Randomized Controlled Trial Investigating the Impact of High-Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen Therapy on Patients Undergoing Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Rectal Cancer Surgery, with a Post-Extubation Atelectasis as a Complication.

Background: Utilizing high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) oxygen therapy may prevent the collapse of alveoli and improve overall alveolar ventilation. In this study, we aimed to investigate the impact of HFNC on postoperative atelectasis in individuals undergoing robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery.

Methods: Patients undergoing robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer were randomly assigned to the control or HFNC groups.

[Electroacupuncture improves long-term survival of myocardial infarction mice by promoting myocardial angiogenesis and inhibiting ventricular remodeling].

Objective: To investigate the mechanism of electroacupuncture (EA) in improving the long-term survival rate of mice after myocardial infarction by promoting angiogenesis and inhibiting ventricular remodeling.

Methods: A total of 102 male C57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into sham operation, model and EA groups (=34 /group). The myocardial infarction model was established by permanent ligation of the anterior descending branch of the left coronary artery.

Validity of presepsin for the diagnosis and prognosis of sepsis in elderly patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit.

Background: Preliminary reports suggested that presepsin was a powerful biomarker for sepsis in a general population. However, presepsin levels change with age. This study aimed to investigate the diagnostic and prognostic value of presepsin among elderly patients with sepsis in the intensive care unit (ICU).