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Spiritual care in the intensive care unit

Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy, 2021
The aim of the present paper is to describe the real possibilities of providing spiritual care in intensive care units (ICUs) in Poland. Faced with suffering and death, critically ill patients and their families need a source of comfort and hope ...
Maciej W. Klimasiński
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Probiotics in the Intensive Care Unit [PDF]

Antibiotics, 2022
The understanding of the gut microbiome in health and disease has shown tremendous progress in the last decade. Shaped and balanced throughout life, the gut microbiome is intricately related to the local and systemic immune system and a multitude of mechanisms through which the gut microbiome contributes to the host’s defense against pathogens have ...
Alex R. Schuurman, Robert F. J. Kullberg, Willem Joost Wiersinga   +2 more
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Ineffectiveness of Intermittent Hemodialysis in a Critically Ill COVID-19 Patient: A Case of Persistent Heparin-Induced Hyperkalemia

Case Reports in Nephrology, 2022
Heparin is widely used in the intensive care unit despite the risk of bleeding it can cause. Although it is rarely reported, hyperkalemia is one of the side effects associated with heparin therapy (unfractionated or fractionated heparin).
Yannick M. Nlandu, Yannick M. Engole, Marie-France I. Mboliassa, Théodore-Junior M. Sakaji, Patrick U. Kobo, Patrick M. Boloko, Pally K. Mafuta, Joseph P. Tsangu, Karel Van Echkout, Jean-Pierre M. Kanku, Golan Kalifa, Rodolphe Ahmed, Justine B. Bukabau   +12 more
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Mechanical Power in Prone Position Intubated Patients with COVID-19-Related ARDS: A Cohort Study

Critical Care Research and Practice, 2023
Background. Respiratory monitoring of mechanical ventilation (MV) is relevant and challenging in COVID-19. Mechanical power (MP) is a novel and promising monitoring tool in acute distress respiratory syndrome (ARDS), representing the amount of energy ...
Roberto Stalla Alves da Fonseca, Viviane Martins Correa Boniatti, Michelle Carneiro Teixeira, Alessandra Preisig Werlang, Francielle Martins, Pedro Henrique Rigotti Soares, Leonardo da Silva Marques, Wagner Luis Nedel   +7 more
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A Case of COVID-19-Associated Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Shock Managed by Cytokine Filtration

Case Reports in Pediatrics, 2022
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) after COVID-19 has been recognized as a complication arising due to cytokine storm. Several management strategies including intravenous immunoglobulin and immunomodulators have been reported.
Priyanka Lalwani, Subashini Baskaran, Diego Arango Uribe, Anil Ramaiah, Aqdas Saqib, Mohammed ElMesserey, Emad M. Fathi, Yuichi Tabata, Christoph Fink, Marco Pallavidino   +9 more
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Obesity Paradox of All-Cause Mortality in 4,133 Patients Treated with Coronary Revascularization

Journal of Interventional Cardiology, 2021
Objectives. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a dose-response relationship between body mass index (BMI) and all-cause mortality in patients after coronary revascularization. Methods.
Chengzhuo Li, Didi Han, Fengshuo Xu, Shuai Zheng, Luming Zhang, Zichen Wang, Rui Yang, Haiyan Yin, Jun Lyu   +8 more
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Scurvy in the Intensive Care Unit [PDF]

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2021
Scurvy, caused by vitamin C deficiency, is a forgotten disease in the modern era of medicine. The prevalence of vitamin C deficiency in the United States is reported to be 7.1%. We present a case of a 56-year-old man with a history of chronic alcohol use who was admitted to the intensive care unit due to sepsis.
Amarah Baluch, David Landsberg
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Predictors of mortality in COVID-19 patients at Kinshasa Medical Center and a survival analysis: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Despite it being a global pandemic, there is little research examining the clinical features of severe COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa. This study aims to identify predictors of mortality in COVID-19 patients at Kinshasa Medical Center (KMC ...
Yannick Nlandu, Danny Mafuta, Junior Sakaji, Melinda Brecknell, Yannick Engole, Jessy Abatha, Jean-Robert Nkumu, Aliocha Nkodila, Marie-France Mboliassa, Olivier Tuyinama, Dauphin Bena, Yves Mboloko, Patrick Kobo, Patrick Boloko, Joseph Tshangu, Philippe Azika, Jean-Pierre Kanku, Pally Mafuta, Magloire Atantama, Jean-Michel Mavungu, Rosita Kitenge, Asma Sehli, Karel Van Eckout, Cathy Mukuku, Léo Bergeret, David Benchetritt, Golan Kalifa, Ahmed Rodolphe, Justine Bukabau   +28 more
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Teamwork in the intensive care unit. [PDF]

American Psychologist, 2018
Intensive care units (ICUs) provide care to the most severely ill hospitalized patients. Although ICUs increasingly rely on interprofessional teams to provide critical care, little about actual teamwork in this context is well understood. The ICU team is typically comprised of physicians or intensivists, clinical pharmacists, respiratory therapists ...
Jennifer N. Ervin, Jeremy M. Kahn, Taya R. Cohen, Laurie R. Weingart   +3 more
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Sedation in the Intensive Care Unit [PDF]

Current Anesthesiology Reports, 2021
This narrative review illustrates literature over the last 5 years relating to sedation delivery to mechanically ventilated adult patients in intensive care units.There has been an increase in dexmedetomidine-related publications but although systematic reviews suggest dexmedetomidine reduces delirium, agitation, and length of stay, clinical trials ...
Valerie J. Page, Valerie J. Page, Catherine McKenzie, Catherine McKenzie   +3 more
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