Purpose: To explore the influencing factors of acute kidney injury in elderly patients with diabetic nephropathy and to construct a nomogram model. Methods: The research subjects were 680 patients ...

The authors provide a solid set of data supporting the safety of transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation on cardiovascular parameters in the acute setting of critically ill patients ...

This study evaluated the role of transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation (taVNS) in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) randomized to taVNS vs sham, finding that those with active ...

Platelet factor 4 (PF4), also known as chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 4 (CXCL4), is a specific protein synthesized from platelet α particles. The combination of PF4 and heparin to form antigenic ...

5 There, the paravascular blood results in the formation of pial microvasospasms and microthrombosis, a complete loss of carbon dioxide–induced vasodilation, that is, severe vascular dysfunction, and ...

On the other hand, TTP presents only with generalized organ ischemia due to diffuse arteriolar capillary microthrombosis. If microthrombosis occurs in the brain, neurologic dysfunction ...