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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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Plasma exchange in the intensive care unit: a narrative review

Intensive Care Medicine, 2022
In this narrative review, we discuss the relevant issues of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) in critically ill patients. For many conditions, the optimal indication, device type, frequency, duration, type of replacement fluid and criteria for stopping ...
Philippe R. Bauer, M. Ostermann, L. Russell, C. Robba, S. David, B. Ferreyro, J. Cid, P. Castro, N. Juffermans, L. Montini, T. Pirani, A. Van de Louw, Nathan D Nielsen, J. Wendon, Anne C. Brignier, M. Schetz, J. Kielstein, J. Winters, É. Azoulay, Nina Thomas Gottfried Gürkan Christian Peter Karin Pete Buchtele Staudinger Heinz Sengölge Zauner Jaksch A, Nina Buchtele, T. Staudinger, G. Heinz, G. Sengölge, C. Zauner, P. Jaksch, K. Amrein, P. Schellongowski, A. Meert, D. Benoit, F. Taccone, Ana Paula Pierre de Moraes, W. Viana, G. Moralez, Thiago Lishoa, M. Soares, J. Salluh, U. V. Silva, Sumech Shah, S. Mehta, L. Munshi, Balik Martin, Karvunidis Thomas, K. Rusinova, Jon B. Nelsen, A. Moeller, A. Perner, Sylvest Meyhoff, R. B. Bukan, L. Nielsen, Docent Anne Kuitunen, M. Valkonen, A. Rabbat, I. Vinatier, K. Klouche, Laura Platon, M. Nyunga, A. Demoule, J. Mayaux, A. Chermak, C. Lemaître, Elise Artaud-Macari, É. Azoulay, V. Lemiale, V. Souppart, M. Darmon, L. Zafrani, S. Valade, D. Mokart, B. Gaborit, E. Canet, A. Séguin, S. Chevret, N. Terzi, C. Schwebel, A. Kouatchet, F. Bruneel, F. Pène, A. Moreau, C. Girault, F. Barbier, Aisling Mc Mahon, B. Marsh, I. Loeches, G. Cinnella, A. Cotoia, M. Antonelli, L. Montini, T. Kaufmann, D. Bergmans, A. Man, P. Pickkers, Pleun Hemelaar, P. P. Landburg, P. Klepstad, A. Barratt-Due, B. Encina, Val Hebron, Gabriel Moreno, Emilio Rodriguez Luis, Llorenç Socias Crespi, J. Rello, V. Metaxa, Yadav Hemang, Philippe R. Bauer, A. Van de Louw, G. Burghi   +106 more
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Registered nurses' experiences of working in the intensive care unit during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Nursing Critical Care, 2021
Background During the pandemic, increased numbers of patients requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission required an increase in ICU capacity, including ICU staffing with competence to care for critically ill patients.
Lina Bergman, A. Falk, A. Wolf, I. Larsson   +3 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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Assessment of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Practices, Morbidity, and Mortality Among Very Preterm Infants in China

JAMA Network Open, 2021
Key Points Question What are the care practices and outcomes for very preterm infants in Chinese neonatal intensive care units? Findings In this cohort study of 9552 very preterm infants from 57 tertiary neonatal intensive care units throughout China in ...
Yun Cao, Siyuan Jiang, Jianhua Sun, M. Hei, Laishuan Wang, Huayan Zhang, Xiaolu Ma, Hui Wu, Xiaoying Li, Huiqing Sun, Wei Zhou, Yuan Shi, Yanchen Wang, X. Gu, Tongling Yang, Yulan Lu, L. Du, Chao Chen, Shoo K. Lee, Wenhao Zhou   +19 more
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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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Hemoperfusion in the intensive care unit

Intensive Care Medicine, 2022
Multiple organ failure following a septic event derives from immune dysregulation. Many of the mediators of this process are humoral factors (cytokines), which could theoretically be cleared by direct adsorption through a process called hemoperfusion ...
Z. Ricci, S. Romagnoli, Thiago Reis, R. Bellomo, C. Ronco   +4 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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