abstract Background Working in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) or pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) entails making difficult decisions about children at the end of their lives that raise significant ethical issues. …”
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A Retrospective Study on Amoxicillin Susceptibility in Severe Haemophilus influenzae Pneumonia by Pierre Danneels, Maria Concetta Postorino, Alessio Strazzulla, Nabil Belfeki, Aurelia Pitch, Frank Pourcine, Sebastien Jochmans, Vincent Dubée, Mehran Monchi, Sylvain Diamantis

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Efficacy and Safety of Recombinant Human Thrombopoietin (rhTPO) on Coagulation Function and Inflammatory Factors in the Treatment of Patients with Sepsis-Related Thrombocytopenia by Huijuan Wang MD, Dong Chen MD, Ming He MD

“…No significant differences were found between the groups in terms of mechanical ventilation time, intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay, and total hospital stay ( P  > 0.05). …”
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Letter to the editor: “Association of Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index with short-term mortality in patients with severe acute kidney injury: retrospective cohort study” by Mariana Dias Pais, Sílvia Coelho

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Analysis of the risk of early postoperative complications after Bentall procedure by V.A. Tymoshenko, B.M. Todurov

“…The aim – to investigate the frequency of early postoperative complications and to analyze possible predictors of the prolonged stay of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) after Bentall procedure. Materials and methods. …”
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The effect of antenatal steroids on fetal lung maturation between 34 and 36 weeks of pregnancy by Eman Y. Ahmad, Abd El-Aziz G. El-Deen Al-Darwish, Mahmoud M. Fouad

“…There was a highly significant difference between the studied groups regarding neonatal intensive care unit admission. However, there was a significant difference between the studied groups regarding preterm labor. …”
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Evaluating chemical venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in trauma patients at a single Australian center by Natalie Quarmby, Minh Tu Vo, Sean Weng Chan

“…Purpose Trauma patients are at an elevated risk of developing venous thromboembolism (VTE), with the subsequent mortality in patients requiring intensive care unit admission ranging from 25% to 38%. …”
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Antioxidant Properties of Albumin and Diseases Related to Obstetrics and Gynecology by Kazushi Watanabe, Hiroyuki Kinoshita, Tomohito Okamoto, Kazumasa Sugiura, Shingo Kawashima, Tetsuro Kimura

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HMGB1 and Extracellular Histones Significantly Contribute to Systemic Inflammation and Multiple Organ Failure in Acute Liver Failure by Runkuan Yang, Xiaoping Zou, Jyrki Tenhunen, Tor Inge Tønnessen

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Clinico-demographical Profile of Pelvis and Acetabular Fracture Presenting in Tertiary Care Center of Nepal: An Observational Study by Ranjib Jha, Santosh Thapa, Asish Rajthala

“…Thirty three (69%) patients required surgery, 17 (35%) patients had additional surgery for associated injury and 14 (29%) required intensive care unit admission. The median hospital stay was 12.5 days and mortality rate were 2%. …”
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Etanercept Attenuates Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats by Reducing Brain TNF-α Contents and by Stimulating Newly Formed Neurogenesis by Chong-Un Cheong, Ching-Ping Chang, Chien-Ming Chao, Bor-Chih Cheng, Chung-Zhing Yang, Chung-Ching Chio

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Efficacy of BNT162b2 and CoronaVac in patients diagnosed with COVID-19 by Dogan Mustafa, Yilmaz Berna

“…While 959 patients had mild-moderate symptoms, 504 patients had severe-critical symptoms and were treated in the intensive care unit. There was a statistically significant difference in the distribution of the type and doses of vaccines between the patient groups (p = 0.021). …”
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