Medicinal Plants Facilitate the Recovery of Diabetic Foot Ulcer by Regulating Macrophages: Latest Evidence and Insights.

Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU) is a major complication of diabetes that mostly affects the lower extremities, with a high incidence and recurrence rate in approximately 15% of patients with diabetes. The complexity of diabetic wounds poses a substantial challenge for clinical recovery, underscoring the need to investigate novel therapeutic approaches. Medicinal plants have been used to treat ulcers for centuries.

Incidence and factors associated with dysphagia in intensive care unit patients 24 h after extubation.

Background: Post-extubation dysphagia deserves attention because it places patients at risk following extubation, especially critically ill patients in intensive care unit. However, there are limited studies of post-extubation dysphagia in the early stages after extubation.

Aim: To investigate the incidence and factors associated with post-extubation dysphagia among patients in intensive care unit within 24 h of extubation.

Effects of Glucose Variability on Short-Term Outcomes in Non-Diabetic Patients After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Retrospective Observational Study.

Background: Postoperative hyperglycaemia has been shown to have adverse effects on patients after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG). However, whether glucose variability has an effect on patients' outcomes is still uncertain. The aim of this study is to explore the effects of glucose variability on short-term outcomes in non-diabetic patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.