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Thyrotoxicosis in the Critically Ill

Critical Care Clinics, 1991
The thyrotoxic patient offers a considerable challenge to the critical care physician because the "obvious" diagnosis often will be a cardiac (or other nonthyroidal) problem, but the "correct" diagnosis will be an endocrinologic one. The importance of considering the diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis in any patient with tachyarrhythmias, new-onset congestive
C A, Reasner, W L, Isley
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Nutrition in Critical Illness

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, 2006
Malnutrition associated with critical illness has been unequivocally associated with increased morbidity and mortality in humans. Because malnutrition may similarly affect veterinary patients, the nutritional requirements of hospitalized critically ill animals must be properly addressed. Proper nutritional support is increasingly being recognized as an
Daniel L, Chan, Lisa M, Freeman
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Critical illness polyneuropathy

Current Opinion in Critical Care, 2002
Critical illness polyneuropathy (CIP) is a syndrome that was first extensively described in the early 1980s, mainly in patients with failure to wean from mechanical ventilation. The syndrome is further characterized by limb muscle weakness, usually more pronounced distally than proximally, and is often accompanied by atrophy.
Walther N K A, van Mook, Riquette P M G, Hulsewé-Evers   +1 more
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Critical Illness Neuropathy

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 2001
Critical illness neuropathy frequently accompanies the septic syndrome in inten sive care units. Another entity that may occur independently or concurrently in crit ically ill patients is a myopathy, giving rise to difficulties in distinguishing between them. The two patients described had sensorimotor axonal peripheral neuropathy.
N, Nagaratnam, G, Jamieson, K, Chiu, C, Ramos   +3 more
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Hyperglycemia in Critical Illness

Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, 2013
Evidence that acute injury and critical illness can result in an elevation of blood glucose levels is not a new concept. However, the last decade has seen a rise in publications describing the potential harm of this unique form of hyperglycemia and the subsequent benefits of glucose control.
Kyle A, Weant, Abby M, Bailey, Stephanie N, Baker   +2 more
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Seizures in the critically ill

2017
Critically ill patients with seizures are either admitted to the intensive care unit because of uncontrolled seizures requiring aggressive treatment or are admitted for other reasons and develop seizures secondarily. These patients may have multiorgan failure and severe metabolic and electrolyte disarrangements, and may require complex medication ...
J, Ch'ang, J, Claassen
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Communication with the Critically Ill

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 1969
A combination of ideomotor questioning and subconscious review in light hypnosis has yielded information that can be useful in handling patients who are unconscious or critically ill. People who have survived can tell us what to do for others faced with similar problems. The very sick may be considered as though in hypnosis.
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THE KIDNEY IN THE CRITICALLY ILL

Acta Clinica Belgica, 2007
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common and serious complication in the intensive care setting. It seldom occurs in isolation, but is mostly part of a multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. The pathogenesis is frequently multifactorial, with sepsis contributing to 50% of the cases.The development of AKI in critically-ill patients is "bad news": patients ...
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To be critical for the critically ill

The Lancet, 2003
Markus Huber-Lang, Manfred Weiss, Vidya Sarma, Peter A Ward   +3 more
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Pathophysiology and management of critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy

Journal of Applied Physiology, 2021
Matti D Allen, Alasdair Rathbone, Kevin Cheung   +2 more
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