Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Jiao Huang, Jiang-tao Yang, Jing-chen Liu
Summary: This meta-analysis evaluates the association between door-to-antibiotic time (each hour of delay) and mortality in sepsis. Each hour of delay in antibiotic administration is associated with increased odds of mortality.
POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Critical Care Medicine
Alice Blet, Joel B. McNeil, Julie Josse, Bernard Cholley, Raphael Cinotti, Gad Cotter, Agnes Dauvergne, Beth Davison, Kevin Duarte, Jacques Duranteau, Marie-Celine Fournier, Etienne Gayat, Samir Jaber, Sigismond Lasocki, Thomas Merkling, Katell Peoc'h, Imke Mayer, Malha Sadoune, Pierre-Francois Laterre, Romain Sonneville, Lorraine Ware, Alexandre Mebazaa, Antoine Kimmoun
Summary: The study aimed to evaluate the association between in-ICU red blood cells transfusion and 1-year mortality among critical care survivors. The results showed a high incidence of in-ICU RBC transfusion and its association with a higher 1-year mortality among ICU survivors.
Article
Critical Care Medicine
Yu Namikata, Yoshinori Matsuoka, Jiro Ito, Ryutaro Seo, Yasukazu Hijikata, Takahiro Itaya, Kenjiro Ouchi, Haruka Nishida, Yosuke Yamamoto, Koichi Ariyoshi
Summary: In Japan, ICU admissions during off-hours were associated with lower in-hospital mortality, contrary to expectations, suggesting a potential imbalance between ICU staffing and workload during office hours. Further research comparing with other countries is needed in the future.
JOURNAL OF INTENSIVE CARE
(2022)
Review
Ophthalmology
Hanlin Chen, Aiming Chen, Shibin Wang, Minjie Zou, Charlotte Aimee Young, Danying Zheng, Guangming Jin
Summary: This study found a significant association between dry eye disease and migraine. Patients with migraine are more prone to suffer from dry eye disease, and the strength of association varies among different populations.
Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Yue-Yan Yu, Bo-Wen Zhao, Lan Ma, Xiao-Ce Dai
Summary: The study found that out-of-hour admission is associated with increased short- and long-term mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction. The results indicate that out-of-hour admission may increase the risk of death in AMI patients.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2021)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Mingming Liang, Min Min, Xianwei Guo, Qiuxia Song, Hao Wang, Ning Li, Wanying Su, Qiwei Liang, Xiuxiu Ding, Pengpeng Ye, Leilei Duan, Yehuan Sun
Summary: The study found a significant association between increases in ambient temperature and the risk of road traffic accidents and injuries, further adding to our understanding of the impact of ambient temperature on road traffic safety.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Chi-Ya Huang, Chi-Chen Yang, Kuo-Chuan Hung, Ming-Yan Jiang, Yun-Ting Huang, Jyh-Chang Hwang, Chih-Chieh Hsieh, Min-Hsiang Chuang, Jui-Yi Chen
Summary: There is an association between serum magnesium levels and mortality in dialysis patients. Hypomagnesemia may be a significant risk factor for all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality in kidney replacement therapy patients, particularly in those receiving hemodialysis.
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Samantha Toh, Chengsi Ong, Rehena Sultana, Angela Hui Ping Kirk, Janine Cynthia Koh, Jan Hau Lee
Summary: This systematic review found no association between PICU admission BMI status and outcomes in critically ill children. Further investigation with standardized nutritional status classification on admission, stratified by patient subgroups, is needed to clarify the association between nutritional status and clinical outcomes of PICU patients.
CLINICAL NUTRITION
(2021)
Review
Oncology
Renjie Zhang, Yu Zhang, Zheran Liu, Yiyan Pei, Ping Xu, Weelic Chong, Yang Hai, Ling He, Yan He, Jiayi Yu, Jingjing Wang, Fang Fang, Xingchen Peng
Summary: This systematic review and meta-analysis found that vitamin D supplementation could not reduce cancer mortality or incidence, suggesting a need for reevaluation of previous beliefs.
Review
Critical Care Medicine
Yannick Hourmant, Arnaud Mailloux, Sandrine Valade, Virginie Lemiale, Elie Azoulay, Michael Darmon
Summary: The study found that early ICU admission is associated with decreased mortality in the general ICU population and in critically ill cancer patients through systematic review and meta-analysis. However, the results were obtained from studies with high risk of bias and significant heterogeneity was noted.
JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE
(2021)
Article
Critical Care Medicine
Weipeng Huang, Hui Xiang, Chang Hu, Tong Wu, Dandan Zhang, Siqing Ma, Bo Hu, Jianguo Li
Summary: This observational study investigated the relationship between capillary refill time (CRT) during early ICU admission and microvascular flow alteration and outcome in critically ill patients. The study found that prolonged CRT was associated with abnormal microcirculation and increased mortality.
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yeongin Jung, Kihun Kim, Sang Tae Choi, Jin Mo Kang, Noo Ree Cho, Dai Sik Ko, Yun Hak Kim
Summary: This study conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the association between the age of surgeons and surgical outcomes. The findings suggest that surgeries performed by older surgeons have a higher risk of postoperative mortality, while no significant differences were observed in major morbidity and subgroup analyses. This highlights the importance of employing a multidisciplinary approach to evaluate the performance of senior surgeons.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Review
Critical Care Medicine
Helene Vallet, Gabriele Leonie Schwarz, Hans Flaatten, Dylan W. de Lange, Bertrand Guidet, Agnes Dechartres
Summary: This systematic review of mortality and factors associated with mortality in older patients admitted to ICU found significant heterogeneity in the studies, with considerable variation in mortality rates and influencing factors.
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
(2021)
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Maribel Luceron-Lucas-Torres, Alicia Saz-Lara, Ana Diez-Fernandez, Irene Martinez-Garcia, Vicente Martinez-Vizcaino, Ivan Cavero-Redondo, Celia Alvarez-Bueno
Summary: The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to examine the association between wine consumption and cardiovascular mortality, CVD, and CHD, and analyze the influence of personal and study factors. A total of 25 studies were included in the review, and the meta-analysis showed that wine consumption was inversely associated with the risk of CHD (RR=0.76), CVD (RR=0.83) and cardiovascular mortality (RR=0.73). Age, female proportion, and follow-up time did not affect this association. However, caution is needed when interpreting these findings as increasing wine intake may be harmful to certain individuals.
Review
Immunology
Szabolcs Kiss, Noemi Gede, Peter Hegyi, David Nemeth, Maria Foldi, Fanni Dembrovszky, Bettina Nagy, Mark Felix Juhasz, Klementina Ocskay, Noemi Zadori, Zsolt Molnar, Andrea Parniczky, Peter Jeno Hegyi, Zsolt Szakacs, Gabriella Par, Balint Eross, Hussain Alizadeh
Summary: The early changes in laboratory parameters of COVID-19 patients are closely related to clinical outcomes, with certain parameters serving as prognostic indicators. Timely identification of laboratory abnormalities in patients with higher risk of mortality can guide therapeutic decisions effectively.
MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
(2021)