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Predicting the occurrence of multidrug-resistant organism colonization or infection in ICU patients: development and validation of a novel multivariate prediction model

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2020
Background Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) have emerged as an important cause of poor prognoses of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). This study aimed to establish an easy-to-use nomogram for predicting the occurrence of MDRO colonization ...
Li Wang, Xiaolong Huang, Jiating Zhou, Yajing Wang, Weizhang Zhong, Qing Yu, Weiping Wang, Zhiqiao Ye, Qiaoyan Lin, Xing Hong, Ping Zeng, Minwei Zhang   +11 more
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Characterization of Transverse Aortic Constriction in Mice Based on the Specific Recruitment of Leukocytes to the Hypertrophic Myocardium and the Aorta Ascendens

Mediators of Inflammation, 2021
Transverse aortic constriction (TAC) is a model that mimics pressure overload-induced left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy in mice. Alterations in immune cell functionality can promote cardiac and vascular remodeling.
Jan Lukas Kleiner, Odilia Köpke, Anton Faron, Yunyang Zhang, Jan Cornelssen, Mark Coburn, Stilla Frede, Lars Eichhorn, Christina Katharina Weisheit   +8 more
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Consumer attitudes towards production diseases in intensive production systems [PDF]

, 2019
Many members of the public and important stakeholders operating at the upper end of the food chain, may be unfamiliar with how food is produced, including within modern animal production systems.
Clark, Beth, Frewer, Lynn J., Jones, Philip, Kyriazakis, Ilias, Latvala, Terhi, Niemi, Jarkko K., Panzone, Luca A., Stewart, Gavin B., Tranter, Richard   +8 more
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Adsorption therapy in critically ill with septic shock and acute kidney injury: a retrospective and prospective cohort study

Annals of Intensive Care, 2020
Background Haemoadsorption has been described as an effective way to control increased pro- and anti-inflammatory mediators (“cytokine storm”) in septic shock patients. No prospective or randomised clinical study has yet confirmed these results. However,
Gregor A. Schittek, Philipp Zoidl, Michael Eichinger, Simon Orlob, Holger Simonis, Martin Rief, Philipp Metnitz, Tobias Fellinger, Jens Soukup   +8 more
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Patient's autonomy, physician's convictions and euthanasia in Belgium [PDF]

, 2016
The aim of this paper is to show the inherent contradiction in the Belgian euthanasia practice. While stressing patient’s autonomy, medical professionals exhibit paternalism in deciding the patient’s fate. First, background information is provided.
Cohen-Almagor, Raphael
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The Durban World Congress Ethics Round Table conference report: I. Differences between withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatments [PDF]

, 2014
Introduction: Withholding life-sustaining treatments (WHLST) and withdrawing life-sustaining treatments (WDLST) occur in most intensive care units (ICUs) around the world to varying degrees.
Argent, Andrew, Du, Bin, Feldman, Charles, Groeneveld, A. B. Johan, Guidet, Bertrand, Hartog, Christiane S., Hodgson, R. Eric, Kissoon, Niranjan, Lipman, Jeffrey, Paruk, Fathima, Sprung, Charles L.   +10 more
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Higher Atherogenic Index of Plasma Is Associated with Hyperuricemia: A National Longitudinal Study

International Journal of Endocrinology
Background. The association between atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) and hyperuricemia remains indistinct. This study was aimed to examine the relationship between AIP and hyperuricemia among the middle-aged and the elderly Chinese population.
Feifei Xu, Chengyong Ma, Shouping Wang, Qin Li, Zhongwei Zhang, Min He   +5 more
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Reduced anticoagulation targets in extracorporeal life support (RATE): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials, 2022
Background Although life-saving in selected patients, ECMO treatment still has high mortality which for a large part is due to treatment-related complications. A feared complication is ischemic stroke for which heparin is routinely administered for which
Olivier van Minnen, Annemieke Oude Lansink-Hartgring, Bas van den Boogaard, Judith van den Brule, Pierre Bulpa, Jeroen J. H. Bunge, Thijs S. R. Delnoij, Carlos V. Elzo Kraemer, Marijn Kuijpers, Bernard Lambermont, Jacinta J. Maas, Jesse de Metz, Isabelle Michaux, Ineke van de Pol, Marcel van de Poll, S. Jorinde Raasveld, Matthias Raes, Dinis dos Reis Miranda, Erik Scholten, Olivier Simonet, Fabio S. Taccone, Frederic Vallot, Alexander P. J. Vlaar, Walter M. van den Bergh   +23 more
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The acute psychobiological impact of the intensive care experience on relatives. [PDF]

, 2015
There is a growing awareness amongst critical care practitioners that the impact of intensive care medicine extends beyond the patient to include the psychological impact on close family members.
A. Padkin, F.M. Begen, J.M. Turner-Cobb, Johnston M., P. Ramchandani, P.C. Smith   +5 more
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Gender disparity and implicit gender bias amongst doctors in intensive care medicine: A ‘disease’ we need to recognise and treat

Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 2020
UK medical schools have trained equal numbers of male and female doctors for almost 20 years. However, within intensive care medicine only 22% of consultants are female.
A. Chadwick, R. Baruah
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