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Antimicrobial susceptibility at intensive care units in Sudan, antibiogram development [PDF]
BMC MicrobiologyAntibiograms are statistics on bacterial spectrum and resistance rates. It is of importance to regularly monitor the trends in antimicrobial resistance within the institution through the periodic cumulative resistance to provide the effective empiric ...
Ghada Omer Hamad Abd El-Raheem +8 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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Diagnostics, 2022 Capnocytophaga canimorsus is zoonotic agent isolated from humans bitten by dogs or cats. Although rare, severe infection usually affects male patients over the age of 50, asplenic or immunocompromised.
Fulvio Nisi +5 more
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Lung response to prone positioning in mechanically-ventilated patients with COVID-19
Critical Care, 2022 Background Prone positioning improves survival in moderate-to-severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) unrelated to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This benefit is probably mediated by a decrease in alveolar collapse and hyperinflation
Alessandro Protti +11 more
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Surgeries, 2023 Dunbar syndrome is caused by the compression of the celiac artery by the median arcuate ligament (MAL) and the diaphragmatic crura, presenting with abdominal pain.
Marta Lubian +5 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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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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Nursing physical workload and mental workload in intensive care units: Are they related?
Nursing Open, 2021 In order to ensure patient safety and quality of care, it is important to consider factors which may impact on nursing workloads. This study aimed to investigate the simultaneous physical and mental workload and any relationships between these concepts ...
Kolsoom Nasirizad Moghadam +6 more
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Care and compassion at time of pandemic: an ICU field experience in Italy
Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Critical Care, 2022 After the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in March 2020, the majority of hospital policies have followed guidelines aimed to prevent the virus transmission and the families’ entry was denied in all hospital wards and intensive care units (ICU).
Annalaura Ferrari +11 more
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JAMA Internal Medicine, 2020 Importance Many patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are critically ill and require care in the intensive care unit (ICU). Objective To evaluate the independent risk factors associated with mortality of patients with COVID-19 requiring ...
G. Grasselli +147 more
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