Comparison of carbon dioxide control during pressure controlled versus pressure-regulated volume controlled ventilation in children (CoCO2): protocol for a pilot digital randomised... by Luregn J Schlapbach, Barbara Brotschi, Kristen S Gibbons, Florian Zapf, Rebeca Mozun, Daphné Chopard, Philipp Baumann, Anika Adam, Vera Jaeggi, Beat Bangerter, Juerg Burren

“…Patients are eligible if aged <18 years, weighing >2 kg, have an arterial line and require >60 min of mechanical ventilation during PICU hospitalisation at the University Children’s Hospital Zurich. …”
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The value of lung ultrasound score combined with echocardiography in assessing right heart function in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis and experiencing pulmonary hyper... by Ying Xia, Xin Liu

“…Abstract Aims This study explores the clinical application of lung ultrasound scoring(LUS) combined with echocardiography in assessing right heart function in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis(MHD) and those with elevated pulmonary artery systolic pressure(PASP), as well as the correlation between LUS and right ventricular(RV) function. …”
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Zwischen Traditionalismus und Modernisierung: Musikausbildung in Russland by Irina Susidko, Pavel Lutsker

“…Today the majority of educators, researchers and active artists are suspicious of any ideologically motivated point of view, because in the past many in Russia had to suffer under the hegemony of ideological intolerance. …”
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Peri‐ictal yawning: A potential lateralizing sign in temporal lobe epilepsy by Xiaoping Du, Yi Yao, Jiani Chen, Xiaoping Yang, Lei Zhang, Yingying Tang, Xiaoting Hao, Dong Zhou, Shizhong Lian, Fengpeng Wang, Xiaobin Zhang, Meizhen Sun, Junhong Guo

“…The majority of these patients presented with staring, arrest, and automatisms during their seizures with accompanying vegetative signs. …”
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High-dependency unit care after carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic stenosis by Beatriz Guimarães, Andreia Coelho, Marina Dias-Neto, Ricardo Castro-Ferreira, João Peixoto, Luís Fernandes, Roberto Boal, Marta Machado, Francisco Basílio, Patrícia Carvalho, Armando Mansilha, Alexandra Canedo

“…A retrospective study was performed in one center: increased clamping time, preoperative systolic BP, systolic BP during pre-anesthetic procedure, maximum intraoperative mean arterial pressure (MAP), and eversion technique were significant predictors for the CO. …”
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Correlation between invasive and noninvasive oxygen indices in critically ill COVID patients with ARDS: A retrospective analysis by Arin Choudhury, Meena Singh, Amandeep Jaswal, Saurav Mitra Mustafi, Santvana Kohli

“…Objective: This study aims to evaluate the correlation between peripheral oxygen saturation/fraction of inspired oxygen (SpO2/FiO2) and arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2)/FiO2 ratio in the diagnosis and assessment of severity in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) during the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. …”
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Caracterización clínica, humoral y epidemiológica de pacientes graves y críticos con la COVID-19 by Jacno Erik Ferrer Castro, Ernesto Sánchez Hernández, Reyna Aurora Ortiz Villalón, Yasminda Pineda Maure, Alejandro Infante Beatón

“…Conclusiones: Los pacientes fueron mayoría del sexo masculino y todos los críticos fueron de este sexo; con proporciones similares en los grupos etarios; con comorbilidades, el mayor porcentaje, fundamentalmente hipertensión arterial; al ingreso presentaron tos, fiebre, disnea y decaimiento. …”
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Fatty acid synthase inhibition improves hypertension-induced erectile dysfunction by suppressing oxidative stress and NLRP3 inflammasome-dependent pyroptosis through activating the... by Jiaochen Luan, Mengchi Yu, Qi Gu, Xuan Zhou, Yunqiang Shao, Tong Chen, Jiayi Zhang, Zheng Zhu, Ninghong Song, Jie Yang

“…BackgroundErectile dysfunction (ED) is a prevalent male sexual disorder, commonly associated with hypertension, though the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood.ObjectiveThis study aims to explore the role of Fatty acid synthase (Fasn) in hypertension-induced ED and evaluate the therapeutic potential of the Fasn inhibitor C75.Materials and methodsErectile function was assessed by determining the intracavernous pressure/mean arterial pressure (ICP/MAP) ratio, followed by the collection of cavernous tissue for transcriptomic and non-targeted metabolomic analyses. …”
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Enhancing generalization in a Kawasaki Disease prediction model using data augmentation: Cross-validation of patients from two major hospitals in Taiwan. by Chuan-Sheng Hung, Chun-Hung Richard Lin, Jain-Shing Liu, Shi-Huang Chen, Tsung-Chi Hung, Chih-Min Tsai

“…Kawasaki Disease (KD) is a rare febrile illness affecting infants and young children, potentially leading to coronary artery complications and, in severe cases, mortality if untreated. …”
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Five-Year Predictors of Insulin Initiation in People with Type 2 Diabetes under Real-Life Conditions by Sandro Gentile, Felice Strollo, Francesca Viazzi, Giuseppina Russo, Pamela Piscitelli, Antonio Ceriello, Carlo Giorda, Piero Guida, Paola Fioretto, Roberto Pontremoli, Salvatore De Cosmo, the AMD-Annals Study Group

