Case report A fatal case of cerebral oedema and myocarditis associated with secondary dengue infection Saw Kian Cheah, Raha Abdul Rahman, Aliza Mohamad Yusof, Shereen Suet Ping Tang, Kamal-Bashar Abu Bakar Abstract Background: Secondary dengue infection (SDI), in the form of two sequential infections by different serotypes, will lead to…
Original Blood plasma plasmalogens and fatty acids in multiple organ dysfunction syndrome Alexander N. Osipenko, Alexei V. Marochkov Abstract Introduction: Changes in fatty acid composition as well as in a level of blood plasma plasmalogens in cases…
Original The effect of selective COX-2 inhibitor on blood glutamate in moderate traumatic brain injury Dewi Yulianti Bisri, Zafrulah Arifin, Ike Sri Redjeki, Heni Listianto, Tatang Bisri Abstract Head injury is the leading cause of death and disability in adolescence, children and the elderly. Post-traumatic brain…
Original Albumin level as a predictor of shock and recurrent shock in children with dengue hemorrhagic fever Suryadi Nicolaas Napoleon Tatura, Priscilla Kalensang, Jose Meky Mandei, Sitti Wahyuni, Irawan Yusuf, Dasril Daud Abstract Background: The severity of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) can be seen from bleeding and plasma leakage manifestations. Albumin…
Commentary Three years after the REDOXS study: What we have learned in the use of glutamine in ICU patients? Alberto Leguina-Ruzzi, Marcial Cariqueo, Ricardo Gálvez Abstract Critical illness has been associated with glutamine (Gln) plasma levels depletion and its supplementation is related with better…
Three years after the REDOXS study: What we have learned in the use of glutamine in ICU patients?