Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute
May 10, 2025
BACKGROUND: Blood stream infection (BSI) represent a life-threatening condition. Thus, we aimed to investigate the role of procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) tests in adult febrile patients with BSI and other clinical infections in hosp...
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
Apr 3, 2025
BACKGROUND: Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) poses a significant global health risk due to its high case fatality rates (24%-88%) and the diagnostic challenges posed by its nonspecific early symptoms, which overlap with other febrile illnesses like malari...
BACKGROUND: Labor anesthesia is commonly used for pain relief during labor, but it can increase the risk of intrapartum fever. Currently, there are no reliable tools to predict which parturients might develop fever before labor anesthesia. The predic...
Early diagnosis of Kawasaki disease (KD) allows timely treatment to be initiated, thereby preventing coronary artery aneurysms in children. However, it is challenging due to the subjective nature of the diagnostic criteria. This study aims to develop...
BACKGROUND: Postoperative fever (POF) is a common occurrence in patients undergoing major surgery, presenting challenges and burdens for both patients and surgeons yet. This study endeavors to examine the incidence, identify risk factors, and establi...
BACKGROUND: Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute pediatric vasculitis that can lead to coronary artery aneurysms and severe cardiovascular complications, often presenting with obvious fever in the early stages. In current clinical practice, distinguishi...
The American journal of emergency medicine
Sep 2, 2024
BACKGROUND: Despite advancements in antimicrobial therapies, bacteremia remains a life-threatening condition. Appropriate antimicrobials must be promptly administered to ensure patient survival. However, diagnosing bacteremia based on blood cultures ...
Infection post-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is one of the main causes of patient mortality. Fever is the most crucial clinical symptom indicating infection. However, current microbial detection methods are limited. Therefore, timely...
: John Cunningham polyomavirus (JCPyV) is a highly prevalent virus in the human population. The prevalence of JCPyV in patients with central nervous system disorders has not been examined extensively. The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalen...
This paper provides an overview of current robot-assisted high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) systems for image-guided therapies. HIFU is a minimally invasive technique that relies on the thermo-mechanical effects of focused ultrasound waves to ...
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