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Effect of an oral hygienic care program for stroke patients in the intensive care unit.
Conclusion: Our OHCP was effective in improving the oral hygienic status and periodontal health of stroke patients during their stay in the ICU. Therefore, we recommend administration of the OHCP for stroke patients during their stay in the ICU. PMID: 24339313 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Yonsei Medical Journal - December 19, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Kim EK, Jang SH, Choi YH, Lee KS, Kim YJ, Kim SH, Lee HK Tags: Yonsei Med J Source Type: research

Oral health status in patients with acquired brain injury: a systematic review
Conclusion Stroke was the most predominant brain injury condition studied in the literature with few publications focusing on other form of brain injury diseases. Overall, oral health has been noted to be poor in patients with ABI, but oral hygiene, and OHrQoL, has been found to be improved when oral hygiene interventions are provided to the patients.
Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology - November 10, 2016 Category: ENT & OMF Source Type: research

Characteristics and Outcomes of Candidemia in Patients with Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Support
In conclusion, fungemia is a rare and severe complication in LVAD patients occurring early postimplant.
Source: ASAIO Journal - August 1, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Tags: Adult Circulatory Support Source Type: research

Comparison of Characteristics and Short-Term Outcome From Fungal Infective Endocarditis in Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Versus Native Valve Endocarditis
In conclusion, fungal IE is associated with high mortality and recurrence rates. Surgery performed in selected cases may improve the outcomes, but the recurrence rate remains high.
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - April 5, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Xiao-lu Sun, Jian Zhang, Guo-gan Wang, Xiao-feng Zhuang, Yan-min Yang, Jun Zhu, Hui-qiong Tan, Li-tian Yu Tags: Valvular Heart Disease Source Type: research

Arterial spin labeling‐fast imaging with steady‐state free precession (ASL‐FISP): a rapid and quantitative perfusion technique for high‐field MRI
Arterial spin labeling (ASL) is a valuable non‐contrast perfusion MRI technique with numerous clinical applications. Many previous ASL MRI studies have utilized either echo‐planar imaging (EPI) or true fast imaging with steady‐state free precession (true FISP) readouts, which are prone to off‐resonance artifacts on high‐field MRI scanners. We have developed a rapid ASL‐FISP MRI acquisition for high‐field preclinical MRI scanners providing perfusion‐weighted images with little or no artifacts in less than 2 s. In this initial implementation, a flow‐sensitive alternating inversion recovery (FAIR) ASL prep...
Source: NMR in Biomedicine - June 3, 2014 Category: Radiology Authors: Ying Gao, Candida L. Goodnough, Bernadette O. Erokwu, George W. Farr, Rebecca Darrah, Lan Lu, Katherine M. Dell, Xin Yu, Chris A. Flask Tags: Rapid communication Source Type: research

Isolation of Antimicrobial Compounds From Cnestis ferruginea Vahl ex. DC (Connaraceae) Leaves Through Bioassay-Guided Fractionation
Conclusion In conclusion, aqueous extracts of C. ferruginea leaves showed antimicrobial activity due to the presence of hydroquinone and caffeic acid methyl ester. This supports its traditional use for infections and confirmed that the active molecules are water-soluble. Author Contributions KK, SP, LVP, and WL conceived and designed the experiments. SP, KK, M-RY, and J-GL performed the experiments. SP, LVP, WL, M-RY, J-GL, and Z-HJ analyzed the data. WL and Z-HJ contributed reagents, materials, and analysis tools. KK, SP, WL, M-RY, Z-HJ, and LVP contributed to the writing of the manuscript. All authors contributed to m...
Source: Frontiers in Microbiology - April 10, 2019 Category: Microbiology Source Type: research

Antifungal Activity and Potential Mechanism of N-Butylphthalide Alone and in Combination With Fluconazole Against Candida albicans
This study demonstrated that n-butylphthalide exhibited antifungal activity against Candida albicans with minimum inhibitory concentrations of 128μg/mL and n-butylphthalide combined with fluconazole showed synergistic antifungal effects against resistant Candida albicans, resulting in a decrease in the minimum inhibitory concentrations of fluconazole from>512 to 0.25-1μg/mL. Time-killing curves verified the antifungal activity in dynamic. Besides, n-butylphthalide exhibited anti-biofilm activity against Candida albicans biofilms preformed
Source: Frontiers in Microbiology - July 1, 2019 Category: Microbiology Source Type: research