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Investigating the Utility of the SOFA Score and Creating a Modified SOFA Score for Predicting Mortality in the Intensive Care Units in a Tertiary Hospital in Jordan
CONCLUSION: SOFA score was a good predictor of mortality in a Jordanian ICU population and better than qSOFA, while SIRS could not predict mortality. Furthermore, the proposed mSOFA score which employed fewer laboratory tests could be used after validation from larger studies.PMID:37583653 | PMC:PMC10425253 | DOI:10.1155/2023/3775670 (Source: Critical Care Research and Practice)
Source: Critical Care Research and Practice - August 16, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Anas H A Abu-Humaidan Fatima M Ahmad Laith S Theeb Abdelrahman J Sulieman Abdelkader Battah Amjad Bani Hani Mahmoud Abu Abeeleh Source Type: research

Early Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Preserves Muscle Size and Quality and Maintains Systemic Levels of Signaling Mediators of Muscle Growth and Inflammation in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Randomized Clinical Trial
CONCLUSION: An early NMES protocol can preserve muscle size and quality and maintain systemic levels of signaling mediators of muscle growth and inflammation in patients with TBI. This trial is registered with https://www.ensaiosclinicos.gov.br under number RBR-2db.PMID:37547450 | PMC:PMC10397495 | DOI:10.1155/2023/9335379 (Source: Critical Care Research and Practice)
Source: Critical Care Research and Practice - August 7, 2023 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Luciana Vieira Paulo Eug ênio Silva Priscilla Flavia de Melo Vinicius Maldaner Joao Q Durigan Rita de Cassia Marqueti Otavio Nobrega Sunita Mathur Chris Burtin Fabr ício Barin Wilcelly Machado-Silva Sergio Ramalho Gaspar R Chiappa Nadia Oliveira Gomes C Source Type: research