Prevalence and Associated Factors of Perinatal Asphyxia in Neonates Admitted to Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Gebrehiwot Teklehaimanot Gebregziabher, Fikaden Berhe Hadgu, Haftom Temesgen Abebe

“…Medical records of 267 neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit were selected by a systematic sampling method, and relevant information was collected using a checklist. …”
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Delirium in geriatric patients with hip fracture by A. Konkayev, N. Bekmagambetova, M. Konkayeva, M. Šerpytis, D. Gineitytė-Ozolince, J. Šipylaitė, D. Jatužis

“…Delirium occurs in up to 87% of the intensive care unit (ICU) patients and is associated with numerous poor outcomes. …”
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Evaluation of disparities in hospitalisation outcomes for deaf and hard of hearing patients with COVID-19: a multistate analysis of statewide inpatient databases from Florida, Mary... by Hiraku Kumamaru, Loren G Miller, Rie Sakai-Bizmark, Dennys Estevez, Emily H Marr, Jong Hyon Lee, Frank Wu

“…Objective Investigate whether deaf or hard of hearing (D/HH) patients with COVID-19 exhibited different hospitalisation outcomes compared with hearing patients with COVID-19.Design Cohort studySetting Statewide Inpatient Databases for Florida, Maryland, New York and Washington, for the year 2020.Participants Records of patients aged 18–64 years with COVID-19Primary outcomes and measures Differences in in-hospital death, 90-day readmission, length of stay, hospitalisation cost, hospitalisation cost per day, intensive care unit (ICU) or coronary care unit (CCU) utilisation and ventilation use were evaluated. …”
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Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19, clinical characteristics: A multi-center observational study from Jordan by Marwan Shalabi, Salam Ghanem, Iyad Al-Ammouri, Amirah Daher, Enas Al-zayadneh, Alaa Alsmadi, Mais Ayyoub, Samah Abughanam, Mariam Jabr, Montaha Al-Iede

“…No mortality was found in this series but serious disease occurred and some patients were admitted to Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Conclusions: This study described the epidemiology, clinical course, management, and outcome of MIS-C cases in Jordan. …”
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Immediate Post-laparotomy Hypotension in Patients with Severe Traumatic Hemoperitoneum by Gil Jae Lee, Min A Lee, Byungchul Yoo, Youngeun Park, Myung Jin Jang, Kang Kook Choi

“…No statistically significant between-group differences were observed in the intensive care unit and hospital stay. Conclusions PLH may be less frequent and less devastating than it is often considered. …”
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COVID-19 and Obesity: An Epidemiologic Analysis of the Brazilian Data by Diego Assis Gonçalves, Victória Ribeiro, Ana Gualberto, Fernanda Peres, Michaela Luconi, Jacy Gameiro

“…Furthermore, obesity increases the chances of needing intensive care unit (OR: 1.783, CI: 95%, and P<0.001), needing ventilatory support (OR: 1.537, CI: 95%, and P<0.001 and OR: 2.302, CI: 95%, and P<0.001, for noninvasive and invasive, respectively), and death (OR: 1.411, CI: 95%, and P<0.001) of patients hospitalized with COVID-19. …”
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Comparison of Endogenous Endophthalmitis in Patients with and Without COVID-19 Infection by Ehsan Namvar, Mehdi Moallem, Mehrdad Afarid, Alireza Bolkheir

“…Age, sex, presenting and final visual acuity, systemic diseases and risk factors for EE, anterior segment and fundus findings, hospitalization due to COVID-19, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, systemic steroid therapy, results of the sepsis workup, causative microorganism, types of treatment (pars plana vitrectomy vs. intravitreal or antifungal antibiotics), and follow-up period were recorded. …”
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Development and Validation of a Nosocomial Infection Nomogram Model in the NICU: A Novel and Nurse-Led Way to Prediction in Preterm Infants by Shang Y, Chen L, Hu X, Zhang K, Cheng Q, Shui X, Deng Z

“…Yanyan Shang,&ast; Ling Chen,&ast; Xindie Hu, Keqian Zhang, Qian Cheng, Xiaoyu Shui, Zhiyue Deng Department of Neonatology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Zhiyue Deng; Xiaoyu Shui, Department of Neonatology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuchang District, Jiefang Road, No. 99, Wuhan, Hubei, 430060, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 18086403090, Email 2015302180361@whu.edu.cn; 15926276672@163.comPurpose: Nosocomial infections (NI) are a leading cause of mortality in preterm infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The key to reducing the risk of NI is early detection and treatment in time. …”
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Serum Galectin-3 Predicts Mortality in Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Patients by Jianlong Zhu, Dehui Guo, Liying Liu, Jing Zhong

“…The median age was 57 years (interquartile range (IQR): 48–67 years); the median duration of ECMO therapy was 5.8 days (IQR: 4.62–7.57 days); and the median intensive care unit stay was 19.04 days (IQR: 13.92–26.15 days). …”
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Risk factors and outcomes of vitamin D deficiency in very preterm infants by Hannah Cho, Yoon Lee, Saelin Oh, Ju Sun Heo

