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Rare Infective Endocarditis Caused By Dental Source Due To Streptococcus Bovis Masquerading As Cardiac Failure, Ravish Patel, Pratikkumar Vekaria, Devin Vaishnani, Johnnie Mao, Asif Shah
Rare Infective Endocarditis Caused By Dental Source Due To Streptococcus Bovis Masquerading As Cardiac Failure, Ravish Patel, Pratikkumar Vekaria, Devin Vaishnani, Johnnie Mao, Asif Shah
Internal Medicine
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Ammonia Vs. Lactic Acid In Predicting Positivity Of Microbial Culture In Sepsis: The Alps Pilot Study, Yazan Numan, Yasir Jawaid, Hisham Hirzallah, Damir Kusmic, Mohammed Megri, Obadah Aqtash, Ahmed Amro, Haitem Mezughi, Emmon Maher, Yonas Raru, Jamil Numan, Sutoidem Akpanudo, Zeid Khitan, Yousef Shweihat
Ammonia Vs. Lactic Acid In Predicting Positivity Of Microbial Culture In Sepsis: The Alps Pilot Study, Yazan Numan, Yasir Jawaid, Hisham Hirzallah, Damir Kusmic, Mohammed Megri, Obadah Aqtash, Ahmed Amro, Haitem Mezughi, Emmon Maher, Yonas Raru, Jamil Numan, Sutoidem Akpanudo, Zeid Khitan, Yousef Shweihat
Internal Medicine
Objective: The use of serum ammonia as a novel marker for sepsis compared to lactic acid levels in intensive care unit (ICU) patients.
Design and Interventions: Single arm, prospective clinical trial to collect arterial blood samples from patients with sepsis. Serial ammonia and lactic acid levels were sent every six hours for a total of three days.
Measurements and results: Compare mean levels of ammonia and lactic acid in terms of diagnosing sepsis and patient outcome, including length of stay and mortality. A total of 30 patients were enrolled in the pilot study. On admission, mean ammonia level was 35.7 …