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CuddleCard: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of providing financial support to low-income mothers of preterm infants on parental caregiving in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)

Margaret McConnell, Alya Alsager, Plyce Fuchu, Shrivaths Sriprasad et al. • BMC Pediatrics (2025)

Abstract Background Preterm birth is a leading cause of childhood mortality and developmental disabilities, with persistent socioeconomic disparities in incidence and outcomes. Maternal presence during prolonged neonatal intensive care unit...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12887-025-05621-9

Discharge preparation experiences of intergenerational caregivers for premature infants in China’s NICU: a qualitative study

Yan Zhang, Ling Jiang, Jinyu Zhu, Sijia Shen et al. • BMJ Paediatrics Open (2026)

Background Proper discharge preparation by family caregivers is essential for improving the growth and development of preterm infants and lowering their readmission rates. Within China’s unique family cultural context, intergenerational car...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjpo-2026-004695 PMC: PMC13691880

Ethical and social implications of approaching death prediction in humans - when the biology of ageing meets existential issues

Marie Gaille, Marco Araneda, Clément Dubost, Clémence Guillermain et al. • BMC Medical Ethics (2020)

Abstract Background The discovery of biomarkers of ageing has led to the development of predictors of impending natural death and has paved the way for personalised estimation of the risk of death in the general population. This study inten...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12910-020-00502-5

Impact of a Nursing Strategy for Mechanical Ventilation Liberation on Patients' Outcomes

Manal Mohamed Ahmed Ayed, Nagwa Ibrahim Abbas Ghoneim, Fatma Shoeib Ali Abd Elraheim, Hala A. Abdelrahman • Egyptian Journal of Health Care (2025)

Background:  Successful liberation from mechanical ventilation is a critical milestone in intensive care, facilitating patient recovery and reducing the risk of ventilator-associated complications. Optimizing this process requires structure...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2025.417302

Multiple organ failure in the newborn: the point of view of the pathologist

Clara Gerosa, Eleonora Obinu, Daniela Fanni, Rossano Ambu et al. • Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine (2014)

One of the most severe events occurring in critically ill patients admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) center is represented by the multiple organ failure (MOF), a systemic inflammatory response leading to a progressive organ ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.7363/030265

Association of triglyceride glucose-body roundness index and body roundness index with incident sarcopenia among Chinese older adults: A nationwide cohort study

Yu -Yang Ma, Hai-Yan Li, Ruo-Nan Yao, Gong Cheng et al. • Experimental Gerontology (2025)

Background: The relationship between TyG-BRI, BRI, and the sarcopenia definition proposed by the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS) in 2019 remains unclear. This research focused on exploring the relationship between the TyG-BRI inde...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2025.112946

Neurological Manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Protocol for a Sub-analysis of the COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium Observational Study

Denise Battaglini, Denise Battaglini, Lavienraj Premraj, Lavienraj Premraj et al. • Frontiers in Medicine (2022)

IntroductionNeurological manifestations and complications in coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) patients are frequent. Prior studies suggested a possible association between neurological complications and fatal outcome, as well as the exis...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.930217

Inspiratory pressure waveform influences time to failure, respiratory muscle fatigue, and metabolism during resistive breathing

Mathias Krogh Poulsen, Stephen E. Rees, John Hansen, Andrew J. T. Stevenson et al. • Physiological Reports (2023)

Abstract Increased ventilatory work beyond working capacity of the respiratory muscles can induce fatigue, resulting in limited respiratory muscle endurance (Tlim). Previous resistive breathing investigations all applied square wave inspira...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.14814/phy2.15668

The influence of patient characteristics on the alarm rate in intensive care units: a retrospective cohort study

Zeena-Carola Sinno, Denys Shay, Jochen Kruppa, Sophie A.I. Klopfenstein et al. • Scientific Reports (2022)

Abstract Intensive care units (ICU) are often overflooded with alarms from monitoring devices which constitutes a hazard to both staff and patients. To date, the suggested solutions to excessive monitoring alarms have remained on a research...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-26261-4

The relationship between informatics competency and clinical competency in nurses working in intensive care units: A Cross-sectional Study in Northeast Iran

Fatemeh Tahmasbi, Khadijeh Yazdi, Navisa Sadat Seyedghasemi, Shohreh Kolagari • Journal of Research Development in Nursing and Midwifery (2024)

Background: The use of information technology improves the competency of nurses at the bedside. This study was conducted to determine the relationship between informatics competency and clinical competency in nurses working in intensive car...

