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Aug 16th, 2022 - The burden and health care utilization (HCU) of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in US infants aged <1 year across health care settings are not well characterized. We systematically reviewed studies of RSV and bronchiolitis published 2000-2021 (d...

Aug 16th, 2022 - Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of hospitalizations in United States infants aged <1 year, but research has focused on select populations. National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample and National Emergency Department (ED) Sample ...

Aug 16th, 2022 - Systemic rheumatic diseases (SRD) are a heterogeneous group of diseases that can involve several organ systems and occasionally requires intensive care unit (ICU) admission because of severe systemic disease, life-threatening organ involvement, or...

Aug 16th, 2022 - Pediatric specific ventilator liberation guidelines are lacking despite the many studies exploring elements of extubation readiness testing. The lack of clinical practice guidelines has led to significant and unnecessary variation in methods used ...

Aug 16th, 2022 - Hemolytic uremic syndrome secondary to Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli infection (STEC-HUS) generally shows a favorable outcome. Few cases develop extra-renal complications, since neurological involvement is an important cause of morbidity ...

Dec 6th, 2021 - Current evidence shows no improvement in survival and other important measures Convalescent plasma (a transfusion of blood plasma from someone who has recovered from covid-19) is not recommended for patients with covid-19, says a WHO Guideline ...

Apr 20th, 2021 - To describe updates to pragmatic recommendations that were published during the first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) surge, including the current thinking about whether pregnancy worsens the severity of COVID-19. Although a majority of pregna...

Mar 12th, 2021 - Hospitalised patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a result of SARS-CoV-2 infection have a high mortality rate and frequently require noninvasive respiratory support or invasive ventilation. Optimising and standardising management t...

Dec 11th, 2020 - Mechanical ventilation (MV) is an essential part of modern intensive care medicine. MV is performed in patients with severe respiratory failure caused by respiratory muscle insufficiency and/or lung parenchymal disease; that is, when other treatme...

Dec 11th, 2020 - Long-term mechanical ventilation is a well-established treatment for chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (CHRF). It is aimed at improving CHRF-related symptoms, health-related quality of life, survival, and decreasing hospital admissions. In S...

Aug 12th, 2022 - Critically ill children treated with invasive mechanical ventilation (iMV) in a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) may suffer from complications leading to prolonged duration of ventilation and PICU stay. Prolonged ventilation is associated wit...

Aug 12th, 2022 - Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is a common and serious complication among hospitalized patients. It is the most frequent reason for admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) . It carries an in-hospital mortality rate of 20.6% and cost 54.3 billi...

Aug 12th, 2022 - Human lung development begins in the early stage of intrauterine pregnancy, approximately 4-7 post-conception weeks (pcw), and lasts until 3 years after birth. It can be divided into five morphological stages, namely embryonic stage, pseudoglandul...

Aug 12th, 2022 - Pain is a common and serious problem after cardiovascular surgery. It is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, and additional risk factors of cardiac surgery such as sternotomy and cardiopulmonary bypass contribute to this. Patient-co...

Aug 11th, 2022 - Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) implemented during the intensive care unit(ICU) stay may improve exercise capacity and prevent muscular weakness in critically ill patients with respiratory disease. Main objective: To evaluate, in respi...

Aug 15th, 2022 - Management of the cardiac complications of COVID-19 during pregnancy requires a "pregnancy heart team" to optimize patient care, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Cardiovascular Disease in Women committee writes in a new report. This multid...

Jul 26th, 2022 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Patients with nonsevere COVID-19 may avoid progression to hospitalization or death through treatment with nirmatrelvir-ritonavir or molnupiravir, ...

Jul 18th, 2022 - The study covered in this summary was published in medRxiv.org as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. Key Takeaways Right ventricular (RV) dilation or dysfunction in patients hospitalized with acute COVID-19 is associated with an elevat...

Jul 14th, 2022 - The posteroanterior (PA) and lateral view CXRs, as well as the CT scan, revealed the presence of retrosternal air and confirmed the patient’s diagnosis of pneumomediastinum. Pneumomediastinum—the presence of free air in the mediastinum—can develop.

Jul 8th, 2022 - Treatment with oral sabizabulin (Veru Pharmaceuticals) cut the risk for death by more than 55% in hospitalized patients with COVID-19, an interim analysis of a phase 3 placebo-controlled trial found. Sabizabulin treatment consistently and signific...