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The Development of Chronic Critical Illness Determines Physical Function, Quality of Life, and Long-Term Survival Among Early Survivors of Sepsis in Surgical ICUs*

Critical Care Medicine, 2019
Objectives: This study sought to examine mortality, health-related quality of life, and physical function among sepsis survivors who developed chronic critical illness.
Anna K. Gardner, G. Ghita, Zhongkai Wang, T. Ozrazgat-Baslanti, Steven L. Raymond, R. Mankowski, B. Brumback, P. Efron, A. Bihorac, F. Moore, S. Anton, S. Brakenridge   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Advancing Metal–Organic Framework‐Based Composites for Effective Chemical Warfare Agent Detoxification under Real‐World Conditions

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review describes recent developments in the design and synthesis of metal–organic frameworks (MOF)/textile composites for the detoxification of chemical warfare agent and simulants with extensive discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of different methods.
Zhihua Cheng, Kira M. Fahy, Gregory W. Peterson, Kent O. Kirlikovali, Omar K. Farha   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Update on disseminated cryptococcosis in non-HIV infected children

Italian Journal of Pediatrics
Background Disseminated cryptococcosis is a rare disease in children, especially in children with normal immunity. The understanding of this disease needs to be improved.
Xiao-bo Zhang, Huiying Lin, Xiao Wu, Guang-min Nong   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Planning Care for Neurology and Neurosurgery Patients with Critical Illnesses [PDF]

, 1994
G. Bryan Young, Diane Thrasher
openalex   +1 more source

Mechanochemistry for Metal–Organic Frameworks and Covalent–Organic Frameworks (MOFs, COFs): Methods, Materials, and Mechanisms

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
An overview is provided of the mechanochemistry of metal‐organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent‐organic frameworks (COFs), highlighting opportunities and strategies for discovery, synthesis and reactivity studies of these materials. Mechanistic studies and comparisons to the mechanochemistry of organic solids are outlined, showcasing how advances in ...
Joseph M. Marrett, Farshid Effaty, Xavier Ottenwaelder, Tomislav Friščić   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tocilizumab is associated with reduced delirium and coma in critically ill patients with COVID-19

Scientific Reports
Recent preclinical studies demonstrate a direct pathological role for the interleukin-6 (IL-6) pathway in mediating structural and functional delirium-like phenotypes in animal models of acute lung injury.
Tuqa Alkhateeb, Joanna L. Stollings, Ine Sohn, Dandan Liu, L. Montana Fleenor, E. Wesley Ely, Shouri Lahiri   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The post-septic peripheral myeloid compartment reveals unexpected diversity in myeloid-derived suppressor cells

Frontiers in Immunology
IntroductionSepsis engenders distinct host immunologic changes that include the expansion of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs). These cells play a physiologic role in tempering acute inflammatory responses but can persist in patients who develop ...
Evan L. Barrios, Jack R. Leary, Dijoia B. Darden, Jaimar C. Rincon, Micah Willis, Valerie E. Polcz, Gwendolyn S. Gillies, Jennifer A. Munley, Marvin L. Dirain, Ricardo Ungaro, Dina C. Nacionales, Marie-Pierre L. Gauthier, Shawn D. Larson, Laurence Morel, Tyler J. Loftus, Alicia M. Mohr, Robert Maile, Michael P. Kladde, Clayton E. Mathews, Maigan A. Brusko, Todd M. Brusko, Lyle L. Moldawer, Rhonda Bacher, Philip A. Efron   +23 more
doaj   +1 more source

Architected Soft Actuators for Artificial Musculoskeletal Systems

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
An architected soft actuator uses a servo motor and a combination of 3D printed architected elastomers to extend and contract. The actuator exhibits high actuation stroke, force output, and power density for constructing bioinspired artificial musculoskeletal systems.
Taekyoung Kim, Eliot A. Dunn, Melinda Chen, Ryan L. Truby   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spiritual care at the end of life: whose job is it? [PDF]

, 2010
Interest in and recognition of the function of religious and spiritual coping in adjustment to serious illness has been growing. In particular, there has been increasing interest in the importance of understanding and valuing patients' individual ...
Psaila, Claudia, Watts, Jacqueline H.
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Sodium butyrate attenuates oxidative stress, apoptosis, and excessive mitophagy in sodium fluoride-induced hepatotoxicity in rats

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Aim: Long-term exposure to excess sodium fluoride (NaF) can cause chronic fluorosis. Liver, the most important detoxification organ, is the most vulnerable to the effects of fluoride.
Jing Xia, Xiaolin Zhang, Leiyu Xu, Nan Yan, Zhenxiang Sun, Xiaoxu Duan, Lu Meng, Rong Qi, Fu Ren, Zhengdong Wang   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source