“…Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted on VP infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit of a specialized tertiary hospital in Seoul, Republic of Korea, between January 2018 and June 2022. …”
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Performance of digital early warning score (NEWS2) in a cardiac specialist setting: retrospective cohort study by Amitava Banerjee, Riyaz Patel, Baneen Alhmoud, Daniel Melley, Tim Bonnici

“…Standardisation and integrated National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) in electronic health records (EHRs) are recommended yet have not been evaluated in specialist settings.Objective To investigate the performance of digital NEWS2 in predicting critical events: death, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, cardiac arrest and medical emergencies.Methods Retrospective cohort analysis.Study cohort Individuals admitted with CVD diagnoses in 2020; including patients with COVID-19 due to conducting the study during the COVID-19 pandemic.Measures We tested the ability of NEWS2 in predicting the three critical outcomes from admission and within 24 hours before the event. …”
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High-Flow Nasal Cannula in Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Yongkang Huang, Wei Lei, Wenyu Zhang, Jian-an Huang

“…Likewise, no significant intergroup differences were found with regard to intensive care unit stay (SMD = −0.07, 95% CI: 0.26 to 0.11). …”
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Intervention effect of ventilator‑assisted emergency endoscopy in the treatment of cirrhosis‑associated esophagogastric variceal bleeding by Xiu-Lian Wu, Yanmei Gu, Wenhui Wang, Jiayuan Wei, Xiaoqing Sun, Wenyue Hu, Wenhui He

“…The hemostatic success rate, post-treatment rebleeding rate, postoperative complication rate, length of stay in the intensive care unit (ICU), cost of hospitalization, and the patients’ feeling of comfort (eg, fever and anxiety) were assessed in both groups. …”
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Initial use of supplementary oxygen for trauma patients: a systematic review by Trine Grodum Eskesen, Josefine Stokholm Baekgaard, Jacob Steinmetz, Lars S Rasmussen

“…Objective This systematic review aimed to identify and describe the evidence for supplementary oxygen for spontaneously breathing trauma patients, and for high (0.60–0.90) versus low (0.30–0.50) inspiratory oxygen fraction (FiO2) for intubated trauma patients in the initial phase of treatment.Methods Several databases were systematically searched in September 2017 for studies fulfilling the following criteria: trauma patients (Population); supplementary oxygen/high FiO2 (Intervention) versus no supplementary oxygen/low FiO2 (Control) for spontaneously breathing or intubated trauma patients, respectively, in the initial phase of treatment; mortality, complications, days on mechanical ventilation and/or length of stay (LOS) in hospital/intensive care unit (ICU) (Outcomes); prospective interventional trials (Study design). …”
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Timing of Tracheotomy in Mechanically Ventilated Critically Ill Morbidly Obese Patients by Ahmad Alhajhusain, Ailia W. Ali, Asif Najmuddin, Kashif Hussain, Masooma Aqeel, Ali A. El-Solh

“…We conducted a retrospective chart review of morbidly obese subjects (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m2 or BMI ≥ 35 kg/m2 and one or more comorbid conditions) who underwent a tracheotomy between July 2008 and June 2013 at a medical intensive care unit (ICU). Clinical characteristics, rates of nosocomial pneumonia (NP), weaning from mechanical ventilation (MV), and mortality rates were analyzed. …”
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miR-504 Promoted Gastric Cancer Cell Proliferation and Inhibited Cell Apoptosis by Targeting RBM4 by Yi Zhang, Hongmei Yong, Jing Fu, Guangyi Gao, Huichang Shi, Xueyi Zhou, Mingsheng Fu

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Impact of Hyperoxia and Hypocapnia on Neurological Outcomes in Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Retrospective Study by Kin Chio Li, Catherine Wing Yan Tam, Hoi-Ping Shum, Wing Wa Yan

“…Patients with aSAH who were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of a tertiary hospital in Hong Kong between January 2011 and December 2016 were retrospectively recruited. …”
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Fever and infections in surgical intensive care: an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee clinical consensus document by Deborah M Stein, Hee Soo Jung, Lisa M Kodadek, Bryce Robinson, Aussama Khalaf Nassar, Joseph Cuschieri, Michael Steven Farrell, Abhijit Pathak, Samuel Mandell, Jasmeet Paul, Rachel D Appelbaum, Eden Nohra, Thomas Carver, Jordan Michael Kirsch

“…The evaluation and workup of fever and the use of antibiotics to treat infections is part of daily practice in the surgical intensive care unit (ICU). Fever can be infectious or non-infectious; it is important to distinguish between the two entities wherever possible. …”
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Evaluation of the Effect of Cichorium intybus L. on the Liver Enzymes in Burn Patients: A Randomized Double-Blind Clinical Trial by Abdolkhalegh Keshavarzi, Rahimeh Akrami, Mohammad M. Zarshenas, Saeid Zareie, Tayyeb Ghadimi, Ali Najafi, Mahsa Rostami Chijan, Azizallah Dehghan, Elham Zarenezhad

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Vicarious trauma, coping strategies and nurses' health outcomes: An exploratory study by Ilenia Piras, Vanessa Usai, Paolo Contu, Maura Galletta

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