Dengue Viral Myositis Complicated with Rhabdomyolysis and Superinfection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Vinothan Sunderalingam, Thirumavalavan Kanapathipillai, P. A. S. Edirisinghe, K. M. M. P. Dassanayake, I. H. G. S. Premawansa

“…This case describes a 17-year-old boy who presented with prolonged severe myalgia, dark red urine, and a febrile illness that was diagnosed as having dengue viral myositis, dark red urine, and a febrile illness that was diagnosed as having dengue viral myositis complicated with rhabdomyolysis and superinfection of MRSA. Despite intensive care management, he died due to multiorgan failure. …”
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Incidence, Associated Factors, and Outcome of Delirium among Patients Admitted to ICUs in Oman by Rasha Khamis Al-Hoodar, Eilean Rathinasamy Lazarus, Omar Al Omari, Omar Al Zaabi

“…A total of 153 patients were assessed two-times a day by bedside ICU nurses through the Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC). Results. …”
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Levosimendan for sepsis-induced myocardial dysfunction: friend or foe? by Xinxin Du, Xinxin Du, Fang Xiong, Yafei Hou, Xiangyou Yu, Pengfei Pan

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Systemic immune inflammation index as a predictor of disease severity in tetanus patients: A retrospective observational study. by Dai Cheng, Ding Wenying, Huang Jizheng, Sun Wei, Li Liang, Han Guolei, Yang Hao

“…Based on whether patients received intensive care unit (ICU) treatment after admission, the patients were divided into ICU and non-ICU groups. …”
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Prediction of Disease Stage by Machine Learning Classification Methods for Covid-19 Patients by Melis Merve Doğançay, özlem Ege Oruç, Melike Şırlancı Tüysüzoğlu, Zeynep Altın

“…Inadequacies such as intensive care occupancy, insufficiency of beds, and shortage of respiratory equipment are among these problems, and this has left healthcare workers faced with the overwhelming burden of patients. …”
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Mortality Due to Subarachnoid Hemorrhage from 1999 to 2003. by Javier García Zacarías, Eduardo Hernández Ortiz, José M. Carles Zerquera, Cecilia Zacarías Chialjub, Ángel Luis Zayas Luis

“…The majority of admissions were carried out in the intensive care unit. The most important complications were cerebral edema with endocrania hypertension, and bronchopneumonia. …”
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Perioperative infarction during coronary bypass surgery: an attempt to refine the diagnostic criteria using data from a retrospective case–control study by Lars Niclauss, Liam-Kani Roulet, Piergiorgio Tozzi, Filip Dulguerov, Ziyad Gunga, Anna Nowacka, Matthias Kirsch

“…The MI group showed higher mortality (OR 2.3), prolonged intubation (OR 3.1), and a prolonged stay in intensive care (OR 4.3). The type 5 MI threshold (10 times the upper limit of the reference range (URL)) was exceeded in 88.4% (troponin I) and 96% (high-sensitivity troponin T; hs-cTnT) of patients without ischemia. …”
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Brain Death Secondary to Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Encephalitis by Steven D. Rhodes, Alicia M. Teagarden, Brian Graner, Riad Lutfi, Chandy C. John

“…The patient developed diffuse cerebral edema, and despite intensive care, the edema led to brain death from Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF). …”
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Cytokine changes in patients with heatstroke during pilgrimage to Makkah by I. A. Hashim, A. Al-Zeer, S. Al-Shohaib, M. Al-Ahwal, A. Shenkin

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Influence of an Infectious Diseases Specialist on ICU Multidisciplinary Rounds by David N. Gilbert

“…To ascertain the influence of a physician infectious diseases specialist (IDS) on antibiotic use in a medical/surgical intensive care unit. Method. Over a 5-month period, the antibiotic regimens ordered by the ICU multidisciplinary team were studied. …”
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A dog with multiple fracture by Nuriza Zamirbekova, Fatma Çuhadar Erdal, Mustafa Arıcan

“…The dog was initially stabilized in the intensive care unit before surgery. Surgical approaches for corpus ilium fracture was performed laterally. …”
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Survival of a young male patient with catastrophic acute left main coronary artery occlusion and cardiogenic shock by Lagaputi Rama Rao, Silpa Chowdari Nallapaneni, Naga Sri Haritha Parvathaneni, Akif Ahamad Baig, Bikash Sahu

“…The patient’s condition gradually improved with comprehensive management, including pharmacotherapy and intensive care support. LMCA occlusion presents challenges due to its extensive myocardial distribution and high mortality rates, particularly when complicated by CS. …”
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Prolonged Ileus in an Infant Presenting with Primary Congenital Hypothyroidism by Caroline Chua, Shilpa Gurnurkar, Yahdira Rodriguez-Prado, Victoria Niklas

“…The infant had hypoglycemia secondary to lethargy and poor feeding and required transfer to the neonatal intensive care unit for worsening abdominal distension despite normalization of serum thyroid function tests following hormone replacement. …”
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Chest Wall Reconstruction for the Treatment of Lung Herniation and Respiratory Failure 1 Month after Emergency Thoracotomy in a Patient with Traumatic Flail Chest by Junepill Seok, Il Jae Wang

“…The patient was transferred to the surgical intensive care unit for follow-up. We planned to perform surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF) because her lung condition did not seem favorable for general anesthesia. …”
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Pattern and In-Hospital Mortality of Thoracoabdominal Injuries Associated with Motor Vehicle Accident-Related Head Injury: a Single-Center Retrospective Study by Walid M. Abd El Maksoud, Mubarak Ali Algahtany

“…Moreover, there was a significant association between intensive care unit (ICU) admission and poor prognosis. …”
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Analysis of Cause-Specific Mortality in Patients with Retinoblastoma by Lei Yang, Xiaolian Fang, Mei Jin, Jun Chen, Chengyue Zhang, Jianing Mou, Junyang Zhao, Xin Ni

“…Nontumor cause-specific mortality is an essential outcome of RB. Thus, intensive care and differentiation during management need to be taken seriously.…”
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Diabetic Ketoacidosis Updates: Titratable Insulin Infusions and Long-Acting Insulin Early by Justin Kinney, Oshin Baroi, Mania Gharibian

“…Single health system, retrospective study of adult patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for DKA. The primary outcomes were insulin infusion duration and ICU/hospital length of stays (LoS). …”
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Euglycemic Ketoacidosis in a Patient with Metastatic Non-Small-Cell Lung Adenocarcinoma and Concomitant Pulmonary Embolism by Robert Sean O’Neill, Lauren Tyack, Mary Freeman, Hussein Soudy Hussein

“…The patient required admission to the intensive care unit for fluid resuscitation and regular intravenous insulin to ensure resolution of acidosis and maintenance of normoglycaemia. …”
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Rethinking risk prediction: The role of albumin and other parameters in implant-associated complications after hip or knee arthroplasty. by Petr Domecky, Anna Rejman Patkova, Lenka Zaloudkova, Tomas Kucera, Pavel Sponer, Josef Maly

“…The albumin, prealbumin, Intensive Care Infection Score (ICIS), Nutritional Risk Index, and white blood cell counts were found to be potential predictors. …”
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The association of cytokine levels and postnatal factors with retinopathy of prematurity by Syatirah Abu Yazib, May May Choo, Nurliza Khaliddin, Christine PY Ong, Yao Mun Choo, Azanna Ahmad Kamar, Gopal G Lingam, Tengku A Kamalden

“…Results: On univariate analysis, among the clinical parameters, gestation age, birth weight, duration of invasive ventilation, and duration of stay in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) were found to be significant. …”
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