Usefulness of Procalcitonin Levels for Predicting the Microbiological Orientation in Patients with Sepsis.

The main objective of the study was to verify whether levels of procalcitonin (PCT) could guide us toward determining the type of bacteria causing the sepsis and to identify the discriminatory cut-off point in the first urgent laboratory test. This study is a single center retrospective analysis that includes 371 patients with a mean age of 71.7 ± 15.

Racial and Ethnic Disparity in 4Ms among Older Adults Among Telehealth Users as Primary Care.

Telehealth has been widely accepted as an alternative to in-person primary care. This study examines whether the quality of primary care delivered via telehealth is equitable for older adults across racial and ethnic boundaries in provider-shortage urban settings. The study analyzed documentation of the 4Ms components (What Matters, Mobility, Medication, and Mentation) in relation to self-reported racial and ethnic backgrounds of 254 Medicare Advantage enrollees who used telehealth as their primary care modality in Southern Nevada from July 2021 through June 2022.

Characteristics and Outcomes of 21 Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19 in Washington State.

This case series describes the clinical presentation, characteristics, and outcomes of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) admitted to the intensive care unit at a public hospital in Washington State in February 2020, including initial reports of cardiomyopathy in one-third of the patients.

Chemical Isotope Labeling Exposome (CIL-EXPOSOME): One High-Throughput Platform for Human Urinary Global Exposome Characterization.

Human exposure to hundreds of chemicals, a primary component of the exposome, has been associated with many diseases. Urinary biomarkers of these chemicals are commonly monitored to quantify their exposure. However, because of low concentrations and the great variability in physicochemical properties of exposure biomarkers, exposome research has been limited by low-throughput and costly methods.