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Acute kidney injury in critically ill cancer patients : an update [PDF]

, 2016
Patients with cancer represent a growing group among actual ICU admissions (up to 20 %). Due to their increased susceptibility to infectious and noninfectious complications related to the underlying cancer itself or its treatment, these patients ...
Benoit, Dominique, Lameire, Norbert, Van Biesen, Wim, Vanholder, Raymond   +3 more
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A prospective study on the pathogenesis of catheter-associated bacteriuria in critically ill patients

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, Benoit Mottet-Auselo, Christiane Forestier, Paul-Alain Nana, Claire Hennequin, Frédéric Robin, Bertrand Souweine, Ousmane Traoré, Alexandre Lautrette   +8 more
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Nutritional Support in Critically Ill Patients [PDF]

, 2018
Critically ill patient is at risk of malnutrition. The aim of nutritional support is to prevent malnutrition and its complication, and also fulfill macro- and micronutrient, reduce nitrogen deficit, and improve inflammaroty response.
Selfie, S. (Selfie), Simadibrata, M. (Marcellus)   +1 more
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Estimated glomerular filtration rate correlates poorly with four-hour creatinine clearance in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury. [PDF]

, 2013
Introduction. RIFLE and AKIN provide a standardised classification of acute kidney injury (AKI), but their categorical rather than continuous nature restricts their use to a research tool. A more accurate real-time description of renal function in AKI is
Kirwan, CJ, Macphee, IA, Philips, BJ
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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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Acute kidney injury in critically ill patients with COVID-19

Intensive Care Medicine, 2020
Acute kidney injury (AKI) has been reported in up to 25% of critically-ill patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection, especially in those with underlying comorbidities.
P. Gabarre, G. Dumas, Thibault Dupont, M. Darmon, É. Azoulay, L. Zafrani   +5 more
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Patients with COVID-19 in 19 ICUs in Wuhan, China: a cross-sectional study

Critical Care, 2020
Background A COVID-19 outbreak started in Wuhan, China, last December and now has become a global pandemic. The clinical information in caring of critically ill patients with COVID-19 needs to be shared timely, especially under the situations that there ...
Yuan Yu, Dan Xu, Shouzhi Fu, Jun Zhang, Xiaobo Yang, Liang Xu, Jiqian Xu, Yongran Wu, Chaolin Huang, Yaqi Ouyang, Luyu Yang, Minghao Fang, Hongwen Xiao, Jing Ma, Wei Zhu, Song Hu, Quan Hu, Daoyin Ding, Ming Hu, Guochao Zhu, Weijiang Xu, Jun Guo, Jinglong Xu, Haitao Yuan, Bin Zhang, Zhui Yu, Dechang Chen, Shiying Yuan, You Shang   +28 more
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NUTRIC-S proposal: Using SAPS 3 for mortality prediction in nutritional risk ICU patients

Clinical Nutrition Experimental, 2020
Summary: Objectives: The Nutrition Risk in the Critically Ill score (NUTRIC) identify patients who will benefit the most from optimal nutrition therapy and it is composed by the variables age, number of comorbidities, days from hospital to Intensive ...
Diogo Oliveira Toledo, João Manoel Silva Junior, Jerusa Márcia Toloi, Thaisa de Assis, Luciana Martins Serra, Paula Glaucieli do Carmo, Flavia Julie do Amaral Pfeilsticker, Dyaiane Marques dos Santos, Branca Jardini de Freitas, Amanda M.R. de Oliveira, Daren K. Heyland   +10 more
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Effect of Hydrocortisone on 21-Day Mortality or Respiratory Support Among Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2020
Importance Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with severe lung damage. Corticosteroids are a possible therapeutic option. Objective To determine the effect of hydrocortisone on treatment failure on day 21 in critically ill patients with ...
P. Dequin, Nicholas Heming, F. Meziani, G. Plantefeve, G. Voiriot, J. Badie, B. François, C. Aubron, J. Ricard, S. Ehrmann, Y. Jouan, A. Guillon, M. Leclerc, Carine Coffre, H. Bourgoin, C. Lengellé, Caroline Caille-Fénérol, E. Tavernier, S. Zohar, B. Giraudeau, D. Annane, A. Le Gouge   +21 more
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Management of pneumonia in critically ill patients

British medical journal, 2021
Severe pneumonia is associated with high mortality (short and long term), as well as pulmonary and extrapulmonary complications. Appropriate diagnosis and early initiation of adequate antimicrobial treatment for severe pneumonia are crucial in improving ...
C. Cillóniz, A. Torres, M. Niederman
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