Identifying Priorities in Intensive Care : a description of a system for collecting intensive care data, an analysis of the data collected, a critique of aspects of severity scoring systems used to compare intensive care outcome, identification of priorities in intensive care and proposals to improve outcome for intensive care patients. [PDF]
, 1999 MDThis thesis reviews the requirements for intensive care audit data and describes the development of ICARUS (Intensive Care Audit and Resource Utilisation System), a system to collect and analyse intensive care audit information.
Goldhill, David Raymond
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Case Reports in Nephrology, 2022 Heparin is widely used in the intensive care unit despite the risk of bleeding it can cause. Although it is rarely reported, hyperkalemia is one of the side effects associated with heparin therapy (unfractionated or fractionated heparin).
Yannick M. Nlandu +12 more
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Mechanical Power in Prone Position Intubated Patients with COVID-19-Related ARDS: A Cohort Study
Critical Care Research and Practice, 2023 Background. Respiratory monitoring of mechanical ventilation (MV) is relevant and challenging in COVID-19. Mechanical power (MP) is a novel and promising monitoring tool in acute distress respiratory syndrome (ARDS), representing the amount of energy ...
Roberto Stalla Alves da Fonseca +7 more
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Case Reports in Pediatrics, 2022 Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) after COVID-19 has been recognized as a complication arising due to cytokine storm. Several management strategies including intravenous immunoglobulin and immunomodulators have been reported.
Priyanka Lalwani +9 more
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Obesity Paradox of All-Cause Mortality in 4,133 Patients Treated with Coronary Revascularization
Journal of Interventional Cardiology, 2021 Objectives. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a dose-response relationship between body mass index (BMI) and all-cause mortality in patients after coronary revascularization. Methods.
Chengzhuo Li +8 more
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Assessment of Metabolic Dysfunction in Sepsis in a Retrospective Single-Centre Cohort
Critical Care Research and Practice, 2021 Objective. Our primary aim was to assess selected metabolic dysfunction parameters, both independently and as a complement to the SOFA score, as predictors of short-term mortality in patients with infection admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU ...
Julien Goutay +13 more
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Publisher Correction to: Journal of Intensive Care, volume 7
Journal of Intensive Care, 2019 An error occurred during the publication of a number of articles in Journal of Intensive Care. Several articles were published in volume 7 with a duplicate citation number.
Journal of Intensive Care
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Consensus on circulatory shock and hemodynamic monitoring. Task force of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. [PDF]
, 2014 OBJECTIVE: Circulatory shock is a life-threatening syndrome resulting in multiorgan failure and a high mortality rate. The aim of this consensus is to provide support to the bedside clinician regarding the diagnosis, management and monitoring of shock.
Vitón-Castillo, Adrián Alejandro +52 more
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Critical Care Research and Practice, 2022 Background. Major bleeding has been a common and serious complication with poor outcomes in ECMO patients. With a novel, less-invasive cannulation approach and closer coagulation monitoring regime, the incidence of major bleeding is currently not ...
Tung Phi Nguyen +8 more
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Views of Critical Care Nurses Participating in an Adult Intensive Care Nursing Certification Program [PDF]
, 2021 Objective:This descriptive study aimed to reveal the views of nurses who participated in an intensive care nursing certification program regarding the process of planning and implementing care.Materials and Methods:The sample comprised 218 voluntary ...
Yayik, Aycan Kelez +15 more
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