Updating the diagnostic criteria of COVID-19 “suspected case” and “confirmed case” is necessary
AbstractOn 6 February 2020, our team had published a rapid advice guideline for diagnosis and treatment of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection, and this guideline provided our experience and make well reference for fighting against this pandemic worldwide. However, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a new disease, our awareness and knowledge are gradually increasing based on the ongoing research findings and clinical practice experience; hence, the strategies of diagnosis and treatment are also continually updated. In this letter, we answered one comment on our guideline and provided the newest diagnostic ...
Source: Military Medical Research - April 3, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Primary stratification and identification of suspected Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from clinical perspective by a simple scoring proposal
AbstractIn this Commentary, we would like to comment on the article titled “A rapid advice guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infected pneumonia (standard version)” as a featured article inMilitary Medical Research. In the guideline, except for “confirmed cases”, “suspected cases”, “close contact” and “suspicious exposure” were defined by clinical perspective based on epidemiological risk, clinical symptoms and auxiliary examination. Combined with our experience, we introduced a simple scoring proposal additionally based on not only CT imaging as strongly rec...
Source: Military Medical Research - April 3, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Expert consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of thrombocytopenia in adult critical care patients in China
AbstractThrombocytopenia is a common complication of critical care patients. The rates of bleeding events and mortality are also significantly increased in critical care patients with thrombocytopenia. Therefore, the Critical Care Medicine Committee of Chinese People ’s Liberation Army (PLA) worked with Chinese Society of Laboratory Medicine, Chinese Medical Association to develop this consensus to provide guidance for clinical practice. The consensus includes five sections and 27 items: the definition of thrombocytopenia, etiology and pathophysiology, diagnos is and differential diagnosis, treatment and prevention. (Sou...
Source: Military Medical Research - April 2, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Predictors of contrast-induced acute kidney injury in patients with coronary artery disease receiving contrast agents twice within 30 days
ConclusionsDiuretic and IABP usage are independent predictors of CI-AKI following exposure to a first contrast agent. The major predictors of CI-AKI after exposure to a second agent are time since the first contrast exposure, ACEI/ARB usage, and IABP usage. More importantly, a three-day interval between the two agents is associated with a higher incidence of CI-AKI following the second administration. (Source: Military Medical Research)
Source: Military Medical Research - March 25, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Hemostatic agents for prehospital hemorrhage control: a narrative review
AbstractHemorrhage is the leading cause of preventable death in combat trauma and the secondary cause of death in civilian trauma. A significant number of deaths due to hemorrhage occur before and in the first hour after hospital arrival. A literature search was performed through PubMed, Scopus, and Institute of Scientific Information databases for English language articles using terms relating to hemostatic agents, prehospital, battlefield or combat dressings, and prehospital hemostatic resuscitation, followed by cross-reference searching. Abstracts were screened to determine relevance and whether appropriate further revi...
Source: Military Medical Research - March 24, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
