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Percutaneous cholecystostomy: a nonsurgical therapeutic option for acute cholecystitis in high-risk and critically ill patients

São Paulo Medical Journal
Percutaneous cholecystostomy offers a potentially important type of therapy for critically ill patients with acute cholecystitis who present high risk when undergoing laparotomy or laparoscopy under general anesthesia.
Guilherme de Castro Dabus, Sérgio San Juan Dertkigil, Jamal Baracat   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The knowledge level of nurses managing critically-ill and injured patients in Ashanti Region of Ghana

African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2023
Background: Shortages in the right cadres of human resources to manage health emergencies remain an acute problem especially in low- and middle-income countries. Efforts to address this challenge are dependent on the knowledge and competency of emergency
AK Karikari, D Amedjake, J Antwi, P Agyei-Baffour, C Mock, AK Edusei, P Donkor   +6 more
doaj  

Biomarkers in critically ill patients [PDF]

, 2023
van Oers, Jos Adrianus Henricus
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Health status of critically ill trauma patients [PDF]

, 2014
Aims and objectives: To describe the recovery of trauma intensive care patients up to six months posthospital discharge. Background: Injury is a leading cause of preventable mortality and morbidity worldwide, with approximately 10% of hospitalised ...
Aitken, Aitken, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), Badia, Broadbent, Connelly, Covic, Cuthbertson, Dallow, DiMartini, Friedman, Harris, Hawthorne, Holtslag, Hyder, Jackson, Jackson, Kessler, Korosec Jagodic, Lee, Livingston, Lorig, Lorig, Mata, Mathers, Needham, Niskanen, O'Donnell, Peden, Richmond, Richmond, Ringdal, Rutter, Shnek, Sluys, Toien, Ware, Wong, Zimet, Zimet   +40 more
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Effect of Adding Insulin Glargine on Glycemic Control in Critically Ill Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Units: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study

Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, 2020
Nader D Nader,1 Hadi Hamishehkar,2 Abdolreza Naghizadeh,3 Kamran Shadvar,3 Afshin Iranpour,4 Sarvin Sanaie,5 Francis Chang,1 Ata Mahmoodpoor3 1State University of New York at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA ...
Nader ND, Hamishehkar H, Naghizadeh A, Shadvar K, Iranpour A, Sanaie S, Chang F, Mahmoodpoor A   +7 more
doaj  

The Intelligent ICU Pilot Study: Using Artificial Intelligence Technology for Autonomous Patient Monitoring [PDF]

arXiv, 2018
Currently, many critical care indices are repetitively assessed and recorded by overburdened nurses, e.g. physical function or facial pain expressions of nonverbal patients. In addition, many essential information on patients and their environment are not captured at all, or are captured in a non-granular manner, e.g.
arxiv  

A study to evaluate the efficacy of intravenous Magnesium Sulphate administration on lactate clearance in critically ill patients

Ibom Medical Journal
Background: Magnesium (Mg) is crucial for normal mitochondrial function in human body. It functions as an important cofactor for numerous biological reactions involving ATP-generating enzymes such as mitochondrial ATP synthase and Na+/K+ ATPase ...
Rani A, Ghai A, Puhal S, Bansal P, Varghese V   +4 more
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Effects of ambulance transport in critically ill patients. [PDF]

, 1975
G Waddell, Pamela Scott, NJ Lees, I. McA. Ledingham   +3 more
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Role of Rifaximin in the Prognosis of Critically Ill Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

Antibiotics
Background/Objectives: Critically ill patients with liver cirrhosis impose a substantial health burden on the world. Rifaximin is a potential treatment option for such patients.
Zhaohui Bai, Congcong Li, Yongjie Lai, Xiaojuan Hu, Luwen Shi, Xiaodong Guan, Yang Xu   +6 more
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Hyperchloraemia in sepsis

Annals of Intensive Care, 2018
Chloride represents—quantitatively—the most prevalent, negatively charged, strong plasma electrolyte. Control of chloride concentration is a probable major mechanism for regulating the body’s acid–base balance and for maintaining homeostasis of the ...
Christos Filis, Ioannis Vasileiadis, Antonia Koutsoukou   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source