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Candidemia in critically ill immunocompromised patients: report of a retrospective multicenter cohort study

Annals of Intensive Care, 2019
Background Immunocompromised critically ill patients constitute a population with the high risk of candidemia. This retrospective study aimed to assess the outcome of immunocompromised critically ill patients with candidemia. Secondary objectives were to
Etienne Ghrenassia, Djamel Mokart, Julien Mayaux, Alexandre Demoule, Imène Rezine, Lionel Kerhuel, Laure Calvet, Audrey De Jong, Elie Azoulay, Michael Darmon   +9 more
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Severity of acute gastrointestinal injury grade is a predictor of all-cause mortality in critically ill patients: a multicenter, prospective, observational study

Critical Care, 2017
Background In 2012, the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine proposed a definition for acute gastrointestinal injury (AGI) based on current medical evidence and expert opinion.
Bangchuan Hu, Renhua Sun, Aiping Wu, Yin Ni, Jingquan Liu, Feng Guo, Lijun Ying, Guoping Ge, Aijun Ding, Yunchao Shi, Changwen Liu, Lei Xu, Ronglin Jiang, Jun Lu, Ronghai Lin, Yannan Zhu, Weidong Wu, Bo Xie   +17 more
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lncRNA NEAT1 Downregulation Ameliorates the Myocardial Infarction of Mice by Regulating the miR-582-5p/F2RL2 Axis

Cardiovascular Therapeutics, 2022
Background. This study is aimed at effectively investigating the role of coagulation factor II thrombin receptor like 2 (F2RL2) in myocardial infarction (MI) as well as the upstream regulatory miRNA and lncRNA. Methods.
Zhenhua Wu, Yunpeng Bai, Yujuan Qi, Chao Chang, Yan Jiao, Yaobang Bai, Zhigang Guo   +6 more
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Characteristics and outcome of patients with newly diagnosed advanced or metastatic lung cancer admitted to intensive care units (ICUs)

Annals of Intensive Care, 2018
Background Although patients with advanced or metastatic lung cancer have poor prognosis, admission to the ICU for management of life-threatening complications has increased over the years.
C. Barth, M. Soares, A. C. Toffart, J. F. Timsit, G. Burghi, C. Irrazabal, N. Pattison, E. Tobar, B. F. Almeida, U. V. Silva, L. C. Azevedo, A. Rabbat, C. Lamer, A. Parrot, V. C. Souza-Dantas, F. Wallet, F. Blot, G. Bourdin, C. Piras, J. Delemazure, M. Durand, J. Salluh, E. Azoulay, Virginie Lemiale, Lung Cancer in Critical Care (LUCCA) Study Investigators   +24 more
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Application of the PDCA cycle for standardized nursing management in sepsis bundles

BMC Anesthesiology, 2022
Background To explore the application effect of plan, do, check and action circulation management mode in improving the compliance of sepsis bundle treatment.
Chunxia Liu, Yun Liu, Yiqing Tian, Kun Zhang, Guizhen Hao, Limin Shen, Quansheng Du   +6 more
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Ruptured arterial aneurysm in Wegener’s granulomatosis: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021
Background Aneurysm formation is a possible, but rare, complication of granulomatosis with polyangiitis, known as Wegener’s granulomatosis. Urgent diagnosis and therapy is very important because a ruptured aneurysm could be life threatening.
A. Gravos, K. Katsifa, P. Tselioti, V. Grammatikopoulou, K. Sakellaridis, S. Kanakaki, C. Tsapas, A. Destounis, H. Moschouris, I. Athanasiadou, F. Chatzivasiloglou, E. Ivanova, A. Prekates   +12 more
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High-dose methotrexate in ICU patients: a retrospective study

Annals of Intensive Care, 2020
Background High-dose methotrexate (HD-MTX) is commonly used in the treatment of solid tumors and hematological malignancies. Severe toxicities are frequent, leading to organ dysfunction and death.
Sandrine Valade, Eric Mariotte, Elie Azoulay, Michael Darmon   +3 more
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Efficacy of bilateral PECS II block in postoperative analgesia for ultrafast track pediatric cardiac anesthesia

Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2022
Background Effective analgesia after cardiac surgery contributes to fast recovery, and discharge from the critical care unit. Aim: This study was conducted to evaluate PECS II block for controlling post-sternotomy pain in pediatric population in ...
Farouk Kamal, Ahmed Abd El-Rahman, Rasha Mahmoud Hassan, Amr Fouad Helmy   +3 more
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Correlation between optic nerve sheath diameter measured by bedside ultrasound and intracranial pressure in neurologically ill patients in a Chinese population

BMC Neurology
Background We assessed the correlation between optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) values measured by bedside ultrasound and intracranial pressure (ICP) changes among patients under neurocritical care and evaluated the diagnostic performance of ONSD for ...
Xiuli Zhang, Dandan Ma, Wenqiang Li, Jinluan Ma, Kexia Bi, Yuling Qiao, Zhen Li   +6 more
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Association between acute gastrointestinal injury and biomarkers of intestinal barrier function in critically ill patients

BMC Gastroenterology, 2017
Background To assess the associations of biomarkers of intestinal barrier function and other clinical variables with acute gastrointestinal injury (AGI) grade, and of these clinical variables with mortality in critically ill patients.
Hongxiang Li, Ying Chen, Feifei Huo, Yushan Wang, Dong Zhang   +4 more
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