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High dose dexamethasone treatment for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome secondary to COVID-19: a structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Trials, 2020
Objectives The aim of this study is to explore the effectiveness and safety of high dose dexamethasone treatment for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome secondary to SARS-Cov-2 pneumonia.
Luis Patricio Maskin, Gabriel Leonardo Olarte, Fernando Palizas, Agostina E. Velo, María Fernanda Lurbet, Ignacio Bonelli, Natalio D. Baredes, Pablo Oscar Rodríguez   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Role Mismatch in Medical Decision-Making Participation Is Associated with Anxiety and Depression in Family Members of Patients in the Intensive Care Unit

Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2022
This study aimed to investigate the mismatch between the preferred and actual roles in the medical decision-making of intensive care unit (ICU) patients’ family members and the relationship between the role mismatch of family members’ decisions and ...
Tingting Fang, Pengfei Du, Yin Wang, Dandan Chen, Hailin Lu, Haoran Cheng, Wenqing Hu, Donghui Jiang   +7 more
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Sepsis biomarkers in unselected patients on admission to intensive or high-dependency care [PDF]

, 2013
Although many sepsis biomarkers have shown promise in selected patient groups, only C-reactive protein and procalcitonin (PCT) have entered clinical practice.
Berger, Mario, Blincko, Stuart J, Cohen, Jonathan, Curdt, Ingo, Drage, Stephen, Graf, Rolf, Gregory, Mark, Lajaunias, Frédéric, Llewelyn, Martin, Ramaiah, Ravi, Taylor, Amanda L   +10 more
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Near-infrared spectroscopy after high-risk congenital heart surgery in the paediatric intensive care unit [PDF]

, 2011
Objective: To establish whether the use of near-infrared spectroscopy is potentially beneficial in high-risk cardiac infants in United Kingdom paediatric intensive care units. Design: A prospective observational pilot study.
Hovarth, Lyvonne N. Tume, MacLeod, Meastiz, Philip Arnold, Plowman   +5 more
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Ghrelin/GHSR Axis Induced M2 Macrophage and Alleviated Intestinal Barrier Dysfunction in a Sepsis Rat Model by Inactivating E2F1/NF-κB Signaling

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2023
Sepsis is an inflammatory reaction disorder state that is induced by infection. The activation and regulation of the immune system play an essential role in the development of sepsis.
Lei Zhu, Zhimin Dou, Wei Wu, Qiliang Hou, Sen Wang, Ziqian Yuan, Bin Li, Jian Liu   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intensive Care Nutrition and Post–Intensive Care Recovery

Critical Care Clinics, 2018
Intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired weakness frequently complicates critical illness, which prolongs intensive care dependency and causes long-term burden. Observational studies have suggested that prolonged underfeeding could aggravate ICU-acquired weakness and impair outcome.
Gunst, Jan, Van den Berghe, Greet
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Response to. comment on optic nerve sheath diameter ultrasound evaluation in intensive care unit: possible role and clinical aspects in neurological critical patients' daily monitoring [PDF]

, 2018
Comment on "Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter Ultrasound Evaluation in Intensive Care Unit: Possible Role and Clinical Aspects in Neurological Critical Patients' Daily Monitoring"
Di Piero, V, Mecarelli, O, Pulitano, P, Rocco, M, Spadetta, G, Toscano, M, Vicenzini, E   +6 more
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Chinese expert consensus on the use of sulbactam to treat patients infected with Acinetobacter baumannii in the neurosurgical intensive care unit

Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery
Treatment of neurosurgical intensive care patients infected with multidrug resistant (MDR) or extensive drug resistant (XDR) Acinetobacter baumannii presents significant challenges and is associated with high mortality rates.
Neurosurgical Branch, Chinese Medical Association, Chinese Neurosurgical Intensive Care Management Collaborative Group   +1 more
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The Positive and Negative Effects of Calcium Supplementation on Mortality in Septic ICU Patients Depend on Disease Severity: A Retrospective Study from the MIMIC-III

Critical Care Research and Practice, 2022
Background. Calcium administration in septic patients with hypocalcemia is a controversial issue. The present study preliminarily investigated the effects of calcium supplementation on the length of hospitalization and mortality in septic ICU patients ...
Wencheng He, Lei Huang, Hua Luo, Jingying Chen, Weijia Li, Yiming Zhang, Youzhong An, Weixing Zhang   +7 more
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Anaesthesia and Intensive Care [PDF]

, 2004
The anaesthetist has seen his role steadily expand and it is hard to think of one medical specialty in which anaesthetists are not involved at least to some extent.
Aquilina, Andrew, Sciberras, Stephen C.
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