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In many diseases, notably obesity, hypertension, heart failure and depressive illness, an activated sympathetic nervous system and silent adrenal medulla coexist. The therapeutic corollary of this is that ADR blockade is much less commonly needed clinically than pharmacological antagonism of the sympathetic nervous system.
To assess whether respiratory variation in aortic blood flow peak velocity can predict preload responsiveness in mechanically ventilated and hemodynamically unstable neonates.

Prospective observational diagnostic accuracy study.

Third-level neonatal ICU.

Hemodynamically unstable neonates under mechanical ventilation.

Fluid challenge with 10 mL/kg of normal saline over 20 minutes.

Respiratory variation in aortic blood flow peak velocity and superior vena cava flow were measured at baseline (T0), immediately upon completion of the fluid infusion (T1), and at 1 hour after fluid administration (T2). Our main outcome was preload responsiveness which was defined as an increase in superior vena cava flow of at least 10% from T0 to T1. Forty-six infants with a median (interquartile range) gestational age of 30.5 weeks (28-36 wk) were included. Twenty-nine infants (63%) were fluid responders, and 17 (37%) were nonresponders Fluid responders had a higher baseline (T0) respiratory variation in aortic blood fscitation in critically ill neonates.
Respiratory variation in aortic blood flow velocity may be useful to predict the immediate response to a fluid challenge in hemodynamically unstable neonates under mechanical ventilation. If our results are confirmed, this measurement could be used to guide safe and individualized fluid resuscitation in critically ill neonates.
To identify staff-reported factors and perceptions that influenced implementation and sustainability of an early mobilization program (PICU Up!) in the PICU.

A qualitative study using semistructured phone interviews to characterize interprofessional staff perspectives of the PICU Up! program. Following data saturation, thematic analysis was performed on interview transcripts.

Tertiary-care PICU in the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD.

Interprofessional PICU staff.

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Fifty-two staff members involved in PICU mobilization across multiple disciplines were interviewed. Three constructs emerged that reflected the different stages of PICU Up! program execution 1) factors influencing the implementation process, 2) staff perceptions of PICU Up!, and 3) improvements in program integration. Themes were developed within these constructs, addressing facilitators for PICU Up! implementation, cultural changes for unitwide integration, positive impressions toward early mobility, barriers to program susta, patients and family members are perceived to be enthusiastic about mobility efforts, driving staff support. Through an ongoing focus on stakeholder buy-in, interprofessional engagement, and bundled care to promote mobility, the program has become part of the culture in the Johns Hopkins Hospital PICU. However, several barriers remain that prevent consistent execution of early mobility, including challenges with resource management, sedation decisions, and patient heterogeneity. Characterizing these staff perceptions can facilitate the development of solutions that use institutional strengths to grow and sustain PICU mobility initiatives.
To optimize parameters of contact lenses (CLs) and evaluate their ability to protect the cornea during vitreoretinal surgery.

We compared the protective effects of balanced saline solution, viscoelastic agent, and CLs on rabbit corneas under conditions simulating vitreoretinal surgery. We evaluated CLs of different thicknesses and compared the protective effects of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and gas-permeable fluorosilicone acrylate (XO) lenses on the corneas of rabbits and patients with severe proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR). The corneal fluorescein staining score (FSS) was measured to compare the protective effects of CLs.

The FSS was significantly lower in the PMMA group than in the balanced saline solution and viscoelastic agent groups. The thickness of the PMMA lenses had no significant effect on the FSS. The FSS was significantly higher in the PMMA group than in the XO group. In patients with PDR, on day 1 after vitreoretinal surgery, the FSS was significantly higher in the PMMA group than in the XO group, although no significant difference was observed on postoperative day 7.

The XO lens offers better corneal protection during noncontact wide-angle vitreoretinal surgery and protects the corneal epithelium more efficiently during vitrectomy in patients with PDR, irrespective of its thickness.
The XO lens offers better corneal protection during noncontact wide-angle vitreoretinal surgery and protects the corneal epithelium more efficiently during vitrectomy in patients with PDR, irrespective of its thickness.
This review considers the potential and demonstrated impacts of SARS-CoV-2 on the sexually transmissible infection (STI)/HIV transmission.

COVID-19 increases the vulnerability of those at highest risk of acquiring STI/HIV. Altered health-seeking behaviour, reductions in STI/HIV clinic capacity, service disruptions and redeployment of human resources to assist COVID-19 control efforts have impacted on STI/HIV control programmes. Reports of reduced STI incidence are emerging, but it is hard to determine whether this is real or due to decreased testing during COVID-19 lockdown periods. Fear of COVID-19 and implemented control measures have altered STI/HIV transmission dynamics. Sexual health services adapted to the pandemic by reducing face-to-face patient encounters in favour of telehealth and mail-based initiatives as well as more stringent triage practice. Ivacaftor Many sexual health and HIV treatment services now operate at reduced capacity and experience ongoing service disruptions, which necessarily translates into poorer outcomes for patients and their communities.

In the short-term, COVID-19 related sexual behaviour change is driving STI/HIV transmission downwards. However, the impacts of the global COVID-19 response on sexual health-seeking behaviour and STI/HIV services threaten to drive STI/HIV transmission upwards. Ultimately, the expected rebound in STI/HIV incidence will require an appropriate and timely public health response.

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