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Baseline Serum Estradiol Level Is Associated with Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Moderately Severe and Severe Acute Pancreatitis

Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2022
Background. Sexual dimorphism with critical diseases has been documented. However, the role of serum sex hormones for the presence of acute kidney injury (AKI) in moderately or severe acute pancreatitis (MSAP and SAP) patients remains controversial. Here
Jia-Jia Pan, Wei-Li Liu, Guo-Tao Lu, Xing-Jie Ma, Qing-Bin Zheng, Guang-Fa Wei, Ge-Yan Tian, Li-Jun Meng   +7 more
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Access to intensive care in 14 European countries: a spatial analysis of intensive care need and capacity in the light of COVID-19

Intensive Care Medicine, 2020
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) poses major challenges to health-care systems worldwide. This pandemic demonstrates the importance of timely access to intensive care and, therefore, this study aims to explore the accessibility of intensive care ...
J. Bauer, D. Brüggmann, D. Klingelhöfer, W. Maier, L. Schwettmann, D. Weiss, D. Groneberg   +6 more
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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
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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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Intensive care during the coronavirus epidemic

Intensive Care Medicine, 2020
In December 2019, an epidemic caused by novel coronavirus arrived in Wuhan and quickly spread to the whole country even the world, seriously threatening human health and global public health security. How to improve the treatment and reduce the mortality
H. Qiu, Z. Tong, Penglin Ma, Ming Hu, Z. Peng, Wenjuan Wu, B. Du   +6 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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Factors Affecting Quality of Sleep in Intensive Care Unit [PDF]

, 2020
Background: The etiology of sleep disruption in intensive care unit is poorly known and often ignored complication. It is caused by the environmental factors especially pain, noise, diagnostic testing and human interventions that cause sleep ...
Arif, M. (Muhammad), Hanif, A. (Asif), Iftikhar, A. (Areeba)   +2 more
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Prevention and Management of Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2020
Delirium is a debilitating form of brain dysfunction frequently encountered in the intensive care unit (ICU). It is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, longer lengths of stay, higher hospital costs, and cognitive impairment that persists ...
M. Mart, S. W. Roberson, S. W. Roberson, B. Salas, P. Pandharipande, E. W. Ely   +5 more
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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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Artificial Intelligence in the Intensive Care Unit

Critical Care, 2020
This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2020. Other selected articles can be found online at https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/annualupdate2020 .
G. Gutierrez
semanticscholar   +1 more source