COVID-19 Positive Woman Presented with Preterm Labor: Case Report by Ibrahim A. Abdelazim, Mohannad AbuFaza, Sulaiman Al-Munaifi

“…The delivered girl was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit for 16 days. The PCR swab of the delivered girl came negative for COVID-19. …”
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Surgical Management of an Aspergillus Empyema in a 3-Year-Old Child by Meletios A. Kanakis, Konstantinos Th. Petsios, Nicholas M. Giannopoulos, Dimitrios Bobos, Sofia Hatzianastasiou, Lida C. Sianidou, Achilleas Lioulias

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Streptococcus intermedius Causing Necrotizing Pneumonia in an Immune Competent Female: A Case Report and Literature Review by Faris Hannoodi, Israa Ali, Hussam Sabbagh, Sarwan Kumar

“…Our patient presented with respiratory failure and required hospitalization and treatment in the intensive care unit. Moreover, she required surgical drainage of right lung empyema as well as decortication and resection. …”
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Tocilizumab Use in a Chronic Hemodialysis Patient for the Management of COVID-19-Associated Pneumonia and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome by Sudeendra Gupta, Rakesh Madhyastha, Fadi Hamed, Maher Balkis, Wasim El Nekidy, Nizar Attallah

“…In this case report, we describe a patient with ESRD on hemodialysis who was admitted to the intensive care unit, with severe pneumonia secondary to COVID-19 infection. …”
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Significance of Functional Status Scale in decannulation after pediatric tracheostomy: A single-center, retrospective study by Taylor B. Teplitzky, Nicholas Paul Randolph, Ji Li, Kevin D. Pereira, Mathangi Gopalakrishnan, Adrian Holloway

“…Subjects and Methods: Chart review of patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and underwent tracheostomy at a tertiary care children’s hospital from 2010 to 2019. …”
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Bubble Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (bNCPAP): An Effective Low-Cost Intervention for Resource-Constrained Settings by Walufu Ivan Egesa, William Mugowa Waibi

“…Evidence regarding the effectiveness of low-cost bNCPAP in the neonatal intensive care unit is also summarised. The article further details a locally assembled bNCPAP system used in resource-constrained settings and highlights the care package for neonates receiving bNCPAP, failure criteria, and strategies for weaning.…”
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Current trends of Carbapenemase Production Amongst Multi-drug Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in a Tertiary-Care Hospital in West Bengal by Arunima Chakravarty, Raja Ray, Ananda S. Mondal, Hirak J. Raj

“…Conclusions: The high prevalence of Carbapenemase producing bacteria in intensive care zones is a cause of alarm. Early detection of resistance, stringent infection prevention and control measures and antimicrobial stewardship are essential to preserve the usefulness of Carbapenems and improve therapeutic outcomes in patients. …”
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New Role of Quinolones in Respiratory Tract Infections by Ronald F Grossman

“…For patients with nosocomial pneumonia, the newer agents are alternative choices, especially among patients with early onset pneumonia (less than five days of hospitalization), but are unlikely to replace ciprofloxacin in the intensive care unit setting because of poor Pseudomonas aeruginosa coverage.…”
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A Girl with PRRT2 Mutation Presenting with Benign Familial Infantile Seizures Followed by Autistic Regression by Li Zhang, Zhen-Xia Wan, Jin-Yi Zhu, Hui-Juan Liu, Jin Sun, Xiao-Hui Zou, Ting Zhang, Yan Li

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The Use of Sodium Bicarbonate in the Treatment of Acidosis in Sepsis: A Literature Update on a Long Term Debate by Dimitrios Velissaris, Vasilios Karamouzos, Nikolaos Ktenopoulos, Charalampos Pierrakos, Menelaos Karanikolas

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Insulin Therapy in Diabetic Hyperglycemic Emergencies by Diana Machado Ramírez, Manuel Licea Puig

“…<br /><strong>Method:</strong> a cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in 52 patients admitted to the intensive care unit of the Enrique Cabrera Hospital from 2000 to 2007. …”
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Central Venous Catheter-Related Tachycardia in the Newborn: Case Report and Literature Review by Aya Amer, Roland S. Broadbent, Liza Edmonds, Benjamin J. Wheeler

“…Central venous access is an important aspect of neonatal intensive care management. Malpositioned central catheters have been reported to induce cardiac tachyarrhythmia in adult populations and there are case reports within the neonatal population. …”
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Chiari I malformation with neurogenic hypertension underwent suboccipital decompression: A case report by Steven Okta Chandra, I Putu Pramana Suarjaya, Ida Bagus Krisna Jaya Sutawan, Tjokorda Gde Agung Senapathi, Tjokorda Gde Bagus Mahadewa

“…The case was canceled and the patient was stabilized in the intensive care unit before being referred to our hospital. …”
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Tophaceous Gout and Renal Insufficiency: A New Solution for an Old Therapeutic Dilemma by Anne-Kathrin Tausche, Carsten Wunderlich, Martin Aringer

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COVID-19 impact on bladder cancer treatment by Fabrício Kaminagakura, Marcos F. Dall'Oglio, José A. da Silva Jr., Klebson Rodrigues-Barbosa, Jorge Ocké, Luiz J. Budib

“…There was a meaningful and direct correlation between surgical time and length of stay in the Intensive Care Unit. Conclusion: Despite the complexity of the surgery, the execution of radical cystectomies during a pandemic period is feasible, with positive surgical results and complication rates compatible with the current literature. …”
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The Critical Management of Spinal Cord Injury: A Narrative Review by Emilio Moreno-González, Antonio Ibarra

“…Recent evidence suggests that early intensive care unit (ICU) monitoring improves patient prognosis, highlighting the importance of prompt ICU admission and early decompression surgery. …”
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Late-Onset Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Accompanying Acute Pancreatitis and Hyperammonemia by Marcel Cerqueira Cesar Machado, Gilton Marques Fonseca, José Jukemura

“…Hyperammonemia related to urea cycle disorders is a rare cause of potentially fatal encephalopathy that is encountered in intensive care units (ICUs). Left undiagnosed, this condition may manifest irreversible neuronal damage. …”
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Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Complicated by Symmetrical Peripheral Gangrene, Bowel Ischemia, Repeated Candidemia, and Bacteraemia by Emeline Masse, Philippe Hantson

“…The patient was immediately admitted to the intensive care unit after evidence of multiple organ failure (coma, shock, acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute renal failure, etc.). …”
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Using nonlinear model predictive control to find optimal therapeutic strategies to modulate inflammation by Judy Day, Jonathan Rubin, Gilles Clermont

“…These results imply that a combination of computational modeling and NMPC may be of practical use in suggesting novel immuno-modulatory strategies for the treatment of intensive care patients.…”
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Need for cognition, academic self-efficacy and parental education predict the intention to go to college—evidence from a multigroup study by Lina Kramer, Stefanie Lüdtke, Philipp Alexander Freund

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