Single-use versus multiple-use endotracheal suction catheters flushed with chlorhexidine in mechanically ventilated ICU patients: A study protocol of a feasibility randomized controlled trial with an embedded qualitative study.

Background: Endotracheal suction catheters are often used multiple times during endotracheal suctioning procedures in resource-limited intensive care units (ICU). The impact of this practice on mechanically ventilated patients' outcomes remains unclear.

Aim: The aim of this feasibility randomized controlled trial (fRCT) is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of single-use versus multiple-use endotracheal suction catheters flushed with chlorhexidine in mechanically ventilated ICU patients.

Current Practices and Perceptions of Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Guided Liver Surgery: Insights from a Survey of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgeons in the United Kingdom.

Indocyanine Green (ICG) fluorescence-guided surgery (I-FIGS) is increasingly being used in hepato-pancreatico-biliary (HPB) surgery. However, the true benefit of I-FIGS, the optimum dosing, and the timing of ICG administration still need to be determined. To conduct future research studies in the above areas, it is essential to understand the current I-FIGS practices among surgeons.

Compartmentalized HIV-1 reservoir in intestinal monocytes/macrophages on antiretroviral therapy.

Background: The persistence of latently infected cells prevents a cure of HIV. The intestinal mucosa contains numerous target cells, and high levels of HIV-1 DNA persist in this compartment under ART. While CD4+ T cells are the best characterized reservoir of HIV-1, the role of long-lived intestinal macrophages in HIV-1 persistence on ART remains controversial.