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Mortality trends among hospitalised COVID-19 patients in Sweden: A nationwide observational cohort study

Kristoffer Strålin, Erik Wahlström, Sten Walther, Anna M Bennet-Bark et al. • The Lancet Regional Health. Europe (2021)

Background: It is important to know if mortality among hospitalised COVID-19 patients has changed as the pandemic has progressed. The aim of this study was to describe the dynamics over time of mortality among patients hospitalised for COVI...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100054

Why do healthcare professionals fail to escalate as per the early warning system (EWS) protocol? A qualitative evidence synthesis of the barriers and facilitators of escalation

S. M. O’Neill, B. Clyne, M. Bell, A. Casey et al. • BMC Emergency Medicine (2021)

Abstract Background Early warning systems (EWSs) are used to assist clinical judgment in the detection of acute deterioration to avoid or reduce adverse events including unanticipated cardiopulmonary arrest, admission to the intensive care ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12873-021-00403-9

Chimeric antigen receptor T‐cell therapy: Challenges and framework of outpatient administration

Katie S. Gatwood, Bhagirathbhai R. Dholaria, Mariana Lucena, Brittney Baer et al. • eJHaem (2022)

Abstract Adoptive cellular therapy has made a landmark change within the treatment paradigm of several hematologic malignancies, and novel cellular therapy products, such as chimeric antigen receptor T‐cell therapy (CART), have demonstrated...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/jha2.333

Epidemiology of Drowning Incidents among Children at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital Oman

Niranjan Lal Jeswani, Muhammad Faisal Khilji, Syed Rizvi, Abdullah Al Reesi • Oman Medical Journal (2021)

Objectives: We sought to study the epidemiology of drowning among children reported at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital in Oman. Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of the patients who presented to the emergency department with a h...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5001/omj.2021.104

The Utilization of Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) for the Confirmation of Gastric and Post-Pyloric Feeding Tube Placement in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Alonso Marron, Michael Wolf, Marla Levine, Jeremy Boyd et al. • POCUS Journal (2025)

The aim of this study was to investigate the role of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) as an alternative imaging modality to confirm the location of gastric and post-pyloric feeding tubes in patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.24908/pocusj.v10i01.17785

Activation of Coagulation and Fibrinolysis in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: a Prospective Pilot Study

Agnese Ozolina, Agnese Ozolina, Marina Sarkele, Marina Sarkele et al. • Frontiers in Medicine (2016)

Introduction: Coagulation and fibrinolysis remain sparsely addressed with regards to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). We hypothesized that ARDS development might be associated with changes in plasma coagulation and fibrinolysis. ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2016.00064

Clinical characteristics of and risk factors for secondary bloodstream infection after pneumonia among patients infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Fangfang Huang, Ting Shen, Xin Hai, Huiqing Xiu et al. • Heliyon (2022)

Purpose: To investigate the clinical features and risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pneumonia (MP) with secondary MRSA bloodstream infections (MRSA-BSI) (termed MP-BSI) compared with MP alone and to study t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11978

Immunogenic cell death-related macrophage gene model for prognostic prediction in glioblastoma

Yiming Mao, Ting Li, Wenqiang Lu, Chunhong Li et al. • Discover Oncology (2025)

Abstract Glioblastoma (GBM) is an extremely aggressive and diverse type of brain tumor that is associated with a poor prognosis. Immunogenic cell death (ICD) is a particular form of cellular demise that is closely linked to antineoplastic i...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1007/s12672-025-03557-1

Dynamic Monitoring of Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Receptor Antibody and Extraocular Muscle Thickness: A Clinical Risk Stratification Model for Recurrence Risk Post-Glucocorticoid Therapy in TED Patients

Li Y, Yang X, Hu S • International Journal of General Medicine (2026)

Yaling Li, Xiuhong Yang, Shuli Hu Department of Intensive Care Unit, Wuhan No. 1 Hospital, Wuhan, 430022, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Shuli Hu, Department of Intensive Care Unit, Wuhan No. 1 Hospital, No. 215 Zhongshan Avenue,...

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