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Echocardiography and Ultrasound Committee statement for the accreditation programme in point-of-care ultrasonography in Poland

Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy, 2023
Ultrasonography is becoming an essential part of the management of critically ill patients. There has been a sufficient body of evidence to support the incorporation of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine training ...
Mateusz Zawadka, Paweł Andruszkiewicz, Wojciech Gola, Adrian Wong, Mirosław Czuczwar   +4 more
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The craft of intensive care medicine [PDF]

Sociology of Health & Illness, 2012
AbstractThe practice of medicine is often represented as a dualism: is medicine a ‘science’ or an ‘art’? This dualism has been long‐lasting, with evident appeal for the medical profession. It also appears to have been rhetorically powerful, for example in enabling clinicians to resist the encroachment of ‘scientific’ evidence‐based medicine into core ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Prehospital characteristics of COVID-19 patients in Helsinki – experience of the first wave of the pandemic

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background There is a lack of knowledge how patients with COVID-19 disease differ from patients with similar signs or symptoms (but who will have a diagnosis other than COVID-19) in the prehospital setting.
Markku Kuisma, Heini Harve-Rytsälä, Jussi Pirneskoski, James Boyd, Mitja Lääperi, Ari Salo, Tuukka Puolakka   +6 more
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Influence of contrast media on renal function and outcomes in patients with sepsis-associated acute kidney injury: a propensity-matched cohort study

Critical Care, 2019
Background Recent studies have suggested a low potential risk for contrast medium-induced kidney injury in patients with relatively normal renal function.
Yuya Goto, Kansuke Koyama, Shinshu Katayama, Ken Tonai, Jun Shima, Toshitaka Koinuma, Shin Nunomiya   +6 more
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Accuracy of two pulse-oximetry measurements for INTELLiVENT-ASV in mechanically ventilated patients: a prospective observational study

Scientific Reports, 2021
Recently, maintaining a certain oxygen saturation measured by pulse oximetry (SpO2) range in mechanically ventilated patients was recommended; attaching the INTELLiVENT-ASV to ventilators might be beneficial. We evaluated the SpO2 measurement accuracy of
Shinshu Katayama, Jun Shima, Ken Tonai, Kansuke Koyama, Shin Nunomiya   +4 more
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Predictive factors for successful INTELLiVENT-ASV® use: a retrospective observational study

BMC Anesthesiology, 2020
Background INTELLiVENT-ASV® (I-ASV) is a closed-loop ventilation mode that automatically controls the ventilation settings. Although a number of studies have reported the usefulness of I-ASV, the clinical situations in which it may be useful have not yet
Shinshu Katayama, Ken Tonai, Jun Shima, Kansuke Koyama, Shin Nunomiya   +4 more
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Direct discharge from the intensive care unit improved patient flow in a resource-pressured health system

Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care, 2023
Critical care practice is constantly evolving. Pressures for bed availability in publicly funded healthcare systems have led to an increase in patients delayed in their discharge from critical care to the wards.
E. O’Riordan, K. Maher, Z. O’Hagan, I. Martin-Loeches   +3 more
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Nutritional and Behavioral Intervention for Long‐Term Childhood Acute Leukemia Survivors With Metabolic Syndrome

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a common complication in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic and myeloid leukemia (AL), and a major risk factor for premature cardiovascular disease, type‐2‐diabetes, and metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).
Visentin Sandrine, Béliard Sophie, Renard Cécile, Caussy Cyrielle, Hamidou Zeinab, Romano David, Gacem Mélanie, Petit Arnaud, Saultier Paul, Borentain Patrick, Michel Gérard   +10 more
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Transient hyperlactatemia during intravenous administration of glycerol: a prospective observational study

Journal of Intensive Care, 2018
Background Intravenous glycerol treatment, usually administered in the form of a 5% fructose solution, can be used to reduce intracranial pressure.
Shinshu Katayama, Ken Tonai, Yuya Goto, Kansuke Koyama, Toshitaka Koinuma, Jun Shima, Masahiko Wada, Shin Nunomiya   +7 more
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Prophylactic noninvasive respiratory support in the immediate postoperative period after cardiac surgery - a systematic review and network meta-analysis

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2023
Background Noninvasive respiratory support has been increasingly applied in the immediate postoperative period to prevent postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs). However, the optimal approach remains uncertain. We sought to evaluate the comparative
Xiaoyang Zhou, Jianneng Pan, Hua Wang, Zhaojun Xu, Long Zhao, Bixin Chen   +5 more
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