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Neonatal gastrointestinal involvement and congenital cytomegalovirus

La Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica, 2016
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common cause of congenital viral infection, affecting 0.2 to 2.3% of all live births in developed countries. Very low birth weight and extremely low birth weight newborns are at higher risk of symptomatic CMV infection ...
Alessandro Porta, Adriana Avanzini, Marta Bellini, Rosa Maria Crossignani, Stefano Fiocchi, Stefano Martinelli, Luciana Parola   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A feasibility study of signed consent for the collection of patient identifiable information for a national paediatric clinical audit database [PDF]

, 2005
Objectives: To investigate the feasibility of obtaining signed consent for submission of patient identifiable data to a national clinical audit database and to identify factors influencing the consent process and its success.
Chaudhry, B., Darowski, M., Davey, N., Draper, E.S., Jones, S., McKinney, P.A., Parry, G., Parslow, R., Stack, C.   +8 more
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Antimicrobial susceptibility at intensive care units in Sudan, antibiogram development

BMC Microbiology
Antibiograms are statistics on bacterial spectrum and resistance rates. It is of importance to regularly monitor the trends in antimicrobial resistance within the institution through the periodic cumulative resistance to provide the effective empiric ...
Ghada Omer Hamad Abd El-Raheem, Mohamed Elhadi Ahmed Dihesh, Mohamed Elmutaz Babikir Elmardi, Hana Eltayeb Salih Elamin, Latifa Elsir Abas Zeinelabdin, Dalia Omer Suliman Ahmed, Misa Abdelmajid Alhaj Mudather, Omema Abdelkrem Abdelftah Gaber, Hanadie Mustafa Ebrahim Abdalla   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Caenorhabditis elegans DPF‐3 and human DPP4 have tripeptidyl peptidase activity

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV) family comprises serine proteases classically defined by their ability to remove dipeptides from the N‐termini of substrates, a feature that gave the family its name. Here, we report the discovery of a previously unrecognized tripeptidyl peptidase activity in DPPIV family members from two different species.
Aditya Trivedi, Rajani Kanth Gudipati
wiley   +1 more source

Family refusal rates for organ donation after brain death and after circulatory death: a single-center 6-year experience

Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care
Background A wide gap exists between the number of patients awaiting organ transplantation and the availability of donor organs. For most vital organs, no artificial substitutes are available, resulting in the death of approximately 3–4% of patients on ...
Federica De Min, Maria Assunta Donato, Elisa Raimondo, Alessandro Ivan De Martino, Alessia Bresil, Alessandra Agnese Grossi, Martina Baiardo Redaelli, Paolo Severgnini, Luca Cabrini   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characteristics and outcomes of patients admitted to the first psychiatric intensive care unit in Egypt

South African Journal of Psychiatry, 2021
Background: Psychiatric intensive care units (PICU) have become an essential part of psychiatric hospital design worldwide, there are few published data about their effectiveness.
Tarek A. Okasha, Walaa M. Sabry, Nivert H. Zaki, Menan A. Rabie, Yomna A. Elhawary   +4 more
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Peptide‐based ligand antagonists block a Vibrio cholerae adhesin

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The structure of a peptide‐binding domain of the Vibrio cholerae adhesin FrhA was solved by X‐ray crystallography, revealing how the inhibitory peptide AGYTD binds tightly at its Ca2+‐coordinated pocket. Structure‐guided design incorporating D‐amino acids enhanced binding affinity, providing a foundation for developing anti‐adhesion therapeutics ...
Mingyu Wang, Grace Du, Charity Yongo‐Luwawa, Angelina Lu, Brett Kinrade, Kim Munro, Karl E. Klose, William D. Lubell, Peter Davies, Shuaiqi Guo   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trends and Variation in End-of-Life Care for Medicare Beneficiaries With Severe Chronic Illness [PDF]

, 2011
Provides an updated analysis of regional and hospital variations in end-of-life care for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic illnesses, including percentage of hospital deaths, days in intensive care units, and physician labor per ...
Amos R. Esty, Chiang-hua Chang Phd, David C. Goodman, Elliott S. Fisher, Kristen K. Bronner   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Making co-enrolment feasible for randomised controlled trials in paediatric intensive care. [PDF]

, 2012
Enrolling children into several trials could increase recruitment and lead to quicker delivery of optimal care in paediatric intensive care units (PICU).
Ball, T, CATCH team,, Gamble, C, Gilbert, R, Harron, K, Lee, T, Macrae, D, Mok, Q   +7 more
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Resource Re-Allocation During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Suburban Hospital System: Implications for Outpatient Hip and Knee Arthroplasty [PDF]

, 2020
The COVID pandemic of 2020 has emerged as a global threat to patients, health care providers, and to the global economy. Owing to this particular novel and highly infectious strain of coronavirus, the rapid community spread and clinical severity of the ...
Meneghini, R. Michael
core   +2 more sources