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Long-term cognitive outcomes among unselected ventilated and non-ventilated ICU patients

Journal of Intensive Care, 2017
Background Cognitive dysfunction is an important long-term complication of critical illness associated with reduced quality of life, increase in healthcare costs, and institutionalization.
José Raimundo A. de Azevedo, Widlani Sousa Montenegro, Djane Pereira Rodrigues, Suellen C. de C. Souza, Vanessa F. S. Araujo, Margareth Pereira de Paula, Patricia H. C. P. Prazeres, Adenilde da Luz Leitão, Adriana V. N. Mendonça   +8 more
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Interdisciplinary communication in the intensive care unit [PDF]

, 2007
Background. Patient safety research has shown poor communication among intensive care unit (ICU) nurses and doctors to be a common causal factor underlying critical incidents in intensive care.
B.H. Cuthbertson, Baggs, Baker, Baron, Boyle, Burke, Cohen, Dodek, Edmondson, Edmondson, Flin, Griffin, K. Mearns, Leonard, Lingard, Miller, Pronovost, R. Flin, Reader, Render, Sexton, Shortell, Sutcliffe, T.W. Reader, Thomas, Undre, Zimmerman   +26 more
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Detecting impaired myocardial relaxation in sepsis with a novel tissue Doppler parameter (septal e′/s′)

Critical Care, 2017
Background Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction is associated with mortality outcomes in severe sepsis and septic shock. There are ongoing issues with diagnosing diastolic dysfunction in this cohort, partly owing to the poor applicability of ...
David J. Clancy, Michel Slama, Stephen Huang, Timothy Scully, Anthony S. McLean, Sam R. Orde   +5 more
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Predictive factors for severe long-term chronic kidney disease after acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy in critically ill patients: an ancillary study of the ELVIS randomized controlled trial

Critical Care, 2022
Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) is a serious complication in the ICU that results in increased mortality and risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Some studies suggest RRT modality may have an impact on long-
Edouard Soum, Jean-François Timsit, Stephane Ruckly, Didier Gruson, Emmanuel Canet, Kada Klouche, Laurent Argaud, Maïté Garrouste-Orgeas, Christophe Mariat, François Vincent, Sophie Cayot, Michael Darmon, Julien Bohé, Carole Schwebel, Lila Bouadma, Claire Dupuis, Bertrand Souweine, Alexandre Lautrette   +17 more
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Microbial Air Contamination in an Intensive Care Unit [PDF]

, 2015
Unit layout affects every aspect of intensive care services, including patient safety. A previous study has shown that patients admitted to beds adjacent to the sink and to the door of a large bayroom had the highest number of positive blood cultures and
Chang, C. (Chih-Yi), Tseng, L. (Liang), Yang, L. (Lung-Shih)   +2 more
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Where internal medical patients receive intensive interventions: results from a tertiary-care hospital in Israel

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2023
Background Patients admitted to internal medicine may be moved to more advanced-care settings when their condition deteriorates. In these advanced care settings, there may be higher levels of monitoring and greater ability to deliver Intensive Medical ...
Gideon Leibner, Shuli Brammli-Greenberg, David Katz, Yaakov Esayag, Nechama Kaufman, Adam J. Rose   +5 more
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Efektivitas Terapi Musik dalam Menurunkan Ansietas pada Pasien yang Dirawat di Ruang Intensif [PDF]

, 2023
This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of music therapy in reducing anxiety in patients treated in the intensive care unit. The method used is a literature review design, a scientific article literature review conducted to answer predetermined ...
Irawati, Dewi, Maria, Riri, Sinambela, A N Dahlia   +2 more
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MIR22HG Aggravates Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation and Reoxygenation-Induced Cardiomyocyte Injury through the miR-9-3p/SH2B3 Axis

Cardiovascular Therapeutics, 2022
Reperfusion therapy, the standard treatment for acute myocardial infarction (MI), can trigger necrotic death of cardiomyocytes and provoke ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury.
Yi Ge, Lishi Liu, Liang Luo, Yu Fang, Tong Ni   +4 more
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Tuberculosis in Intensive Care Unit

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2021
About 3.4% of the hospitalized tubercular patients need admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). Patients requiring ICU admission had a poor prognosis and high mortality rate (60 vs 25%) as compared to other causes of severe pneumonia. The most common indication for tuberculosis-related ICU admission is acute respiratory failure due to pneumonia or ...
Diksha Tyagi, Dhruva Chaudhry
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Cesarean Delivery of a Parturient with Lumboperitoneal Shunt under Spinal Anesthesia

Case Reports in Anesthesiology, 2023
Lumboperitoneal shunt may be indicated as a treatment for idiopathic intracranial hypertension aiming to facilitate the dynamic flow of cerebrospinal fluid into the peritoneum for patients.
Hicham Ziani, Med Yassir Lahbabi, Nabil Elachhab, Nawfel Elcaidi, Aziz Slaoui, Hanaa Lazhar, Sophia Lahbabi, Aziz Baidada, Nezha Oudghiri, Rajae Tachinante   +9 more
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