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Critical Illness Polyneuropathy and Critical Illness Myopathy

2003
Neuromuscular disorders alone can account for up to 62% of the cases of ventilatory dependency in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with no other apparent causes of failure to wean, and they may be a contributing factor in up to 86% of these patients (Spitzer et al. 1992).
C. Serrano-Munuera, I. Illa
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Sex and critical illness

Current Opinion in Critical Care, 2009
The article reviews and speculates on potential mechanisms underlying sex-related differences in admission patterns, care delivery and outcome of critical illness.Evidence from many countries suggests men are more commonly admitted to intensive care units than are women, and may be more likely to receive aggressive life support.
Robert A, Fowler   +5 more
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Neuromuscular alterations in the critically ill patient: critical illness myopathy, critical illness neuropathy, or both?

Intensive Care Medicine, 2003
Critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy often coexist.
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Critical illness

2018
Critical illness can be considered to be any disease process which causes physiological instability that leads to disability or death within minutes or hours. Fortunately, physiological instability associated with critical illness is easily detected by perturbations of simple clinical observations such as blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate ...
Matt Wise, Paul Frost
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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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Neutrophils in critical illness

Cell and Tissue Research, 2017
During critical illness, dramatic alterations in neutrophil biology are observed including abnormalities of granulopoeisis and lifespan, cell trafficking and antimicrobial effector functions. As a result, neutrophils transition from powerful antimicrobial protectors into dangerous mediators of tissue injury and organ dysfunction.
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Nutrition in critical illness

Orvosi Hetilap, 2014
Critically ill patients are often unable to eat by themselves over a long period of time, sometimes for weeks. In the acute phase, serious protein-energy malnutrition may develop with progressive muscle weakness, which may result in assisted respiration of longer duration as well as longer stay in intensive care unit and hospital.
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The APACHE III prognostic system. Risk prediction of hospital mortality for critically ill hospitalized adults.

Chest, 1991
W. Knaus   +9 more
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Platelets in Critical Illness

Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis, 2016
In patients with critical illness, thrombocytopenia is a frequent laboratory abnormality. However frequent this may occur, a low platelet count is not an epiphenomenon, but a marker with further significance. It is always important to assess the proper cause for thrombocytopenia in critically ill patients because different underlying disorders may ...
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