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 +5 more
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Reduced Glutamatergic Neurotransmission as Possible Indicator of Unfavorable Prognosis [PDF]
International Journal of Biomedicine, 2017 The paper summarizes the results of experimental and clinical studies showing a reduced function of the glutamatergic neurotransmitter system (GNS) in the development of critical states of the organism.
Elena V. Alekseeva
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BMC Microbiology, 2021 Background Updating the pathogenesis of catheter-associated bacteriuria (CA-bacteriuria) in the intensive care unit (ICU) is needed to adapt prevention strategies.
Claire Aumeran +8 more
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Medicina, 2023 Background and Objectives: Pain is still undertreated among ICU patients, especially cognitively impaired patients. Nurses play a crucial role in their management.
Mohammad Rababa +3 more
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Role of computed tomography in predicting critical disease in patients with covid-19 pneumonia: a retrospective study using a semiautomatic quantitative method [PDF]
, 2020 Background: So far, only a few studies evaluated the correlation between CT features and clinical outcome in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia. Purpose: To evaluate CT ability in differentiating critically ill patients requiring invasive ventilation from ...
Alfieri G. +13 more
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Pharmacokinetic changes and dosing modification of aminoglycosides in critically ill obese patients: A literature review [PDF]
, 2014 The objective of the paper is to review the literature and provide recommendations for use of aminoglycoside antibiotics in critically ill obese patients.
Karamouzos, Vasilios +4 more
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Platelet indices in critically ill septic patients as a predictor of mortality
Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2023 Background Platelet (PLT) indices are used to quantify the total number of PLTs, their morphology, and their proliferation kinetics. The aim of this work was to explore whether platelet indices (PLT count, platelet distribution width (PDW), mean platelet
Rehab Salah Taha +3 more
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Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis complicating COVID-19 in the ICU - A case report. [PDF]
, 2021 It is not yet known, if critically ill COVID-19 patients are prone to fungal infections. We report a 69-year-old patient without typical risk factors for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA), who developed IPA two weeks after onset of symptoms.
Eller, Philipp +5 more
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Physiotherapy in critically ill patients
Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia, 2011 Prolonged stay in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) can cause muscle weakness, physical deconditioning, recurrent symptoms, mood alterations and poor quality of life. Physiotherapy is probably the only treatment likely to increase in the short- and long-term care of the patients admitted to these units.
Guido Vagheggini +2 more
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Assessment of vitamin E status in patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome: plasma, plasma corrected for lipids or red blood cell measurements? [PDF]
, 2009 <b>Background:</b> There is some evidence that the plasma vitamin E status is perturbed as part of systemic inflammatory response and correcting this with other plasma markers may not lead to reliable results.
Duncan, A. +6 more
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