Child develops acute lung injury and multi-organ dysfunction after consuming mosquito-repellent liquid

A 19-month-old child faced a life-threatening ordeal after accidentally ingesting mosquito-repellent liquid, leading to severe lung damage and multiple organ complications. After nearly three weeks of ...
Medical Xpress

The international system for assessing organ dysfunction in critically ill patients is updated after thirty years

The updated version of the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA), the global reference system in intensive care medicine used to assess the degree of organ dysfunction in critically ill patients, ...
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Immune webs shape reperfusion injury

Restoring blood flow can save tissue after heart attack, stroke, transplantation, and severe injury, but it can also trigger a damaging second wave.
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Modeling the interaction between the intestine and liver in a multi-organ microphysiological system for studying metabolic-dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease

The connection between the human liver and the intestine is unique, and the “gut-liver axis” plays a vital role in regulating liver disease pathology. When homeostasis is disturbed, changes in dietary ...