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Mortality of Patients with Hematological Malignancy after Admission to the Intensive Care Unit [PDF]

, 2012
Background: The admission of patients with malignancies to an intensive care unit (ICU) still remains a matter of substantial controversy. The identification of factors that potentially influence the patient outcome can help ICU professionals make ...
Alexander Mück, Andreas Hausmann, Cherif H, Ferra C, Fu S, H. Joachim Stemmler, Hampshire PA, Johanna Tischer, Klaus G. Parhofer, Le Gall JR, Maccariello E, Maschmeyer G, McGrath S, Philipp C. Mandel, Regazzoni CJ, Sandra Geiger, Soares M, Sophia Horster, Souza-Dantas VC, Thiery G, Vandijck DM, Wachter RM   +21 more
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The Royal Free Hospital score: a calibrated prognostic model for patients with cirrhosis admitted to intensive care unit. Comparison with current models and CLIF-SOFA score [PDF]

, 2014
Prognosis for patients with cirrhosis admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) is poor. ICU prognostic models are more accurate than liver-specific models.
Agarwal, B, Burroughs, AK, Cheung, M, Cholongitas, E, Mohammad, AO, Pieri, G, Theocharidou, E   +6 more
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Treatment of International Human Rights Violations in the United States [PDF]

, 2013
INTRODUCTION: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients treated in intensive care has been reported to be lower compared with age- and sex-adjusted control groups.
Fredrikson, Mats, Kristenson, Margareta, Orwelius, Lotti, Sjöberg, Folke, Walther, Sten   +4 more
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Follow-up services for improving long-term outcomes in intensive care unit (ICU) survivors [PDF]

, 2017
This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows: Our main objective is to assess the effectiveness of follow-up services for ICU survivors that aim to identify and address unmet health needs related to the ICU ...
Alderson, Phil, Lewis, Sharon R., McPeake, Joanne, Schofield-Robinson, Oliver J., Schofield-Robinson, Oliver J., Smith, Andrew F.   +5 more
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Adjunctive Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Refractory Adult‐Onset Still's Disease Complicated by Secondary Macrophage Activation Syndrome: A Single‐Center Experience

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Adult‐onset Still's disease (AOSD) complicated by macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) carries substantial mortality. The role of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) remains uncertain. Methods We retrospectively analyzed patients with AOSD‐MAS treated with TPE at a single‐center.
Masataka Ueda, Tomohiro Saito, Masahide Mizobuchi, Tomoki Shimomura, Saki Kawamori, Mitsuru Kawanishi, Natsuko Hattori, Jo Sugiyama, Satoshi Tsubata, Hanami Horiguchi, Kazuki Abe, Nao Iida, Yuki Kajio, Nao Oguro, Ryo Yanai, Hirokazu Honda   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

ICU requirements

European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
Abstract This section outlines the essential requirements for managing trauma patients in ICUs across Europe. It emphasizes the need for ICU accreditation at the highest national level and highlights criteria, including staffing, equipment, training programmes, protocols, and documentation for quality control.
Balogh, Zsolt, Hildebrand, Frank
openaire   +3 more sources

Antidepressant Use and Depressive Symptoms in Intensive Care Unit Survivors [PDF]

, 2017
Nearly 30% of intensive care unit (ICU) survivors have depressive symptoms 2-12 months after hospital discharge. We examined the prevalence of depressive symptoms and risk factors for depressive symptoms in 204 patients at their initial evaluation in the
Boustani, Malaz, Gao, Sujuan, Khan, Babar, Khan, Sikandar, Kheir, You Na, Kirk, Kayla, Lasiter, Sue, Mosher, Chris, Wang, Sophia   +8 more
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Prognostic Implications of Sleep Architecture for Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit With Status Epilepticus

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Status epilepticus (SE) is associated with significant mortality. Sleep architecture may reflect normal brain function. Impaired sleep architecture is associated with poorer outcomes in numerous conditions. Here we investigate the association of sleep architecture in continuous EEG (cEEG) with survival in SE.
Ran R. Liu, Marcus C. Ng, Gavin P. Winston, Sabrina Schaly, Garima Shukla, Lysa Boissé Lomax   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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