Dexamethasone Versus Placebo in Comatose Survivors of Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Study Protocol for a Multicenter Randomized Comparison Within the Danish Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest Trial (DANOHCA) [PDF]
ABSTRACT Background The inflammatory response to whole‐body ischemia, as seen in comatose survivors after out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Early high‐dose dexamethasone may dampen the inflammatory response, which may diminish secondary brain damage and other organ injury and decrease mortality.
Jo B. Andreasen +12 more
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Diabetic Foot Ulceration in Dialysis‐Dependent End‐Stage Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review of Epidemiology, Clinical Outcomes and Mortality Risk [PDF]
ABSTRACT Background Diabetic foot ulceration (DFU) and lower limb complications are highly prevalent in people with end‐stage kidney disease (ESKD), particularly those receiving dialysis; however, the overall burden and outcomes remain incompletely characterised.
J. Z. M. Lim +7 more
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Population Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Paracetamol in Malaysian Patients With Plasmodium knowlesi Malaria [PDF]
ABSTRACT Paracetamol may improve renal function in patients with severe Plasmodium knowlesi malaria, particularly in those with acute kidney injury and hemolysis, via inhibition of cell‐free hemoglobin mediated oxidative kidney damage. We developed a population pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) model to assess effects of paracetamol on creatinine,
Thanaporn Wattanakul +12 more
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Impact of Prior Angiotensin‐Converting Enzyme Inhibitor and Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker Use on Delirium Incidence in ICU Patients: A Retrospective Study [PDF]
ABSTRACT Background and Aims This investigation aimed at exploring the impact that the pre‐existing use of angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) has on the incidence of delirium in patients within the intensive care unit (ICU).
Zhe Li +4 more
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Effects of Egg White Powder Supplementation on Nutritional Status, Biochemical Profile, and Oxidative Stress Markers in Diabetic Hemodialysis Patients; A Double‐Blind Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Protein‐energy wasting (PEW) and oxidative stress (OS) frequently occur as complications in patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD), especially among those diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Egg white powder (EWP) is a low‐phosphorus, high‐ biological value protein source that may help improve nutritional and ...
Arvin Babaei +4 more
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Diagnostic and prognostic ability of urinary NGAL in patients with cirrhosis and AKI. Abstract Background and Aims Acute kidney injury (AKI) commonly occurs in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. Urinary neutrophil gelatinase–associated lipocalin (uNGAL) could help discriminate between different etiologies of AKI.
Carmine Gambino +14 more
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Abstract Cardiovascular disease is a leading complication after both liver and kidney transplantation. Factors associated with and rates of cardiovascular events (CVEs) after simultaneous liver–kidney transplant (SLKT) are unknown. This was a retrospective cohort study of adult SLKT recipients between 2002 and 2017 at six centers in six United Network ...
Jennifer Jo +19 more
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Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global public health problem. In Brazil, the incidence and prevalence rates of dialysis CKD progressively increase, but the transition process is a challenge for patients and caregivers in coping with the ...
Luciana Adorno Sattin Rodrigues (12972853) +2 more
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Fast-RRT: A RRT-Based Optimal Path Finding Method [PDF]
As a sampling-based pathfinding algorithm, Rapidly Exploring Random Trees (RRT) has been widely used in motion planning problems due to the ability to find a feasible path quickly. However, the RRT algorithm still has several shortcomings, such as the large variance in the search time, poor performance in narrow channel scenarios, and being far from ...
Zhenping Wu +3 more
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Parallelizing RRT on distributed-memory architectures [PDF]
This paper addresses the problem of improving the performance of the Rapidly-exploring Random Tree (RRT) algorithm by parallelizing it. For scalability reasons we do so on a distributed-memory architecture, using the message-passing paradigm.
Devaurs, Didier +5 more
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