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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2023 Background Accidental hypothermia designates an unintentional drop in body temperature below 35 °C. There is a major risk of ventricular fibrillation below 28 °C and cardiac arrest is almost inevitable below 24 °C.
Tal Soumagnac +11 more
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A novel computerized test for detecting and monitoring visual attentional deficits and delirium in the ICU [PDF]
, 2017 Objectives: Delirium in the ICU is associated with poor outcomes but is under-detected. Here we evaluated performance of a novel, graded test for objectively detecting inattention in delirium, implemented on a custom-built computerized device ...
Allerhand, Mike +6 more
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Annals of Intensive Care, 2017 Background Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction is suggested to be associated with higher mortality in severe sepsis and septic shock, yet the methods of diagnosis described in the literature are often inconsistent. The recently published 2016 American
David J. Clancy +5 more
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Empiric Antibiotic Therapy in the Treatment of Community-acquired Pneumonia in a General Hospital in Saudi Arabia [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Guideline-based empiric antimicrobial therapy is recommended for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). In this study, we evaluate the pattern of empiric antibiotics of CAP patients.
Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A. +2 more
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Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2001 CONTEXT Delirium is a common problem in the intensive care unit (ICU). Accurate diagnosis is limited by the difficulty of communicating with mechanically ventilated patients and by lack of a validated delirium instrument for use in the ICU.
E. Ely +11 more
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Epidemiology of intensive care unit-acquired sepsis in Italy: results of the SPIN-UTI network [PDF]
, 2018 BACKGROUND: Sepsis is the major cause of mortality from any infectious disease worldwide. Sepsis may be the result of a healthcare associated infection (HAI): the most frequent adverse events during care delivery especially in Intensive Care Units ...
Agodi A +15 more
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Delirium and encephalopathy in severe COVID-19: a cohort analysis of ICU patients
Critical Care, 2020 Background Neurotropism of SARS-CoV-2 and its neurological manifestations have now been confirmed. We aimed at describing delirium and neurological symptoms of COVID-19 in ICU patients.
Julie Helms +16 more
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Annals of Intensive Care, 2020 Background Data on the prevalence of bacterial and viral co-infections among patients admitted to the ICU for acute respiratory failure related to SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia are lacking. We aimed to assess the rate of bacterial and viral co-infections, as well
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Annals of Intensive Care, 2019 Background Although outcomes of critically ill patients with haematological malignancies (HMs) have been fully investigated in terms of organ failure and mortality, data are scarce on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in this population.
Franck Ehooman +21 more
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Feasibility of the modified sequential organ function assessment score in a resource-constrained setting: a prospective observational study. [PDF]
, 2017 BackgroundSub-Saharan Africa has a great burden of critical illness with limited health care resources. We evaluated the feasibility and utility of the modified Sequential Organ Function Assessment (mSOFA) score in assessing morbidity and mortality in ...
Ejoku, Joseph +8 more
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