“…Patients switching to insulin showed a worse global risk profile, longer disease duration (10 ± 9 years vs. 6 ± 7 years, respectively; p<0.001), higher HbA1c (8.0 ± 1.6% vs. 7.2 ± 1.5%, respectively; p<0.001), higher triglycerides, a greater prevalence of arterial hypertension, antihypertensive, lipid-lowering and aspirin treatment, a higher rate of nonproliferative/proliferative retinopathy, and a nearly 4 times lower prevalence of the “diet alone.” …”
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Super High Contrast USPIO-Enhanced Cerebrovascular Angiography Using Ultrashort Time-to-Echo MRI by Liam Timms, Tianyi Zhou, Ju Qiao, Codi Gharagouzloo, Vishala Mishra, Rita Maria Lahoud, John W. Chen, Mukesh Harisinghani, Srinivas Sridhar

“…QUTE-CE MRA provided high-contrast snapshots of the arterial and venous networks with lower intraluminal heterogeneity. …”
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Obesidad abdominal, parámetro antropométrico predictivo de alteraciones del metabolismo. by Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Alain Francisco Morejón Giraldoni, Yudeni Colls Cañizares

“…A todos se le realizaron mediciones de la presión arterial, colesterol, HDL colesterol, glucemia en ayunas y triglicéridos. …”
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Construction of an lncRNA-mediated ceRNA network to investigate the inflammatory regulatory mechanisms of ischemic stroke. by Meimei Xu, Shan Yuan, Xing Luo, Mengsi Xu, Guangze Hu, Zhe He, Xinyuan Yang, Rui Gao

“…In this study, we established a cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury model using middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) in male Sprague-Dawley rats. …”
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Cuidados paliativos a los pacientes con cáncer en el hospicio de Seychelles by Armando Carlos Roca Socarrás, Loren Reginald, Kenneth Henriette

“…En general la estadía media estuvo en 40,5 días (±60,23). La hipertensión arterial y la diabetes mellitus fueron las enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles más frecuentes. …”
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Infecciones bacterianas asociadas a la COVID-19 en pacientes de una unidad de cuidados intensivos by Yaumara Aguilera Calzadilla, Yayquier Diaz Morales, Leonardo Abilio Ortiz Díaz, Olga Linee Gonzalez Martínez, Orlando Adolfo Lovelle Enríquez, Maria de Lourdes Sánchez Álvarez

“…El 66,7 % y el 55,6 % de los que padecían hipertensión arterial y cardiopatía isquémica respectivamente, desarrollaron una coinfección. …”
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Acute haemodynamic impact of transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with severe aortic stenosis by Francesca Graziani, Pio Cialdella, Rosa Lillo, Gabriella Locorotondo, Lorenzo Genuardi, Gessica Ingrasciotta, Stefano Cangemi, Marialisa Nesta, Piergiorgio Bruno, Cristina Aurigemma, Enrico Romagnoli, Michele Calabrese, Nicole Giambusso, Antonella Lombardo, Francesco Burzotta, Carlo Trani

“…Post‐TAVI echo showed a significant reduction in LV end‐diastolic (P = 0.036) and end‐systolic (P ˂ 0.001) diameters, improvement in LV ejection fraction (from 55 ± 12% to 57.2 ± 10.5%, P ˂ 0.001), and pulmonary artery systolic pressure (42.1 ± 14.2 vs. 33.1 ± 10.7 mmHg, P < 0.001). …”
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Prevalence of unexpected red blood cell antibodies in pregnant women and follow-up of pregnancy outcome in pregnant women treated with intra-uterine transfusion by Sunil Golia, Aseem Kumar Tiwari, Geet Aggarwal, Anil Khetrapal, Sandeep Kumar Tyagi, Chetna Jain, Shubham Gupta, Samruddhi Pawar

“…Follow-up was done for all 10 cases with unexpected antibody and anemia was monitored by MCA PSV (middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity).Two women developed severe anemia thus requiring single intrauterine transfusion (at 26 weeks and 28 weeks respectively) each, for correction of anemia. …”
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Suboptimal Blood Pressure Control, Associated Factors, and Choice of Antihypertensive Drugs among Type 2 Diabetic Patients at KCMC, Tanzania by Gabriel W. Mbwete, Kajiru G. Kilonzo, Elichilia R. Shao, Nyasatu G. Chamba

“…It is a risk factor for the development of diabetes as well as complications like coronary artery disease (CAD), nephropathy, retinopathy, and neuropathy. …”
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Peripheral oxygen saturation levels as a guide to avoid hyperoxia: an observational study by Renate Stolmeijer, Jan C. ter Maaten, Jack Ligtenberg, Ewoud ter Avest

“…In the prehospital setting where partial arterial oxygen (PaO2) values are often not readily available, titration of oxygen is based on peripheral oxygen saturations (SpO2). …”
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Six-Gene Signature Associated with Immune Cells in the Progression of Atherosclerosis Discovered by Comprehensive Bioinformatics Analyses by Bin Zhao, Dan Wang, Yanling Liu, Xiaohong Zhang, Zheng Wan, Jinling Wang, Ting Su, Linshan Duan, Yan Wang, Yuehua Zhang, Yilin Zhao

“…As a multifaceted disease, atherosclerosis is often characterized by the formation and accumulation of plaque anchored to the inner wall of the arteries and causes some cardiovascular diseases and vascular embolism. …”
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