Troponin I as a Predictor of Transcranial Doppler Sonography Defined Vasospasm in Intensive Care Unit Patients After Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.

Objective: Elevation of Troponin I (TnI) in spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) patients is a well-known phenomenon and associated with cardiopulmonary complications and poor outcome. The present study was conducted to investigate the association of the TnI value on admission, and the occurrence of cerebral vasospam in SAH patients.

Patients And Methods: A total of 142 patients with SAH, who were admitted to the neurosurgical intensive care unit (ICU) between December 2014 and January 2021 were evaluated.

Serum Urea-to-Albumin Ratio Is an Independent Predictor of Intra-Hospital Mortality in Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit Patients with Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage.

Unlabelled: The negative prognostic value of an increased serum urea-to-albumin ratio on intra-hospital mortality is frequently investigated in general critically ill patients and patients with septic shock, although not in neurosurgical patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhages (ICH). The current study was conducted to investigate the impact of the serum urea-to-albumin ratio upon hospital admission on intra-hospital mortality in ICU-admitted neurosurgical patients with spontaneous ICH.

Methods: This retrospective study analyzed 354 ICH patients, who were treated from 10/2008 to 12/2017 at our intensive care units (ICU).

Fibrinogen to Albumin Ratio as Early Serum Biomarker for Prediction of Intra-Hospital Mortality in Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit Patients with Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage.

Background: The prognostic value of the fibrinogen to albumin ratio on intrahospital mortality has been investigated in patients with cardiovascular disease, cancer, sepsis, and ischemic stroke; however, it has not been investigated for neurosurgical patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). The present study investigates the impact of the fibrinogen to albumin ratio upon admission for intrahospital mortality in neurosurgical intensive care unit (ICU) patients with spontaneous ICH. Methods: A total of 198 patients with diagnosis of spontaneous ICH treated from 10/2008 to 12/2017 at our ICU were retrospectively analyzed.

Elite athletes as research model: vitamin D insufficiency associates with elevated central blood pressure in professional handball athletes.

Purpose: Low vitamin D levels have been associated with elevated blood pressure in the general population. Prospective studies, however, have produced conflicting evidence about the blood pressure-lowering effects of vitamin D supplementation. Cardiorespiratory fitness may modulate the vitamin D-blood pressure association.

Impact of Vascular Function on Maximum Power Output in Elite Handball Athletes.

: To evaluate vascular function and its relationship to cardiorespiratory fitness in professional handball athletes. : We examined 30 male professional handball athletes (age 27 ± 4 y) and 10 male sedentary controls (age 26 ± 5 y) at rest. The workup included exercise testing via ergometry.