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Care of the critically ill patient [PDF]
Surgery (Oxford), 2021 The care of critically ill patient within the intensive care unit requires a multidisciplinary approach. An understanding of the main principles of intensive care medicine is essential for surgeons, both for participating in the management of their own critically ill patients and also because surgical complications of critical care are well recognized.
Jackson, Monica, Cairns, Thomas
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Quantification of Frailty Syndrome in ICU Patients with Clinical Frailty Scale [PDF]
Folia Medica, 2020 Quantification of frailty is useful both for understanding the nature of the syndrome and for designing an ICU care plan for patients that suffer from it.
Dimitrios Papageorgiou +5 more
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Siriraj Medical Journal, 2021 Objective: Delirium is a common problem in critical care. Its prevalence in the unit varies, depending upon the severity of the illness and the diagnostic methods. Currently, the CAM-ICU is a diagnostic tool with good diagnostic accuracy. Our study aimed
Chairat Permpikul +3 more
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Association between Vital Signs Fluctuations and Pain Severity among Critically-ill Patients
Kufa Journal for Nursing Sciences, 2022 Background: Pain is a critical issue in the Intensive Care Unit and need a proper management to improve patient's outcome and reduce the pain consequences in critically ill patients since patient in the intensive care unit being unable to reporting pain.
Ghufran Emad Bachi, Sadeq AL-Fayyadh
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Videolaryngoscopy in critically ill patients [PDF]
Critical Care, 2019 Intubation is frequently required for patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) but is associated with high morbidity and mortality mainly in emergency procedures and in the presence of severe organ failures. Improving the intubation procedure is a major goal for all ICU physicians worldwide, and videolaryngoscopy may play a relevant role ...
Jaber, Samir +5 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 +8 more
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NURSING TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTING FAMILY INVOLVEMENT IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Indonesian Contemporary Nursing Journal, 2023 Background: Family involvement in the care of critically ill patients positively impacts treatment outcomes and patient well-being. Nursing technology has become an essential tool in facilitating family engagement Aims: This study aims to conduct a
Sulistia Nur Sumardi +2 more
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Physician Compliance with Nutrition Support Team Recommendations: Effects on the Outcome of Treatment for Critically Ill Patients [PDF]
Journal of Acute Care Surgery, 2022 Purpose Attending physicians in Korea are aware of the existence of the Nutrition Support Team (NST), but even when the NST are consulted, compliance with their recommendations may be low.
Hyon-Ju Yon +4 more
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Is this critically ill patient immunocompromised? [PDF]
Intensive Care Medicine, 2015 In a very real sense, sepsis illustrates the multiple dimensions of the immune response of critically ill patients. On the one hand, sepsis can be viewed as the simple result of the interplay between a pathogen and the immune response to that pathogen.
Pene, F., Pickkers, P., Hotchkiss, R.S.
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Hypomagnesemia in critically ill patients [PDF]
Journal of Intensive Care, 2018 Magnesium (Mg) is essential for life and plays a crucial role in several biochemical and physiological processes in the human body. Hypomagnesemia is common in all hospitalized patients, especially in critically ill patients with coexisting electrolyte abnormalities.
Øyvind Bruserud, Bent-Are Hansen
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