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Taurine in Septic Critically Ill Patients: Plasma versus Blood [PDF]

Advanced Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 2023
Purpose: Sepsis and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) encompass various problems throughout the body, and two of its major problems are the creation of oxidative substances in the body and decrease of the body’s antioxidant capacity to deal ...
Ata Mahmoodpoor, Afsaneh Farjami, Niloufar Farzan, Hamed Hamishehkar, Parina Asgharian, Sarvin Sanaie, Kamran Shadvar, Farnaz Naeimzadeh, Hadi Hamishehkar   +8 more
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Redefining critical illness

Nature Medicine, 2022
Research and practice in critical care medicine have long been defined by syndromes, which, despite being clinically recognizable entities, are, in fact, loose amalgams of heterogeneous states that may respond differently to therapy. Mounting translational evidence-supported by research on respiratory failure due to severe acute respiratory syndrome ...
Maslove, David M, Tang, Benjamin, Shankar-Hari, Manu, Lawler, Patrick R, Angus, Derek C, Baillie, J Kenneth, Baron, Rebecca M, Bauer, Michael, Buchman, Timothy G, Calfee, Carolyn S, Dos Santos, Claudia C, Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Evangelos J, Gordon, Anthony C, Kellum, John A, Knight, Julian C, Leligdowicz, Aleksandra, McAuley, Daniel F, McLean, Anthony S, Menon, David K, Meyer, Nuala J, Moldawer, Lyle L, Reddy, Kiran, Reilly, John P, Russell, James A, Sevransky, Jonathan E, Seymour, Christopher W, Shapiro, Nathan I, Singer, Mervyn, Summers, Charlotte, Sweeney, Timothy E, Thompson, B Taylor, Van Der Poll, Tom, Venkatesh, Balasubramanian, Walley, Keith R, Walsh, Timothy S, Ware, Lorraine B, Wong, Hector R, Zador, Zsolt E, Marshall, John C   +38 more
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Statins in the critically ill [PDF]

Annals of Intensive Care, 2012
The use or misuse of statins in critically ill patients recently attracted the attention of intensive care clinicians. Indeed, statins are probably the most common chronic treatment before critical illness and some recent experimental and clinical data demonstrated their beneficial effects during sepsis, acute lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory ...
De Loecker, Isabelle, Preiser, Jean-Charles   +1 more
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Extreme hypernatremia in a critically ill patient with feeding-jejunostomy: a case report.

Critical Care Innovations, 2023
Hypernatremia is a frequent and potentially life-threatening condition in hospitalized patients. It is a disorder of water metabolism and is usually defined as a plasma sodium concentration above 145 mEq/L.
Amarjeet Kumar, Kunal Singh, Poonam Kumari, Haasith Dara , Gayatri Sagdeo   +4 more
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Effect of hyperglycaemia on outcome of critically ill patients with and without diabetes mellitus admitted to medical intensive care unit

Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research, 2022
Background: Hyperglycaemia among critically ill patients is associated with nosocomial infections, multi-organ dysfunction and prolonged hospitalisation.
T Sowjanya Lakshmi, D T Katyarmal, Sameeraja Vaddera, Suresh Vaikkakara, K V S. Sarma   +4 more
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Safety of Needle Electromyography in Critically Ill Patients [PDF]

, 2020
Introduction: To evaluate the safety of needle electromyography (EMG) in critically ill intensive care unit (ICU) patients who are on anticoagulants and have comorbidities that increase the risk of bleeding and infections.
Bollu, Pradeep, Brannagan, Thomas, Digala, Lakshmi, Govindarajan, Raghav, Nagarajan, Elanagan, Yelam, Anudeep   +5 more
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Comparison of the Effects of Intravenous Sedatives on Outcome in Adult Critically ill Patients: a Bayesian Network Analysis

Intensive Care Research, 2022
Background This Bayesian network analysis was performed to assess the effects of different intravenous sedatives on outcomes in adult critically ill patients. Methods We searched for and gathered data from MEDLINE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled
Jing-Yuan Xu, Zong-Sheng Wu, Wei Chang, Zhong-Hua Lu, Yi Yang   +4 more
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Use of hepatic support with MARS in a patient with SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia, in treatment with ECMO and CRRT therapies: Case Report

The Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology, 2023
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) therapy had an important role in the treatment of severe COVID-19 pneumonia, where invasive mechanical ventilation was not enough to provide correct oxygenation to various organ systems. However, there are other
Villarreal-Ondarza Irma, Rodríguez-Salinas Cesar Alejandro, Gómez-Gutierrez Rene, Guerrero-Izaguirre Israel, Rizo-Topete Lilia María   +4 more
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The Adrenal Cortex, an Underestimated Site of SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021
BackgroundThe majority of the critically ill patients may have critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency (CIRCI). The therapeutic effect of dexamethasone may be related to its ability to improve cortical function.
Yanfei Mao, Bo Xu, Wenbin Guan, Dunfeng Xu, Feng Li, Rongrong Ren, Xiaoyan Zhu, Yuan Gao, Lai Jiang   +8 more
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Immunomodulation in the critically ill [PDF]

British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2009
Immunotherapy in the critically ill is an appealing notion because of the apparent abnormal immune and inflammatory responses seen in so many patients. The administration of a medication that could alter immune responses and decrease mortality in patients with sepsis could represent a 'magic bullet'.
Helen F. Galley, Nigel R. Webster
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