Images in clinical medicine Pneumomediastinum diagnosed from a remote tele-ICU center? Keith Azevedo, Brian T. Wessman Abstract Background: The propagation of remote “telemedicine” has allowed intensivists (and other medical professions) to expand their ability to…
Images in clinical medicine Critical care medicine ocular emergency presentation: Can you see it? Brian T. Wessman, Stephanie Charshafian Abstract Introduction: Ocular emergencies are not a common presentation in the intensive care unit. Intensivists should have a broad…
Review Post-sternotomy mediastinitis: What the intensivist needs to know Santiago Herrero Abstract Deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) is a dreaded complication after cardiac surgery, which dramatically increases health costs, in…
Original Correlation between elevated TNF-α, syndecan-1, and urine IL-18 levels in acute kidney injury following on pump cardiac surgery Andi Adil, Setiawan P, Yan Efrata Sembiring, Budiono Abstract Objective: This study aims to determine the correlation between elevated tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and syndecan-1 with…
Original Clinical characteristics and outcomes of critically ill COVID-19 patients admitted to an Infectious Diseases Intensive Care Unit in Portugal António Martins, Margarida Mouro, João Caldas, André Silva-Pinto, Ana Sofia Santos, Sandra Xerinda, Alcina Ferreira, Paulo Figueiredo, António Sarmento, Lurdes Santos Abstract Objective: We aimed to describe the characteristics and outcomes of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) admitted to…
Case report Brain stem infarction as a complication of probable meningitis/encephalitis associated with COVID-19: A case report from Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara Ilsa Hunaifi, Karina Anindita, Elya Endriani, Sri Kartika Sari, Ririn Setyawati, Indah Widya Astuti, Sandra Yuliana Andini Putri, Zainul Muttaqin Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), firstly discovered in Wuhan, China, has spread globally and was declared by the World…
Case report A case report: Does amynophilline have opportunity in COVID-19 management? Anna Surgean Veterini, Lucky Andriyanto, Hamzah Abstract The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2), which causes…