The Role of Lung Ultrasound Scan in Different Heart Failure Scenarios: Current Applications and Lacks of Evidences by Alessandro Campora, Matteo Beltrami, Anita Di Renzo, Alessia Petrini, Alberto Palazzuoli

“…Due to the wide availability of ultrasound equipment, congestion can be evaluated in multiple settings, ranging from emergency departments to intensive care units, including outpatient settings. A combined cardiopulmonary imaging approach, integrating LUS with other imaging modalities, enhances congestion assessment in both acute and chronic HF. …”
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Unattended Home Labor until Complete Cervical Dilatation Ending with Hospital Delivery: Analysis of 238 Pregnancies by Ozlem Gun Eryilmaz, Nasuh Utku Dogan, Cavidan Gulerman, Leyla Mollamahmutoglu, Nedim Cicek, Ruya Deveer

“…Cesarean and episiotomy rates were lower (P<0.0001 and P<0.001, resp.), but neonatal intensive care unit admissions of the infants were more prevalent (P<0.01) in the study group. …”
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Serum Endothelin-1 and Transforming Growth Factor-β Levels in the Newborns With Respiratory Distress by Derya Benzer, A. Denizmen Aygun, Ahmet Godekmerdan, A. Nese (Citak) Kurt, Saadet Akarsu, Erdal Yilmaz

“…In this study, newborns with respiratory distress hospitalized into the Newborn Intensive Care Unit were included. The highest values of ET-1 and TGF-β were obtained from newborns with diagnosis as meconium aspiration syndrome (5.70±5.87 pg/mL and 3.75±1.94 pg/mL, resp) in the sample obtained in the first six hours after birth, and these are statistically different from control group (P<.05). …”
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Purple Urine Bag Syndrome May Not Be Benign: A Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature by Mukul Bhattarai, Hamid Bin Mukhtar, Thomas Walter Davis, Alok Silodia, Hitekshya Nepal

“…She died within three days of hospitalization despite intensive care in tertiary center. This case highlights that PUBS may not always be benign and should be approached on a case-by-case basis because it may signal the underlying UTI which might be very difficult to treat. …”
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Burnout among intensivists and critical care fellows in South Korea: Current status and associated factors. by Song I Lee, Won-Young Kim, Duk Ki Kim, Gee Young Suh, Jeongmin Kim, Ha Yeon Kim, Nak-Joon Choi, Won Kyoung Jhang, Sang-Hyun Kwak, Sang-Bum Hong

“…From May to July 2019, a cross-sectional survey was conducted in 51 hospitals and 79 intensive care units offering subspecialty training in critical care medicine. …”
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Primary Injuries and Secondary Organ Failures in Trauma Patients with Acute Kidney Injury Treated with Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy by Sigrid Beitland, Ingrid Os, Kjetil Sunde

“…Forty-two (8%) of 506 trauma patients admitted to intensive care unit developed AKI treated with CRRT, whereof 40 (95%) suffered blunt trauma mechanisms. …”
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Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes in Teenage Versus Adult Pregnancies – A Prospective Comparative Study by Prathima S, Sarojini -, Ashakiran T R, Manasa K, Bhanu BT

“…Neonatal parameters compared included gestational age at birth birth weight need for resuscitation neonatal intensive care unit NICU admission and perinatal death.Results The percentage of teenage pregnancies was 8.05. …”
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Clara Cell Protein Expression in Mechanically Ventilated Term and Preterm Infants with Respiratory Distress Syndrome and at Risk of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: A Pilot Study by José Guzmán-Bárcenas, Antonio Calderón-Moore, Héctor Baptista-González, Claudine Irles

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MRI and the Critical Care Patient: Clinical, Operational, and Financial Challenges by Barbara McLean, Douglas Thompson

“…Neuroimaging in conjunction with a neurologic examination has become a valuable resource for today’s intensive care unit (ICU) physicians. Imaging provides critical information during the assessment and ongoing neuromonitoring of patients for toxic-metabolic or structural injury of the brain. …”
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E-Bike Injuries: Experience from an Urban Emergency Department—A Retrospective Study from Switzerland by Sylvana Papoutsi, Luca Martinolli, Christian Tasso Braun, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos

