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Microbial Air Contamination in an Intensive Care Unit [PDF]

, 2015
Unit layout affects every aspect of intensive care services, including patient safety. A previous study has shown that patients admitted to beds adjacent to the sink and to the door of a large bayroom had the highest number of positive blood cultures and
Chang, C. (Chih-Yi), Tseng, L. (Liang), Yang, L. (Lung-Shih)   +2 more
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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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Synthesis of qualitative research studies regarding the factors surrounding UK critical care trial infrastructure [PDF]

, 2019
© 2019 Author(s). Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJConducting clinical trials in critical care is integral to improving patient care.
Arulkumaran, Nishkantha, Connolly, Bronwen, Dark, Paul, Hopkins, Philip, Humphreys, Sally, O'gara, Geraldine, Pattison, Natalie, Walsh, Tim   +7 more
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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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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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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
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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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Metabonomics and Intensive Care [PDF]

, 2016
This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency medicine 2016. Other selected articles can be found online at http://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/annualupdate2016.
A Gupta, A Gupta, AJ Rogers, B Mickiewicz, B Mickiewicz, BJ Blaise, CM Slupsky, CM Slupsky, CR Evans, CW Lam, CW Lam, CW Seymour, D Schmerler, E Holmes, E Nevedomskaya, E Sato, EC Laiakis, EM Lenz, F Dong, H Mao, JH Shin, JK Nicholson, JK Nicholson, JK Nicholson, JL Izquierdo-Garcia, KA Stringer, L Chen, L Su, LC Antunes, M Coen, M Sofia, ME Dumas, MJ Cohen, O Beckonert, PB Xu, RD Beger, RJ Langley, RJ Langley, S Ghosh, SM Steelman, V Fanos, VG Dunne, Y Li, Z Al-Ismaili   +43 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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