Fatal Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum: A Case Report from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangladesh by Sadia Sharmin, Aflatun Akter Jahan, S. M. Mostofa Kamal, Protim Sarker

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Acute Airway Obstruction and Cardiopulmonary Arrest due to Tracheomalacia Caused by Megaesophagus Compression Secondary to Achalasia by Mickael Aubignat, Pierre-Alexandre Roger, Amandine Dernoncourt, Valery Salle, Amar Smail, Clement Gourguechon, Jean Schmidt, Pierre Duhaut

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Eustachian Valve Endocarditis: Echocardiographic Diagnosis in a Critical Care Patient by Mariana Alves, Rita Faria, António Messias, Carlos Meneses-Oliveira

“…A literature review revealed that only 29 cases have been reported and, among them, there is only one mention of an intensive care unit (ICU) admission. We present an 82-year-old man without previous medical records who presented with septic shock with multiple organ dysfunction. …”
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A Case of the Serotonin Syndrome Secondary to Phenelzine Monotherapy at Therapeutic Dosing by A. Malik, N. Junglee

“…Consequently, she was transferred to the intensive care unit for intubation and muscle relaxants were commenced. …”
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Candida glabrata Pneumonia in a Patient with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Onur Yazici, Mustafa Cortuk, Hasan Casim, Erdogan Cetinkaya, Ali Mert, Ali Ramazan Benli

“…Candidiasis in such patients has been associated with haemodialysis, fungal colonization, exposure to broad-spectrum antibiotics, intensive care unit (ICU) hospitalization, and immunocompromised patients. …”
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The Perfect Way to Predict the Severity of Acute Pancreatitis: The Search Continues by Daniel C Sadowski

“…For the purposes of the study, severe pancreatitis was defined by the occurrence of death, intensive care unit admission, surgical intervention or significant symptomatic local complications (necrosis, abscess or pseudocyst). …”
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Quantification of Volatile Acetone Oligomers Using Ion-Mobility Spectrometry by Tobias Hüppe, Dominik Lorenz, Felix Maurer, Tobias Fink, Ramona Klumpp, Sascha Kreuer

“…Acetone concentrations in ambient air in an intensive care unit and in a laboratory were determined over 24 hours. …”
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The Impact of Hyperoxia on Outcome of Patients Treated with Noninvasive Respiratory Support by Seyhan Pala Cifci, Yasemin Urcan Tapan, Bengu Turemis Erkul, Yusuf Savran, Bilgin Comert

“…One hundred and eighty-seven patients who met inclusion criteria, treated in Dokuz Eylul University Medical Intensive Care Unit between January 1, 2016, and October 31, 2018, were examined retrospectively. …”
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Genetic profiling of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii from a tertiary care center in Malaysia by Aisyah Syakirah Shahari, Navindra Kumari Palanisamy, Fadzilah Mohd Nor

“…A total of 128 MDR A. baumannii isolates were collected from patients admitted to various wards (intensive care unit [ICU], neonatal intensive care unit, coronary care unit, high dependency ward [HDW], and general wards). …”
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Infection-Related Stillbirths: A Detailed Examination of a Nine-Year Multidisciplinary Study by Liliana Gabrielli, Matteo Pavoni, Francesca Monari, Federico Baiesi Pillastrini, Maria Paola Bonasoni, Chiara Locatelli, Maria Bisulli, Alessandra Vancini, Ilaria Cataneo, Margherita Ortalli, Giulia Piccirilli, Alessia Cantiani, Simone Ambretti, Fabio Facchinetti, Tiziana Lazzarotto

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A Path to High-Value Gastric Cancer Surgery Care Delivery by Swee H. Teh, MD, Sharon Shiraga, MD, Aaron M. Kellem, BS (Math), Robert A. Li, MD, David M. Le, MD, Said P. Arsalane, MSHA, Fawzi S. Khayat, MD, Yan Li, MD, I-Yeh Gong, MD, Jessica M. Lee, MD

“…The secondary endpoints were the need for intensive care unit care, emergency room (ER) visits, readmission, reoperation, and death within 30 days after surgery. …”
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Non-carbapenem-producing carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in children: Risk factors, molecular epidemiology, and resistance mechanism by Lijun Yin, Lu Lu, Leiyan He, Gangfeng Yan, Guoping Lu, Xiaowen Zhai, Chuanqing Wang

