Outcomes of non-COVID-19 critically ill patients with hematologic malignancies a 10-year single-center retrospective analysis.

We report the outcomes of patients with haematological malignancies admitted to ICUs and define pre-ICU prognostic factors for in-hospital mortality. In a retrospective, single-center study, we included all patients with haematologic malignancies admitted to ICUs between 2009 and 2019. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality.

Lung ultrasound is associated with distinct clinical phenotypes in COVID-19 ARDS: A retrospective observational study.

Background: ARDS is a heterogeneous syndrome with distinct clinical phenotypes. Here we investigate whether the presence or absence of large pulmonary ultrasonographic consolidations can categorize COVID-19 ARDS patients requiring mechanical ventilation into distinct clinical phenotypes.

Methods: This is a retrospective study performed in a tertiary-level intensive care unit in Israel between April and September 2020.

Extracorporal Membrane Oxygenation in Nonintubated Patients (Awake ECMO) With COVID-19 Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome: The Israeli Experience.

In this retrospective multicenter observational study, we describe the Israeli experience with veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV ECMO) for the treatment of COVID-19-induced severe adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), in which ECMO cannulation was done while the patients were awake and spontaneously breathing without endotracheal tube, namely "awake ECMO." We enrolled all adult patients with severe ARDS due to COVID-19, treated with VV ECMO between March 1, 2020, and November 30, 2021, in which cannulation was done while the patient was awake and spontaneously breathing. During the study period, 365 COVID-19 ARDS patients were treated with VV ECMO.

The Influences of Illumination Regime on Egg-laying Rhythms of Honey Bee Queens.

Honey bee queens show extreme fecundity, commonly laying more than a thousand eggs in a single day. It has proven challenging to study the temporal organization of egg-laying behavior because queens are typically active around the clock in the dark cavity of a densely populated nest. To contend with this challenge, we developed two novel methods allowing detailed monitoring of queen activity and egg laying.

Point of Care Lung Ultrasound Injury Score-A simple and reliable assessment tool in COVID-19 patients (PLIS I): A retrospective study.

Background: In COVID-19 patients, lung ultrasound is superior to chest radiograph and has good agreement with computerized tomography to diagnose lung pathologies. Most lung ultrasound protocols published to date are complex and time-consuming. We describe a new illustrative Point-of-care ultrasound Lung Injury Score (PLIS) to help guide the care of patients with COVID-19 and assess if the PLIS would be able to predict COVID-19 patients' clinical course.

Real time wire localization by ultrasound during central line insertion improves accurate positioning in all upper torso sites.

Purpose: To investigate whether point of care ultrasound can improve central venous catheter tip positioning.

Material And Methods: A single center retrospective case control study. We compared the precision of central venous catheter tip positioning between two intensive care units while in only one of the units, we used point of care ultrasound for guidewire identification.

Central venous catheter insertion- guidewire migration ratio: Right heart to inferior vena cava.

Background: Central Venous Catheters (CVC) are being used in both intensive care units and general wards for multiple purposes. A previous study Galante et al. (2017) observed that during CVC insertion through Subclavian Vein (SCV) or the Internal Jugular Vein (IJV) the guidewire is sometimes advanced to the Inferior Vena Cava (IVC), and at other times to the right atrium.

Accurate positioning of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannulas using real-time trans-thoracic echocardiography.

In this retrospective observational case series, we aimed to evaluate the use of real-time trans-thoracic echocardiography in accurate positioning of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannulas. Patients admitted to the intensive care unit with severe adult respiratory distress syndrome in need for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation were screened. Twenty-one extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannulas were inserted in 10 patients, and 95% of the cannulas were located exactly at the vena cava-right atria junction as planned.

Single-Operator Ultrasound-Guided Central Venous Catheter Insertion Verifies Proper Tip Placement.

Objectives: To evaluate whether a single-operator ultrasound-guided, right-sided, central venous catheter insertion verifies proper placement and shortens time to catheter utilization.

Design: Prospective observational study with historical controls.

Setting: Adult ICUs.

A new admission method may select applicants with a distinct personality profile.

Background: There is little data to suggest that a specific admission method can select students with a distinct personality profile. We have recently introduced a new admission process that combines a computerized personality test, with a single interview. The purpose of the current study was to find whether the new method selects applicants with a different personality profile and attitudes compared with the previous method.

A Burkholderia pseudomallei Infection Imported from Eritrea to Israel.

Although it has been predicted that melioidosis is probably endemic in the Horn of Africa, no confirmed cases have ever been detected in the region. We have recently isolated Burkholderia pseudomallei from an Eritrean patient in Israel. The isolate was assigned a novel multilocus sequence type (ST-1479).

Admission cell free DNA levels predict 28-day mortality in patients with severe sepsis in intensive care.

Aim: The aim of the current study is to assess the mortality prediction accuracy of circulating cell-free DNA (CFD) level at admission measured by a new simplified method.

Materials And Methods: CFD levels were measured by a direct fluorescence assay in severe sepsis patients on intensive care unit (ICU) admission. In-hospital and/or twenty eight day all-cause mortality was the primary outcome.

[Atrial fibrillation in medical intensive care unit patients: characteristics and consequences].

Background: There is scarcity of data on atrial fibrillation (AF) prevalence and outcomes in critically ill patients admitted to the non-cardiac Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Aim: The purpose of our study was to prospectively assess the incidence, risk factors and prognosis of new onset atrial fibrillation in a medical non-cardiac ICU population.

Methods: A prospective single center observational study was conducted in an 8-bed adult Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU).

Comparison of diabetic ketoacidosis in patients with type-1 and type-2 diabetes mellitus.

Background: Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) occurs most often in patients with type 1 diabetes, however patients with type 2 diabetes are also susceptible to DKA under stressful conditions. The aims of our study were to evaluate and compare the clinical and biochemical characteristics and outcomes of type 1 versus type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients with DKA.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study of adult patients hospitalized with DKA between January 1, 2003, and January 1, 2010.