Glutamine enteral therapy for critically ill adult patients: An updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and trial sequential analysis.

Background: The efficacy of supplemental enteral glutamine (GLN) in critical illness patients remains uncertainty.

Objective: Based on a recently published large-scale randomized controlled trials (RCTs) as regards the use of enteral GLN, we updated a meta-analysis of RCTs for further investigating the effects of enteral GLN administration in critically ill patients.

Methods: We searched RCTs reporting the impact of supplemental enteral GLN about clinical outcomes in adult critical illness patients from EMBASE, PubMed, Clinical Trials.

Cardiac arrest secondary to pulmonary embolism treated with extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Six case reports.

Background: Massive pulmonary embolism (PE) results in extremely high mortality rates. Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) can provide circulatory and oxygenation support and rescue patients with massive PE. However, there are relatively few studies of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) in patients with cardiac arrest (CA) secondary to PE.

The outcome of IV vitamin C therapy in patients with sepsis or septic shock: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Background: To update a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and further explore the outcome of IV vitamin C (IVVC) administration in sepsis or septic shock patients.

Methods: This study is a meta-analysis of RCTs. The RCTs of vitamin C therapy in sepsis or septic shock were searched in PubMed, EMBASE and Clinical Trials.

Acute myocardial necrosis caused by aconitine poisoning: A case report.

Background: Herbal medicine has a long history of use in the prevention and treatment of disease and is becoming increasingly popular globally. However, there are also widespread concerns about its safety. Among them, the cardiotoxicity of aconitine has been described.