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Diagnostics in the Emergency and Critical Care Medicine

A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 14997

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Zhongheng Zhang

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Department of Emergency Medicine, Sir Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310016, China
Interests: emergency and critical care medicine
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues, 

This Special Issue aims to improve the care of patients with emergency and critical illness by acquiring, discussing, distributing, and promoting evidence-based information relevant to emergency physicians and intensivists. In particular, we welcome articles related to the diagnostics of emergency and critical care patients, including but not limited to the risk stratification of the critically ill syndrome, diagnosis of a certain disease/complication/syndrome, and risk stratification.

The issue will publish original articles, reviews, technical notes, case reports, and interesting images covering all aspects of emergency and critical care medicine, including but not limited to trauma, anesthesiology, respiratory failure, sepsis, cardiovascular disease, healthcare-associated infections prevention, and end-of-life care.

Prof. Dr. Zhongheng Zhang
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Diagnostics is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • diagnostics
  • emergency and critical care medicine
  • trauma
  • anesthesiology
  • respiratory failure
  • sepsis
  • cardiovascular disease
  • healthcare-associated infection prevention
  • end-of-life care

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Clinical Impact of the BIOFIRE Blood Culture Identification 2 Panel in Adult Patients with Bloodstream Infection: A Multicentre Observational Study in the United Arab Emirates
by Abiola Senok, Laila Al Dabal, Mubarak Alfaresi, Maya Habous, Handan Celiloglu, Safia Bashiri, Naama Almaazmi, Hassan Ahmed, Ayman A. Mohmed, Omar Bahaaldin, Maimona Ahmed Elsiddig Elimam, Irfan Hussain Rizvi, Victory Olowoyeye, Michaela Powell and Basel Salama
Diagnostics 2023, 13(14), 2433; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/diagnostics13142433 - 21 Jul 2023
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Rapid pathogen identification is key to the proper management of patients with bloodstream infections (BSIs), especially in the intensive care setting. This multicentre study compared the time to pathogen identification results in 185 patients admitted to intensive care with a confirmed BSI, using [...] Read more.
Rapid pathogen identification is key to the proper management of patients with bloodstream infections (BSIs), especially in the intensive care setting. This multicentre study compared the time to pathogen identification results in 185 patients admitted to intensive care with a confirmed BSI, using conventional methods (n = 99 patients) and upon implementation of the BIOFIRE® Blood Culture Identification 2 (BCID2) Panel, a rapid molecular test allowing for the simultaneous identification of 43 BSI-related nucleic acids targets (n = 86 patients). The median time to result informing optimal antibiotic therapy was significantly shorter following the implementation of the BCID2 Panel (92 vs. 28 h pre vs. post BCID2 implementation; p < 0.0001). BCID2 usage in addition to conventional methods led to the identification of at least one pathogen in 98.8% patients vs. 87.9% using conventional methods alone (p = 0.003) and was associated with a lower 30-day mortality (17.3% vs. 31.6%, respectively; p = 0.019). This study at three intensive care units in the United Arab Emirates therefore demonstrates that, in addition to conventional microbiological methods and an effective antimicrobial stewardship program, the BCID2 Panel could improve the clinical outcome of patients admitted to the intensive care unit with a confirmed BSI. Full article
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