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Critical Care, 2022 Background In patients with COVID-19-related acute respiratory failure (ARF), awake prone positioning (AW-PP) reduces the need for intubation in patients treated with high-flow nasal oxygen (HFNO).
Mariano Esperatti +23 more
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The resilient intensive care unit
Annals of Intensive Care, 2022 Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic tested the capacity of intensive care units (ICU) to respond to a crisis and demonstrated their fragility. Unsurprisingly, higher than usual mortality rates, lengths of stay (LOS), and ICU-acquired complications occurred during the pandemic.
Jorge I. F. Salluh +5 more
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Treatment planning with a 2.5 MV photon beam for radiation therapy
Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Volume 23, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Purpose The shallow depth of maximum dose and higher dose fall‐off gradient of a 2.5 MV beam along the central axis that is available for imaging on linear accelerators is investigated for treatment of shallow tumors and sparing the organs at risk (OARs) beyond it.
Navid Khaledi +5 more
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Annals of Intensive Care, 2020 Background Nonintubated chest trauma patients with fractured ribs admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) are at risk for complications and may require invasive ventilation at some point. Effective pain control is essential.
Konstantinos Bachoumas +41 more
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Leptospirosis in Intensive Care Unit
Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2021 Tropical infections constitute 20 - 30% of intensive care unit (ICU) admissions in developing countries. Leptospirosis is a spectrum with mild form presenting as an acute febrile illness with jaundice, complicating in few as acute kidney injury (AKI), acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), and multi ...
Niteen D Karnik, Aditi Patankar
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Daily use of extracorporeal CO2 removal in a critical care unit: indications and results
Journal of Intensive Care, 2018 Background While outcome improvement with extracorporeal CO2 removal (ECCO2R) is not demonstrated, a strong pathophysiological rational supports its use in the setting of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and COPD exacerbation.
Hadrien Winiszewski +11 more
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Fungal brain abscesses caused by Acremonium species
The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2023 Unusual fungal agents that exist environmentally as saprophytes can often lead to opportunistic infections, hyalohyphomycosis is a group of fungal infections caused by fungi characterized by hyaline septate hyphae and can infect both immunocompetent as ...
Hamdy Ibrahim +10 more
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Neuromodulation in the intensive care unit. [PDF]
Intensive Care MedWu L, Citerio G, Gao G.
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A comprehensive neuromonitoring approach in a large animal model of cardiac arrest
Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, 2022 Background Anoxic brain injuries represent the main determinant of poor outcome after cardiac arrest (CA). Large animal models have been described to investigate new treatments during CA and post‐resuscitation phase, but a detailed model that includes ...
Filippo Annoni +11 more
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Intensive care unit delirium - does prolonged intensive care unit stay increase morbidity [PDF]
, 2020 Background: The term intensive care unit (ICU) delirium or ICU psychosis denotes the transient period of psychosis exhibited by the geriatric patients placed in long term ICU care. This condition can be mistaken for organic neurological deterioration and
Karuppasamy, Kamalakumar +2 more
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