The therapeutic effect of levosimendan in patients with prolonged ventilator weaning and cardiac dysfunction.

Objective: To explore the therapeutic effect of levosimendan in patients with prolonged ventilator weaning and cardiac dysfunction.

Method: Patients with prolonged ventilator weaning and cardiac dysfunction were randomly allocated to receive conventional treatment (control group) or intravenous infusion of levosimendan for 24 h based on conventional treatment (levosimendan group). Weaning success rates were then compared between the two groups.

Characteristics of lymphocyte subsets and cytokine profiles of patients with COVID-19.

Background: Abnormalities of lymphocyte subsets and cytokine profiles have been observed in most patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Here, we explore the role of lymphocyte subsets and cytokines on hospital admission in predicting the severity of COVID-19.

Methods: This study included 214 patients with COVID-19 who were treated at Chongqing University Three Gorges Hospital from January 19, 2020 to April 30, 2020.

Expression of Inflammatory Factors in Critically Ill Patients with Urosepticemia and the Imaging Analysis of the Severity of the Disease.

Urine sepsis is a complex inflammatory response of the body to infection with a high fatality rate. It is one of the main causes of death in noncardiovascular intensive care units. Nevertheless, in daily clinical practice, early sepsis is often not detected.