First Canadian Outbreak of Enterobacteriaceae-Expressing Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase Type 3 by Victor Leung, Vivian G Loo, Charles Frenette, Marc-Christian Domingo, Anne-Marie Bourgault, Michael R Mulvey, Hugh G Robson

“…The first outbreak of KPC-expressing strains of Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates in a university-affiliated hospital intensive care unit (ICU) in Canada is described.…”
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Psychiatric Disorder and Incessant Tachyarrhythmia in a Child by Peter Chau, Jeremy Moore

“…The patient was admitted to the intensive care unit after she attempted suicide, at which point there was electrocardiographic evidence of the atrial arrhythmia. …”
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Widespread Arterial Thrombosis after ChAdOx1 nCov-19 Vaccination by Giorgio Berlot, Ariella Tomasini, Cristina La Fata, Stefania Pintacuda, Sara Rigutti, Anna Falanga

“…We report a case of a 69-year-old woman admitted to the intensive care unit due to stroke caused by thrombosis of the right carotid artery 9 days after receiving the ChAdOx1 nCov-19 vaccine. …”
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Small Bowel Hernia due to a Blunt Pelvic Injury by Min Jae Gal, Jung Chul Kim

“…She was managed non-operatively for a week in the intensive care unit under close observation and had an emergency operation due to delayed onset of an acute obstructed direct inguinal hernia. …”
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A Rare Case of Persistent Lactic Acidosis in the ICU: Glycogenic Hepatopathy and Mauriac Syndrome by Kirsten S. Deemer, George F. Alvarez

“…We present here a case of a young adult female presenting to the intensive care unit with Mauriac syndrome. This case demonstrates exacerbation of lactic acidosis in a patient with glycogenic hepatopathy treated for diabetic ketoacidosis with high dose insulin and dextrose.…”
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Use of Plasmapheresis in Managing the Diagnostic Dilemma of Symptomatic Hypertriglyceridemia by Nigel Gordon Maher, Hariharan Ramaswamykanive

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Research progress of chlorhexidine oral care solution for prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia by PENG Yangyao, CHEN Song, QIN Shuwen, XU Dandan, ZHOU Jianliang, GAO Caixia

“…Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common and serious infection in the intensive care unit (ICU), closely linked to the microbial environment in the mouth of patients with mechanical ventilation. …”
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Pharmaceutical spending in non-specialized hospitals with pediatric patient admission. by D. Galante

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Elevated Blood Urea Nitrogen-to-Serum Albumin Ratio as a Factor That Negatively Affects the Mortality of Patients with Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia by Ding-Yun Feng, Yu-Qi Zhou, Xiao-Ling Zou, Mi Zhou, Hai-Ling Yang, Xiao-Xia Chen, Tian-Tuo Zhang

“…This reported mortality identified by the univariate Cox regression analysis is found to have been affected by the following factors: age greater than 70 years, presence of diabetes mellitus and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, gastric tube intubation, administration of proton-pump inhibitor, blood albumin level less than 30 g/l, elevated neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, antibiotics therapy in the preceding 90 days, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, blood lymphocyte count less than 0.8 × 109/L, elevated blood urea nitrogen/albumin (BUN/ALB) level, and presence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens. …”
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Development and validation of a prognostic model for critically ill type 2 diabetes patients in ICU based on composite inflammatory indicators by Lin Liu, Yan-Bo Zhao, Zhuo-Ting Cheng, Ya-Hui Li, Yang Liu

“…Abstract Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic metabolic disorder, and critically ill patients with T2DM in intensive care unit (ICU) have an increased risk of mortality. …”
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The valve-sparing aortic root replacement: Results of the David I technique by B. M. Todurov, I. O. Stetsyuk, O. V. Zelenchuk, I. Yu. Mokryk, L. R. Stetsiuk, V. B. Demyanchuk, N. V. Malova

“…The mean duration of stay in the hospital was 13.81 ± 0.54 days, intensive care unit – 2.94 ± 0.03 days. The number of patients extubated up to 8 hours after surgery was 48 patients (90.57 %). …”
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Mitigating bias in AI mortality predictions for minority populations: a transfer learning approach by Tianshu Gu, Wensen Pan, Jing Yu, Guang Ji, Xia Meng, Yongjun Wang, Minghui Li

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Correlation Between the Inferior Vena Cava/Aorta (Ivc/Ao) Ratio and Serum Lactate Levels in Children With Renal Disorder by Hakim DDL, Widiasta A, Rachmadi D, Rahayunigsih SE, Apandi PR, Adrizain R, Martiano MRA

“…Dzulfikar Djalil Lukmanul Hakim,1 Ahmedz Widiasta,2 Dedi Rachmadi,2 Sri Endah Rahayunigsih,3 Putria Rayani Apandi,3 Riyadi Adrizain,4 Muhamad Rinaldhi Akbar Martiano5 1Division of Emergency and Intensive Care, Department of Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran Dr. …”
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Renal Dysfunction after Living-Donor Liver Transplantation: Experience with 500 Cases by Ehab E. Abdel-Khalek, Alrefaey K. Alrefaey, Amr M. Yassen, Ahmed Monier, Hesham M. Elgouhari, Mohamed Samy Habl, Gehad Tawfik, Thuraya Elzayat, Reham Adly Zayed, Mohamed Abdel-Wahab

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L-shaped association of body mass index with prognosis in individuals with sepsis: a multicenter cohort study by Kunping Cui, Xiangnan Teng, Wei liu, Xiaoxiao Zhao, Shanling Xu, Lang Bai

“…Methods This retrospective observational cohort study included adult patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with sepsis from Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care-IV version 2.2 (MIMIC-IV V2.2) and eICU Collaborative Research Database (eICU-CRD). …”
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Burden of hospitalizations in newly diagnosed heart failure patients in Poland: real world population based study in years 2013–2019 by Przemysław Leszek, Daniel Waś, Kinga Bartolik, Kladiusz Witczak, Andrzej Kleinork, Bohdan Maruszewski, Katarzyna Brukało, Paulina Rolska‐Wójcik, Małgorzata Celińska‐Spodar, Tomasz Hryniewiecki, Marta Załęska‐Kocięcka

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Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA): Intravenous Administration (IV-PCA) versus Oral Administration (Oral-PCA) by Using a Novel Device (PCoA® Acute) for Hospitalized Patients with A... by Stefan Wirz, Stefanie Seidensticker, Ronit Shtrichman

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Association between sleep disorders and subsequent heart failure by Jamschid Sedighi, Mark Luedde, Julia Gaensbacher-Kunzendorf, Hans-Joerg Hippe, Pascal Bauer, Birgit Assmus, Samuel Sossalla, Karel Kostev

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Predictive value of the monocyte count for determining the risk of postoperative moderate-to-severe ARDS in patients undergoing one-lung ventilation during radical treatment of eso... by Feng Zhang, Feng Zhang, Shunmei Lu, Guilong Wang, Hongyang Xu, Dongxiao Huang, Xiaomin Li

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Predicting Adverse Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Premature Neonates with Intrauterine Growth Restriction Using a Three-Layered Neural Network by Anca Bivoleanu, Liliana Gheorghe, Bogdan Doroftei, Ioana-Sadiye Scripcariu, Ingrid-Andrada Vasilache, Valeriu Harabor, Ana-Maria Adam, Gigi Adam, Iulian Valentin Munteanu, Carolina Susanu, Iustina Solomon-Condriuc, Anamaria Harabor

“…<b>Methods</b>: This observational retrospective study included premature newborns with or without IUGR admitted to a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit from Romania, between January 2018 and December 2022. …”
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