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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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Noise in an intensive care unit [PDF]
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2017 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 ...
Arnold, Jörg +2 more
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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
J. Ervin, J. Kahn, T. Cohen, L. Weingart
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Sleep in the intensive care unit. [PDF]
Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2015 Sleep is an important physiologic process, and lack of sleep is associated with a host of adverse outcomes. Basic and clinical research has documented the important role circadian rhythm plays in biologic function.
M. Pisani +5 more
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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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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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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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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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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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