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Covering All Bases: A Simulated, Longitudinal Case-Based Approach to Teaching Critical Care Fellows

MedEdPORTAL, 2013
Introduction Any method to enhance patient care and safety is of great significance to those putting their trust in physicians charged with caring for the ill.
Patrick Mailloux
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To study thyroid hormone levels (FT3, FT4, and TSH levels) in critically ill children and their correlation with disease severity and clinical outcome in Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022
Introduction: There are manifold effects on neuro-endocrine and metabolic systems due to critical illness. Abnormalities in thyroid hormone levels in a critically-ill patient with no pre-existing hypothalamo-pituitary-thyroid dysfunction is seen in ...
Upendra Prasad Sahu, Sunanda Jha, Olie Mitra, Apeksha Pathak, Kamal Narayan Prasad   +4 more
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Risk Factors for Perioperative Complications in Endoscopic Surgery with Irrigation

Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology, 2013
Background and objectives: Currently, endoscopic medicine is being increasingly used, albeit not without risks. Therefore, this study evaluated the factors associated with perioperative complications in endoscopic surgery with intraoperative irrigation ...
João Manoel Silva, Jr., Maria Alice Barros, Milena Aur L. Chahda, Igor Martins Santos, Lauro Yoiti Marubayashi, Luiz Marcelo Sá Malbouisson   +5 more
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Fluid overload: clinical outcomes in pediatric intensive care unit

Jornal de Pediatria, 2023
Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of fluid overload related to mechanical ventilation, renal replacement therapy, and evolution to discharge or death in critically ill children.
Romina Aparecida dos Santos Gomes, Lorena Ferreira Azevedo, Bruna Pessanha Cerqueira Simões, Letícia Silva Detomi, Karla Emília de Sá Rodrigues, Adriana Teixeira Rodrigues, Maria do Carmo Barros de Melo, Jaisson Gustavo da Fonseca   +7 more
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Obstetric patients admitted to the intensive care unit of Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital, Ga-Rankuwa, South Africa

Southern African Journal of Critical Care, 2017
Background. Pregnancy is a natural physiological process that normally ends uneventfully. However, there are instances where admission to an intensive care (ICU) is required. Objectives.
M Motiang
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Nonthyroidal illness in critically ill children [PDF]

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Obesity, 2019
Purpose of review This review summarizes recent literature on nonthyroidal illness syndrome (NTI) and outcome of pediatric critical illness, to provide insight in pathophysiology and therapeutic implications. Recent findings NTI is typically characterized by lowered triiodothyronine
Jacobs, An, Vanhorebeek, Ilse, Van den Berghe, Greet   +2 more
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Utility of fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the critical care unit: how far-reaching are the complications and outcomes?

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2020
Background Fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) is standard as a pre-eminent technique for diagnostic, palliative, and curative purposes in variable pulmonary insults.
Amr Darwish, Rana El-Helbawy, Ahmed El-Esdoudy, Marwa D Khedr   +3 more
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Impact of Acute Kidney Injury on Critically Ill Children and Neonates

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2021
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a clinical syndrome that manifests as an abrupt impairment of kidney function. AKI is common in critically ill pediatric patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care units. AKI is a deleterious complication in critically
Bassil Leghrouz, Ahmad Kaddourah, Ahmad Kaddourah   +2 more
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Focused liquid ultrasonography in dropsy protocol for quantitative assessment of subcutaneous edema

Critical Care, 2023
Background Although subcutaneous edema is a common symptom of critically ill patients, it is still underreported due to the lack of a systematic method for evaluating it.
Weiqing Zhang, Yanting Gu, Yujin Zhao, Jun Lian, Qian Zeng, Xiaoting Wang, Jun Wu, Qiuying Gu, Chinese Critical Care Ultrasound Study Group (CCUSG)   +8 more
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Evaluation Of The Relationship Between Transcutaneous Carbondioxide Monitorization And End-tidal Carbondioxide And Partial Carbondioxide Monitorization

The Journal of Pediatric Academy, 2021
To evaluate the correlation of transcutaneous CO2(TcCO2) monitoring with PaCO₂ and ETCO2in mechanically ventilated patients in peditaric intensive care units. Single-center, prospective, observational cohort study. We enrolled 60 patients between the age
Serkan Özsoylu, Başak Nur Akyıldız, Adem Dursun, Ali Baykan   +3 more
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