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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2020-102736 | DOI Listing |
Background: Patients who have been treated in intensive care units (ICUs) display a multitude of physical, cognitive, and/or mental impairments that are collectively called post-intensive care syndrome (PICS). People with PICS have difficulty returning to everyday life.
Methods: In this narrative review, we present epidemiologic data, risk factors, and approaches to the prevention and treatment of PICS, along with the evidence supporting them.
Cureus
August 2025
Department of Internal Medicine, Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, USA.
An electrical storm (ES) represents one of cardiology's most formidable and life-threatening crises, marked by relentless ventricular arrhythmias within a 24-hour period. While stimulant cardiotoxicity is an escalating concern, the devastating role of methamphetamine in triggering refractory ES and its deleterious outcomes in advanced cardiomyopathy, particularly within the critical care setting, remains profoundly underreported and poorly understood. We present the urgent case of a 44-year-old male with end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy and chronic, heavy methamphetamine abuse, who spiraled into incessant ventricular tachycardia (VT) storm following acute methamphetamine use.
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May 2025
Department of Supportive Care, Division of Palliative Care, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
Background: Serious illness communication skills (SICS) are essential competencies for clinicians to possess. Unfortunately, SICS teaching is not routinely taught and many clinician teachers (CTs) never received training on how to teach them. We funded two cohorts of CTs to learn an evidence-based approach to SICS teaching to scale a unified approach to such training.
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August 2025
Department of Radiotherapy, Nantong First People's Hospital (Affiliated Hospital 2 of Nantong University), Nantong, Jiangsu, China.
Purpose: Non-completion of radiotherapy courses (NCRC) may happen in patients undergoing intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). Analyzing the reasons and risk factors for NCRC can lead to possible targeted measures to reduce the incidence rate. This six-year retrospective study will present a cohort analysis of NCRC from a single center.
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August 2025
Internal Medicine, Aster Hospital, Dubai, ARE.
This case report describes primary meningococcal pericarditis (PMP), a rare and potentially life-threatening form of infection that may mimic idiopathic or viral pericarditis, particularly in the absence of classic signs of meningococcemia or meningitis. PMP accounts for a small proportion of meningococcal pericarditis cases. Early in its course, PMP can present without systemic features or hemodynamic instability, complicating timely recognition.
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