“…The outcome showed that 9 patients were treated as outpatients, 9 were inpatients, and 5 patients were kept in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Only six patients underwent surgery (S). …”
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Prognosis of Pregnancies with Different Degrees of Glucose Intolerance by Sevgi Ayhan, Sündüz Özlem Altınkaya, Tayfun Güngör, Utku Özcan

“…RESULTS: Macrosomia, neonatal intensive care unit admission and preterm premature rupture of membranes were the highest in the group with one elevated value after glucose tolerance test. …”
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The Role of Childhood Traumas in Adult Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis by Uğur Aydoğan, Hüseyin Demirci, Ebru Aydoğan

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Public perspectives on COVID-19 triage protocols for access to critical care in extreme pandemic context. by Marie-Eve Bouthillier, Yanick Farmer, Claudia Calderon Ramirez, James Downar, Andrea Frolic, Joseph Dahine, Lucie Opatrny, Diane Poirier, Gina Bravo, Audrey L'Espérance, Antoine Payot, Peter Tanuseputro, Louis-Martin Rousseau, Vincent Dumez, Annie Descôteaux, Clara Dallaire, Karell Laporte, Nathalie Orr Gaucher

“…COVID-19 triage protocols are resource allocation processes to deal with the potential lack of resources in Intensive Care Units (ICU). They have given rise to numerous ethical issues and controversies. …”
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How do sepsis survivors experience life after sepsis? A Danish qualitative study exploring factors of importance by Annmarie Touborg Lassen, Mikkel Brabrand, Christina Østervang, Dorthe Susanne Nielsen, Camilla Schade Skov

“…Previous research has primarily focused on sepsis survivors discharged from the intensive care unit (ICU). We aimed to explore and understand the consequences of sepsis experienced by sepsis survivors in general.Design A qualitative study inspired by a phenomenological hermeneutical approach was conducted. …”
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Evaluating the Factors Affecting COVID-19 Patients’ Mortality in Arak in 2020 by Hossein Mazaherpour, Masoumeh Soofian, Elham Farahani, Ahmad Saebbian, Mostafa Etebari, Sakineh Mazaherpour, Fatemeh Ashrafian, Amitis Ramezani

“…There was a significant relationship in terms of blood pressure, age, oxygen saturation, tachycardia, tachypnea, the interval between the onset of symptoms and hospitalization, diabetes mellitus, lung disease, cardiovascular disease, history of opium abuse, C-reactive protein, white blood cell, lymphocytes, hemoglobin, creatinine elevation, elevated liver enzyme, creatine phosphokinase, lactate dehydrogenase, ferritin, D-dimer, troponin, prothrombin time, international normalized ratio, intensive care unit admission days, arrhythmia, sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute kidney injury (AKI), and the type of antiviral and antibiotic therapy between the two groups of patients. …”
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Tuberculous cardiac tamponade presenting as severe hypoxic hepatitis by Valdes Roberto Bollela, Fernanda Guioti Puga, Rodrigo Carvalho Santana

“…The patient was transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) where he underwent a pericardiocentesis. …”
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Postimplantation syndrome after endovascular aortic repair: Impact of endograft material and a review of the literature by Bahadir Aytekin, Hakki Zafer Iscan

“…There was no significant difference on longer intensive care unit (ICU) or hospital stays among the PIS and Non-PIS groups. …”
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Incidence, Characteristics, and Management of Patients with Recurrent Myocardial Infarctions: Insights from the EYESHOT POST-MI by Leonardo De Luca, Furio Colivicchi, Domenico Gabrielli, Donata Lucci, Gabriele Grippo, Francesco Piemonte, Bruno Villari, Andrea Di Lenarda, Fabrizio Oliva, Michele Massimo Gulizia

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Pneumothorax in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with COVID-19 Infection by Raziye Ecem Akdogan, Turab Mohammed, Asma Syeda, Nasheena Jiwa, Omar Ibrahim, Rahul Mutneja

“…Consecutive cases of intubated patients in the intensive care unit with the diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia and pneumothorax were included. …”
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Efficacy of 25% dextrose versus breast milk on pain and duration of cry during heel prick in neonates: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Sabitri Acharya, Pity Koul, Santosh Pokhrel, Talagatoti David Ratna Paul

“…Neonates, especially admitted to neonatal intensive care unit, frequently need various medical interventions in their early days. …”
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