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Diarrhoea in the critically ill
Current Opinion in Critical Care, 2015To summarize existing evidence on definition, epidemiology, mechanisms, risk factors, consequences, outcome and management of diarrhoea in the critically ill.In health, diarrhoea is defined as the passage of three or more loose or liquid stools per day.
Reintam Blaser, A. +2 more
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Critical illness polyneuropathy
Current Opinion in Neurology, 2001Critical illness polyneuropathy is a self-limited acute axonal neuropathy that develops during treatment of severely ill patients and remits spontaneously once the critical condition is under control. Clinical manifestations include muscle weakness and atrophy, delayed weaning from the respirator, and prolongation of the mobilization phase.
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The legacy of a critical illness
British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2007Improved management of the acute phase of a critical illness ensures that approximately two in three patients will eventually leave hospital, yet survival does not necessarily mean a return to full health. The more widespread use of follow-up clinics in patients discharged from an intensive care unit (ICU) has shown a substantial legacy in terms of ...
Robin C. N. Williamson +1 more
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Seizures in the critically ill
2017Critically 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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Critical illness polyneuromyopathy
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 2012The clinical characteristics of and treatment approaches for critical illness polyneuromyopathy (CIPNM) are reviewed.CIPNM is an acute axonal sensory-motor polyneuropathy that tends to occur after the development of respiratory insufficiency in patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome, sepsis, or multiple-organ dysfunction syndrome ...
Janet Wolcott +2 more
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Current Opinion in Critical Care, 2006
Selenium is a trace element essential to human health. Critical illness is associated with the generation of oxygen free radicals resulting in a condition of oxidative stress. Supplementing critically ill patients with antioxidant nutrients may improve survival.
Simon Eaton +3 more
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Selenium is a trace element essential to human health. Critical illness is associated with the generation of oxygen free radicals resulting in a condition of oxidative stress. Supplementing critically ill patients with antioxidant nutrients may improve survival.
Simon Eaton +3 more
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Hypocalcemia in Critical Illness
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1986CALCIUM is an essential ion required for many biologic processes, including neuronal conduction, synaptic transmission, hormone secretion, mitotic division, cardiac automaticity, and excitation-contraction coupling in muscle. Calcium is also a major intracellular messenger, is needed for cellular processes that require movement, and is required by many
Bart Chernow, Gary P. Zaloga
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Thyrotoxicosis in the Critically Ill
Critical Care Clinics, 1991The 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
William L. Isley, Charles A. Reasner
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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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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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2016
This chapter discusses the anaesthetic management of the critically ill patient suffering from trauma or life-threatening illness. It begins by describing the principles of immediate trauma care, and the primary and secondary surveys. It then goes into more detail about head injuries, chest injuries, abdominal injuries, pelvic fractures, spinal ...
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This chapter discusses the anaesthetic management of the critically ill patient suffering from trauma or life-threatening illness. It begins by describing the principles of immediate trauma care, and the primary and secondary surveys. It then goes into more detail about head injuries, chest injuries, abdominal injuries, pelvic fractures, spinal ...
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