Daloni Carlisle looks at how technology is helping clinicians to detect sepsis earlier, something which is key to combating this often undetected killer.
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BMC Infect Dis
December 2024
National Cancer Institute, Maharagama, Sri Lanka.
Background: Mucormycosis, is a rare yet potentially life-threatening fungal infection common in immunocompromised patients. Despite optimal care, mucormycosis in haemato-oncological patients often results in poor outcomes. This case series details the presentations and unique challenges faced during the management of patients with acute myeloid leukemia who developed rhino-cerebral mucormycosis.
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December 2024
Laboratório de Emergências Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Septic shock is a complex syndrome characterized by signs of intense systemic inflammation and a profound dysregulation of the immune response. Large-scale gene expression analysis is a valuable tool in this scenario because sepsis affects various cellular components and signaling pathways. In this article, we provide an overview of the transcriptomic studies that investigated human sepsis from 2007 to 2024, highlighting their major contributions.
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December 2024
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Objective: To characterize the perioperative complications after ablative and reconstructive surgery in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) based on race.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of the 2015-2020 National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database. We compared the perioperative outcomes between White, Asian, Black, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and American Indian or Alaskan Native patients with bivariate analysis.
Artif Intell Med
November 2024
Centre for Antimicrobial Optimisation, Imperial College London, London, W12 0NN, UK; NIHR HPRU in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, Imperial College London, London, W12 0NN, UK; Department of Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Background: Blood-related infections are a significant concern in healthcare. They can lead to serious medical complications and even death if not promptly diagnosed and treated. Throughout time, medical research has sought to identify clinical factors and strategies to improve the management of these conditions.
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