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Gastroparesis in the intensive care unit [PDF]
Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy, 2021 Gastroparesis is a common problem in the intensive care unit. Impaired gastric motility in critically ill patients is associated with an increased risk of enteral feeding intolerance, gastric bacterial colonization, pulmonary aspiration and progressive malnutrition leading to adverse outcomes.
Magdalena Stojek, Tomasz Jasiński
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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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Teamwork in the Intensive Care Unit [PDF]
American Psychologist, 2017 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 ...
J. Ervin, J. Kahn, T. Cohen, L. Weingart
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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 +2 more
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Eye care in the intensive care unit [PDF]
Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 2018 Ocular surface disease is common in the intensive care population with 20–42% of patients developing corneal epithelial defects. The ocular surface is normally protected by the ability to produce tears, to blink and to close the eyes with rest or sleep.
B. J. Hearne +3 more
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Noise in an intensive care unit [PDF]
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2011 Patients and staff in hospitals are exposed to a complex sound environment with rather high noise levels. In intensive care units, the main noise sources are hospital staff on duty and medical equipment, which generates both operating noise and acoustic alarms.
Salandin, Andrea +2 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 +3 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) +2 more
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Critical Care Research and Practice, 2022 Background. Calcium administration in septic patients with hypocalcemia is a controversial issue. The present study preliminarily investigated the effects of calcium supplementation on the length of hospitalization and mortality in septic ICU patients ...
Wencheng He +7 more
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Trials, 2020 Objectives The aim of this study is to explore the effectiveness and safety of high dose dexamethasone treatment for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome secondary to SARS-Cov-2 pneumonia.
Luis Patricio Maskin +7 more
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