Prescribed hypocaloric nutrition support for critically-ill adults [PDF]
Background There are controversies about the amount of calories and the type of nutritional support that should be given to critically‐ill people. Several authors advocate the potential benefits of hypocaloric nutrition support, but the evidence is ...
Ciapponi, Agustín+6 more
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Risk factors for severe and critically ill COVID‐19 patients: A review
The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), has caused an unprecedented global social and economic impact, and high numbers of deaths.
Ya-dong Gao+19 more
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Primary extranodal diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma: Molecular features, treatment, and prognosis
One‐third of DLBCL arises from extranodal organs and is challenging to manage. Molecular features are critical to elucidate the differences in clinical features, predict the disease prognosis, and improve effective targeted therapeutic strategies. Abstract Diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common subtype of non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma and ...
Si‐Yuan Chen+3 more
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Assessment of vitamin E status in patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome: plasma, plasma corrected for lipids or red blood cell measurements? [PDF]
<b>Background:</b> There is some evidence that the plasma vitamin E status is perturbed as part of systemic inflammatory response and correcting this with other plasma markers may not lead to reliable results.
Duncan, A.+6 more
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Impact of Acute Kidney Injury on Critically Ill Children and Neonates
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a clinical syndrome that manifests as an abrupt impairment of kidney function. AKI is common in critically ill pediatric patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care units. AKI is a deleterious complication in critically
Bassil Leghrouz+2 more
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Abstract Positron emission tomography with x‐ray computed tomography (PET/CT) is increasingly being utilized for radiation treatment planning (RTP). Accurate delivery of RT therefore depends on quality PET/CT data. This study covers quality control (QC) procedures required for PET/CT for diagnostic imaging and incremental QC required for RTP.
Ran Klein+7 more
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Focused liquid ultrasonography in dropsy protocol for quantitative assessment of subcutaneous edema
Background Although subcutaneous edema is a common symptom of critically ill patients, it is still underreported due to the lack of a systematic method for evaluating it.
Weiqing Zhang+8 more
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Strong illposedness for SQG in critical Sobolev spaces [PDF]
We prove that the inviscid surface quasi-geostrophic (SQG) equations are strongly ill-posed in critical Sobolev spaces: there exists an initial data $H^{2}(\bbT^2)$ without any solutions in $L^\infty_{t}H^{2}$. Moreover, we prove strong critical norm inflation for $C^\infty$--smooth data.
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Antimicrobial therapeutic drug monitoring in critically ill adult patients: a Position Paper#
This Position Paper aims to review and discuss the available data on therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of antibacterials, antifungals and antivirals in critically ill adult patients in the intensive care unit (ICU).
M. Abdul-Aziz+15 more
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Nonthyroidal illness in critically ill children [PDF]
Purpose of review This review summarizes recent literature on nonthyroidal illness syndrome (NTI) and outcome of pediatric critical illness, to provide insight in pathophysiology and therapeutic implications. Recent findings NTI is typically characterized by lowered triiodothyronine
Jacobs, An+2 more
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