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The focal index: a quantitative approach to morphological sub-phenotyping of COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a pilot study

Intensive Care Medicine Experimental
Background Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is characterised by significant morphological heterogeneity. Morphological sub-phenotyping can potentially be used to personalise mechanical ventilation.
Kristin Jona Bjarnadottir, Martin Tovedal, Gaetano Perchiazzi, Miklos Lipcsey, Lucian Covaciu, Magnus von Seth, Rafael Kawati, Mariangela Pellegrini   +7 more
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Experts’ guidelines of intubation and extubation of the ICU patient of French Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine (SFAR) and French-speaking Intensive Care Society (SRLF)

Annals of Intensive Care, 2019
BackgroundIntubation and extubation of ventilated patients are not risk-free procedures in the intensive care unit (ICU) and can be associated with morbidity and mortality. Intubation in the ICU is frequently required in emergency situations for patients
H. Quintard, E. L’her, J. Pottecher, F. Adnet, J. Constantin, A. De Jong, P. Diemunsch, R. Fesseau, A. Freynet, C. Girault, C. Guitton, Y. Hamonic, É. Maury, A. Mekontso-Dessap, F. Michel, P. Nolent, S. Perbet, G. Prat, A. Roquilly, K. Tazarourte, N. Terzi, A. Thille, M. Alves, E. Gayat, L. Donetti   +24 more
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Determining the Frequency of Defensive Medicine Among General Practitioners in Southeast Iran [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Defensive medicine prompts physicians not to admit high-risk patients who need intensive care. This phenomenon not only decreases the quality of healthcare services, but also wastes scarce health resources.
Aghaei, Iraj, Amiresmaili, Mohammadreza, Moosazadeh, Mahmood, Movahednia, Mahtab, Movahednia, Nima   +4 more
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About adaptive state knowledge extraction for septic shock mortality prediction [PDF]

, 2010
The early prediction of mortality is one of the unresolved tasks in intensive care medicine. This contribution models medical symptoms as observations cased by transitions between hidden markov states.
Brause, Rüdiger W.
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Statement paper on diversity for the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM)

Intensive Care Medicine, 2019
IntroductionDiversity has become a key-strategic element of success in various political and economic fields. The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) decided to make diversity a key strategic priority for the future and appointed a Task ...
B. Weiss
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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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Epidemiology of intensive care unit-acquired sepsis in Italy: results of the SPIN-UTI network [PDF]

, 2018
BACKGROUND: Sepsis is the major cause of mortality from any infectious disease worldwide. Sepsis may be the result of a healthcare associated infection (HAI): the most frequent adverse events during care delivery especially in Intensive Care Units ...
Agodi A, Arrigoni C, Auxilia F, Barchitta M, Brusaferro S, D'Errico MM, Fabiani L, Laurenti P, Mattaliano AR, Montagna MT, Mura I, Orsi GB, Pasquarella C, Squeri R, Tardivo S, Torregrossa MV   +15 more
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Axillary vein as an alternative venous access site for VV-ECMO cannulation: a case report

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Background Ultrasound-guided percutaneous axillary vein cannulation can reduce cannulation failure and mechanical complications, is as safe and effective as internal jugular vein cannulation, and is superior to subclavian vein cannulation using landmark ...
Tao Pan, Xiaoyang Zhou, Jianneng Pan, Bixin Chen, Chang Xu, Zhaojun Xu, Pingping Dong, Tingting Yu   +7 more
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Role of music in intensive care medicine

International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science, 2012
The role of music in intensive care medicine is still unclear. However, it is well known that music may not only improve quality of life but also effect changes in heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV). Reactions to music are considered subjective, but studies suggest that cardio/cerebrovascular variables are influenced under different ...
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Lung and diaphragm ultrasound as predictors of success in weaning from mechanical ventilation

Critical Ultrasound Journal, 2018
Background Lung and diaphragm ultrasound methods have recently been introduced to predict the outcome of weaning from mechanical ventilation (MV).
Eva Tenza-Lozano, Ana Llamas-Alvarez, Enrique Jaimez-Navarro, Javier Fernández-Sánchez   +3 more
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