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Rapid Progression to Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Review of Current Understanding of Critical Illness from COVID-19 Infection.

open access: yesAnnals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 2020
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak that started in Wuhan, Hubei province, China in December 2019 has now extended across the globe with >100,000 cases and 3,000 deaths reported in 93 countries as of 7 March 2020.
K. Goh   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Managing clinical uncertainty: an ethnographic study of the impact of critical care outreach on end‐of‐life transitions in ward‐based critically ill patients with a life‐limiting illness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
© 2018 Crown copyright. Journal of Clinical Nursing © 2018 John Wiley & Sons LtdRapid response teams, such as critical care outreach teams, have prominent roles in managing end-of-life transitions in critical illness, often questioning appropriateness of
Mclellan, Jude   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Statistical analysis plan for the Surgery for Cancer with Option of Palliative Care Expert (SCOPE) trial: a randomized controlled trial of a specialist palliative care intervention for patients undergoing surgery for cancer

open access: yesTrials, 2021
Background The impact of specialist palliative care intervention in patients undergoing surgery for cancer has not been studied extensively. The SCOPE randomized controlled trial will investigate the effect of specialist palliative care intervention in ...
Onur M. Orun   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inhibition of Murine Pulmonary Microvascular Endothelial Cell Apoptosis Promotes Recovery of Barrier Function under Septic Conditions

open access: yesMediators of Inflammation, 2017
Sepsis is characterized by injury of the pulmonary microvasculature and the pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells (PMVEC), leading to barrier dysfunction and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
Lefeng Wang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Expert Consensus on the Application of Ulinastatin in Common Clinical Critical Illness [PDF]

open access: yesZhongguo quanke yixue, 2023
Ulinastatin is mainly applied in the treatment of acute pancreatitis, but also in other common clinical critical illnesses such as shock, sepsis, evere pneumonia, cute respiratory distress syndrome, several acute poisoning, severe heat stroke, severe ...
Expert group of expert consensus on the application of ulinastatin in common clinical critical illness
doaj   +1 more source

Role of the microbiome, probiotics, and 'dysbiosis therapy' in critical illness. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Purpose of reviewLoss of 'health-promoting' microbes and overgrowth of pathogenic bacteria (dysbiosis) in ICU is believed to contribute to nosocomial infections, sepsis, and organ failure (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome).
Knight, Rob   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Membership and behavior of ultra-low-diversity pathogen communities present in the gut of humans during prolonged critical illness. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
UnlabelledWe analyzed the 16S rRNA amplicon composition in fecal samples of selected patients during their prolonged stay in an intensive care unit (ICU) and observed the emergence of ultra-low-diversity communities (1 to 4 bacterial taxa) in 30% of the ...
Alverdy, John C   +10 more
core   +3 more sources

Defining critical illness using immunological endotypes in patients with and without sepsis: a cohort study

open access: yesCritical Care, 2023
Background Sepsis is a heterogenous syndrome with limited therapeutic options. Identifying immunological endotypes through gene expression patterns in septic patients may lead to targeted interventions.
Jeremy A. Balch   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acute skeletal muscle wasting and dysfunction predict physical disability at hospital discharge in patients with critical illness

open access: yesCritical Care, 2020
Patients surviving critical illness develop muscle weakness and impairments in physical function; however, the relationship between early skeletal muscle alterations and physical function at hospital discharge remains unclear. The primary purpose of this
K. Mayer   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Being in limbo: the experience of critical illness in intensive care and beyond [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Critical illness is a sudden traumatising lived experience that affects the sufferer and their family throwing them into a crisis situation. It is disruptive and alienating.
Higgins, Isabel   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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