Clinical characteristics and hematological parameters associated with disease severity in COVID-19 positive pregnant women undergoing cesarean section: A single-center experience.

Aim: The study aimed to describe clinical characteristics and outcomes of pregnant women with COVID-19 undergoing cesarean section, and evaluated the association of blood values at admission with severe COVID-19 disease in this group of patients.

Method: We retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 110 patients infected with COVID-19 who underwent cesarean section at Adana City Education and Research Hospital in Turkey. The COVID-19 severity of the patients was classified as either severe or nonsevere disease according to World Health Organization of COVID-19 clinical management guidance.

SAPS III or APACHE IV: Which score to choose for acute trauma patients in intensive care unit?

Background: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS) III and the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) IV in the prediction of in-hospital mortality in surviving multi-trauma patients.

Methods: This study was conducted in the 13-bed intensive care unit (ICU) of a tertiary hospital. A retrospective review of multi-trauma patients whose care was managed in the ICU was performed.

Determination of colistin-related nephrotoxicity and risk factors in intensive care unit.

Objective: Colistin is a cationic polypeptide antibiotic with a cyclic structure that belongs to the polymyxin group. It was banned from clinical use because of its significant renal side effects, such as nephrotoxicity. However, the administration of colistin has recently been initiated again in the treatment of multi-drug resistant pathogens, such as Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.