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PCT/ALB Ratio in Initial Three days for the Prediction of Secondary Infection in Septic Patients by Zhang C, Huang G, Li H, Zhang T, Jian M, Huang C, Zhang Y, Wang Z, Hou X, Xia Y, Jiang W

“…Chunmei Zhang,1,* Guoge Huang,2,* Haizhong Li,1,3,* Tiancao Zhang,1 Mengling Jian,1 Chunyang Huang,1 Yingqin Zhang,1,4 Zheng Wang,5 Xun Hou,1 Yuanyuan Xia,6 Wenqiang Jiang1,7 1Emergency Intensive Care Unit, Department of Emergency Medicine, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Emergency Medicine, People’s Hospital of Longhua, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Emergency, Boai Hospital of Zhongshan, Zhongshan, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China; 4School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou University City, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China; 5Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China; 6Medical Oncology Department, The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China; 7Emergency Intensive Care Unit, Department of Emergency Medicine, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University; Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital,Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Wenqiang Jiang; Yuanyuan Xia, Email jiangwenqiang@gdph.org.cn; xiayuany1021@163.comBackground: Procalcitonin (PCT) to albumin (ALB) ratio (PAR) in initial three days is a rapidly available indicator to assess the prognosis of patients with sepsis. …”
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Corticosteroid Pulses for Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19: Effects on Mortality by Ivan Cusacovich, Álvaro Aparisi, Miguel Marcos, Cristina Ybarra-Falcón, Carolina Iglesias-Echevarria, Maria Lopez-Veloso, Julio Barraza-Vengoechea, Carlos Dueñas, Santiago Antonio Juarros Martínez, Beatriz Rodríguez-Alonso, José-Ángel Martín-Oterino, Miguel Montero-Baladia, Leticia Moralejo, David Andaluz-Ojeda, Roberto Gonzalez-Fuentes

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The Rise of Inflow Cisternostomy in Resource-Limited Settings: Rationale, Limitations, and Future Challenges by Ulrick Sidney Kanmounye

“…Early reports of the technique report significant improvements in the Glasgow Outcome Scale, lower mortality rates, and shorter intensive care unit durations. Most reports are single-center studies with small sample sizes, and the technique requires experience and skill. …”
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Influenza A (H1N1) Pneumonia. Three cases in children. by Ariel Efrén Uriarte Méndez, Jesús Vila Díaz, Andrés Prieto Apesteguía, Dunia Chavez Amaro, Jorge Luis Capote, Orlando Leyro Salgado

“…It is made a report of three cases of pneumonia due to Influenza A (H1N1) with satisfactory evolution, assisted in the Intensive Care Unit of the Cienfuegos’s Pediatric Hospital Paquito González Cueto, and whose diagnosis were confirmed for the test Reaction in Chain of the Reverse "Polimerase-Transcriptase" (RCP-TR) in nasopharyngeal samples. …”
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Splenic abscess in an adult patient. A case Report by Mayquel Monzón Rodríguez, Amanda Rodríguez Chaviano, Joel David Monzón Li

“…He was admitted and transferred to the Intensive Care Unit due to acute renal failure due to dehydration. …”
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among ICU Survivors by Roshna Vadakkedath, Sherin Susan Thomas

“…Evidence shows that a stay in an intensive care unit ICU is a traumatic experience leading to ICU survivors developing PTSD. …”
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Successful Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for the Treatment of Cardiogenic Shock due to Scorpion Envenomation by Amine Tarmiz, Imene Mgarrech, Chokri Kortas, Sofiane Jerbi

“…Despite adequate management at the emergency department and intensive care unit, the patient’s hemodynamic status worsened rapidly, justifying his transfer to our department for ventricular mechanical assistance by venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. …”
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Home Respiratory Polygraphy to Detect Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome after Supracricoid Partial Laryngectomy by Rosa Hernández-Sandemetrio, Natsuki Oishi, Tomás Chavero, Rafael Navarro, Isabel López, Enrique Zapater

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