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Pneumologie 2021 Apr 21. Epub 2021 Apr 21.

Klinikum Würzburg Mitte gGmbH, Standort Missioklinik, Medizinische Klinik mit Schwerpunkt Pneumologie & Beatmungsmedizin.

Despite growing experience due to increasing patient numbers, the intensive care treatment of patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia continues to be a particular challenge in individual cases, which may also therefore legitimize individualized therapeutic attempts. In this context, the so-called hyperinflammation syndrome characterized by a cytokine storm accompanied by a massive increase in inflammatory markers such as interleukin(IL)-6, represents such a situation. This case report describes the therapeutic approach of using the IL-6-specific antibody tocilizumab in combination with hemoadsorption therapy (CytoSorb) in a 58-year-old male patient with severe COVID-19 pneumonia. Read More

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 2021 Apr 20. Epub 2021 Apr 20.

Dipartimento di Scienze Cardiovascolari e Toraciche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery - Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy.

Aim: To summarize our experience on the implementation of a telemedicine service dedicated to adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) patients during the lockdown for the first wave of COVID-19.

Methods: This is a prospective study enrolling all ACHD patients who answered a questionnaire dedicated telematic cardiovascular examination.

Results: A total of 289 patients were enrolled, 133 (47%) were male, 25 (9%) were affected by a genetic syndrome. Read More

Gerontology 2021 Apr 21:1-9. Epub 2021 Apr 21.

Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Introduction: Dementia is one of the major causes of disability and dependency among older people worldwide. Alz-heimer's disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia among the elderly, has great impact on the health-care system of developed nations. Several risk factors are suggestive of an increased risk of AD, including APOE-ε4, male, age, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and low social engagement. Read More

Ann Thorac Surg 2021 Apr 18. Epub 2021 Apr 18.

Department of Cardiothoracic surgery, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

We present a case of a 74-year-old male patient, with a history of a squamous cell carcinoma in the left axilla. The patient underwent a multidisciplinary surgical resection through an extended forequarter amputation with thoracic wall resection and reconstruction. With regard to the complexity of the case, 3D virtual reality-based patient-specific reconstructions were used as a supplemental tool to conventional computed tomography-imaging in order to plan the procedure. Read More

J Burn Care Res 2021 Apr 21. Epub 2021 Apr 21.

Plastic Surgery Division, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo.

Background: Patients with great clinical impairment, due to extensive burns, need to be admitted to intensive care units, in these treatment sites, indices are used to classify the severity of patients. The aim of the study was to compare the accuracy of the FLAMES score in relation to the Acute Physiologic and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II), the Simplified Acute Physiologic Score II (SAPS II), the Logistic Organ Dysfunction System (LODS) and the Abbreviated Burn Severity Index (ABSI) applied to the severe burn patient facing mortality in an ICU of a reference center for burns in Brazil.

Methods: A retrospective study conducted in ICU comparing the accuracy the APACHE II, SAPS II, LODS, ABSI and FLAMES instruments were applied to all the selected medical records. Read More