Assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on the hearing organ by Jan Piotrowski, Bianka Nowińska, Izabela Hądzlik

“…Additionally, drugs included in COVID-19 treatment regimens and administrated in intensive care units (ICU), such as chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin and furosemide, may be the cause of hearing impairment, due to their potential ototoxic effect. …”
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Wanting to Forget: Intrusive and Delusional Memories from Critical Illness by Lauren Doig, Kevin Solverson

“…However, they often go unrecognized after patients leave the intensive care unit (ICU). Case Presentation. A 40-year-old male was admitted to the ICU with community-acquired pneumonia and multiorgan failure requiring mechanical ventilation and renal replacement therapy. …”
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Risk factors for and short-term prognosis of intrauterine infection in preterm infants by Xuemei Zhao, Yue Song, Liqun Lu

“…Methods We retrospectively collected clinical data regarding preterm infants (28 +0 –36 +6 weeks of gestational age) with IUI from the neonatal intensive care unit of our hospital between June 2017 and June 2022. …”
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Terminal Complement Pathway Deficiency in an Adult Patient with Meningococcal Sepsis by F. Staels, W. Meersseman, P. Stordeur, K. Willekens, S. Van Loo, A. Corveleyn, I. Meyts, G. Meyfroidt, R. Schrijvers

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Cerebral Arterial Air Embolism Associated with Mechanical Ventilation and Deep Tracheal Aspiration by S. Gursoy, C. Duger, K. Kaygusuz, I. Ozdemir Kol, B. Gurelik, C. Mimaroglu

“…A 65-year-old man, who had subarachnoid hemorrhage with Glasgow coma scale of 8, was admitted to intensive care unit and ventilated with the help of mechanical ventilator. …”
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Obstructive shock secondary to an unusual cause: primary cardiac lymphoma by Gregoire Ottavy, Laurent Camous, Claire Fieschi, Lucas Della Torre, Jean-David Pommier

“…Case presentation We present the case of a sixty-four-year-old patient with no prior medical history who was admitted to the intensive care unit with obstructive shock secondary to a right heart mass and pulmonary embolism. …”
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Late Recovery from Severe Streptococcus pneumoniae Comatose Meningitis with Concomitant Diffuse Subcortical Cytotoxic Edema and Cortical Hypometabolism by Philippe Hantson, Thierry Duprez

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The Role of T Helper (TH)17 Cells as a Double-Edged Sword in the Interplay of Infection and Autoimmunity with a Focus on Xenobiotic-Induced Immunomodulation by Nasr Y. A. Hemdan, Ahmed M. Abu El-Saad, Ulrich Sack

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Coexistence of Emphysematous Pyelonephritis and Cystitis in a Patient with COVID-19 Complicated with Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum by Ibrahim Boukhannous, Anouar El Moudane, Mehdi Chennoufi, Mohamed Mokhtari, Abdelghani Ouraghi, Hamza Mimouni, Ali Barki

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Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome in the course of teratoma: a case report by Mateusz Szczupak, Jacek Kobak, Anna Wiśniewska, Justyna Kosydar-Bochenek, Arkadiusz Jamro, Sabina Krupa-Nurcek

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Suxamethonium-Induced Hyperkalemia: A Short Review of Causes and Recommendations for Clinical Applications by Henrik Lynge Hovgaard, Peter Juhl-Olsen

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Case Report: severe pulmonary hypertension in a child with micronutrient deficiency by Laure Pache-Wannaz, Cristiana Voicu, Laurence Boillat, Nicole Sekarski

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Eclampsia: a Five-Years Analysis by Viviana Sáez Cantero

“…<strong><br />Method</strong>: a descriptive and observational study was conducted in the "Enrique Cabrera" Teaching Hospital including all patients diagnosed with eclampsia who were admitted in the intensive care unit from January 2006 to December 2010. …”
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Postoperative Respiratory Impairment Is a Real Risk for Our Patients: The Intensivist’s Perspective by Vidya K. Rao, Ashish K. Khanna

“…Current postoperative monitoring strategies are not always continuous or comprehensive and do not dependably identify all cases of respiratory impairment or mitigate their sequelae, which may be severe and require the use of increasingly limited intensive care unit resources. As a result, postoperative respiratory impairment has the potential to cause significant downstream effects that can increase cost and adversely impact the care of other patients.…”
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Experience of the introduction of surgery with artificial circulation in the regional department of vascular surgery by Yu.S. Spirin

“…In 2010 department of vascular surgery, intensive care unit and laboratory of the Kherson regional hospital were completed with special medical equipment needed to perform procedures with artificial circulation. …”
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Megacolon due to Chronic Schistosomiasis: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Amer R. Alzahrani, Homoud Alawfi, Sara Almeman, Thamer Altayeb, Hasan M. Al-Dorzi

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Anemia That Presented with Desaturation: A Focus on Core Concepts by Lakshmi Shobhavat, Antonio D’Costa, Karthik Shroff

“…By focussing on physiologic principles of management rather than a specific antidote, the child was discharged home, well and active within 3 days of intensive care admission.…”
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Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: A Challenging Diagnosis in a Patient with Autoimmune Hepatitis by Colin Casault, Juan G. Posadas-Calleja

“…We describe a case of secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) from autoimmune hepatitis mimicking severe sepsis in a man admitted to the intensive care unit. Case Presentation. A 34-year-old Pakistani male with a prior history of biopsy-proven autoimmune hepatitis presented to a regional hospital with severe fever, cytopenias, hyperferritinemia, hypertriglyceridemia, splenomegaly, and a bone marrow biopsy showing hemophagocytosis. …”
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Prevention of unplanned extubation in neonatal patients: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Ludmylla Cristina de Faria Pontes, Isac Davidson Santiago Fernandes Pimenta, Gidyenne Christine Bandeira Silva de Medeiros, Daniel Guillén-Martínez, Paloma Echevarria-Pérez, Grasiela Piuvezam, Helaine Carneiro Capucho

“…Unplanned extubation (UPE), defined as accidental removal of the endotracheal tube during mechanical ventilation or its replacement due to suspected obstruction or inadequate diameter, is considered the fourth most common adverse event in neonatal intensive care units (NICU). This study aimed to describe a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol that will identify and assess the effect of primary intervention measures designed to prevent UPE in NICU. …”
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Hypernatremia: Correction Rate and Hemodialysis by Saima Nur, Yasir Khan, Saadia Nur, Hassan Boroujerdi

“…Patient was admitted to medicine intensive care unit and after inadequate response to suboptimal fluid repletion, hemodialysis was used to correct hypernatremia. …”
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