Articles: cations.
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Nitrosative stress is widely involved in cell injury via inducing the nitration modification of a variety of proteins. This study aimed to investigate whether inhibition of nitrosative stress attenuated myocardial injury and improved outcomes in a rat model of cardiac arrest (CA) and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). ⋯ Inhibition of nitrosative stress is a novel molecular target to alleviate myocardial injury and improve outcomes in a rat model of CA/CPR.
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Critical care nurse · Jun 2022
Implementing a Standardized Communication Tool in an Intensive Care Unit.
Effective communication is essential in critical care settings. Use of the SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) tool has been shown to standardize and improve communication among health care providers. ⋯ Implementation of the SBAR communication tool significantly improved general perceptions of communication in this intensive care unit.
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Eur. J. Intern. Med. · Jun 2022
Reconsidering the Edelman equation: impact of plasma sodium concentration, edema and body weight.
Guidelines recommend treatment of dysnatremias to be guided by formulas based on the Edelman equation. This equation describes the relation between plasma sodium concentration and exchangeable cations. However, this formula does not take into account clinical parameters that have recently been associated with local tissue sodium accumulation, which occurs without concurrent water retention. We investigated to what extent such clinical factors affect the Edelman equation and dysnatremia treatment. ⋯ Edelman's equation's coefficients are significantly affected by weight, edema and plasma sodium, possibly reflecting differences in tissue sodium accumulation capacity. The performance of Edelman-based formulas in clinical settings may be improved by taking these clinical characteristics into account.
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To investigate the application skills and importance of ultrasonic bone osteotome in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion surgery. ⋯ This study shows that in ACDF surgery, UBS is more efficient than HSD and can effectively shorten the operation time and reduce the amount of bleeding and the incidence of complications.