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The validity and reliability of the portuguese versions of three tools used to diagnose delirium in critically ill patients [PDF]

Clinics, 2011
OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study are to compare the sensitivity and specificity of three diagnostic tools for delirium (the Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist, the Confusion Assessment Method for Intensive Care Units and the Confusion ...
Dimitri Gusmao-Flores, Jorge Ibrain Figueira Salluh, Felipe Dal-Pizzol, Cristiane Ritter, Cristiane Damiani Tomasi, Marco Antônio Sales Dantas de Lima, Lauro Reis Santana, Rita Márcia Pacheco Lins, Patrícia Pimenta Lemos, Gisele Vasconcelos Serpa, Jenisson Oliveira, Ricardo Ávila Chalhub, Melissa Tassano Pitrowsky, Acioly L.T Lacerda, Karestan C Koenen, Lucas C Quarantini   +15 more
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Comparison of Nurses’ Workload and Multiple Organ Failure of Patients Hospitalized in the COVID-19 and Non–COVID-19 Intensive Care Units [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research
Background: Measuring nurses’ workload and related factors in intensive care units and reviewing their staffing is very important during COVID-19. This study aims to compare nurses’ workload and multiple organ failure of patients hospitalized during the ...
Mohammad Moradi, Lilia de Souza Nogueira, Nasrin Hanifi   +2 more
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A Reinforcement Learning Approach to Weaning of Mechanical Ventilation in Intensive Care Units [PDF]

arXiv, 2017
The management of invasive mechanical ventilation, and the regulation of sedation and analgesia during ventilation, constitutes a major part of the care of patients admitted to intensive care units. Both prolonged dependence on mechanical ventilation and premature extubation are associated with increased risk of complications and higher hospital costs,
Cheng, Li-Fang, Chivers, Corey, Draugelis, Michael, Engelhardt, Barbara E, Prasad, Niranjani   +4 more
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Surviving Capnocytophaga Canimorsus Septic Shock: Intertwining a Challenging Diagnosis with Prompt Treatment

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, Andrea Dipasquale, Elena Costantini, Enrico Giustiniano, Umberto Ripani, Maurizio Cecconi   +5 more
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Trans-Esophageal Echocardiography of the Descending Aorta and Celiac Trunk as an Intraoperative Monitoring for Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS) Treatment: Technique Proposal and Two Case Reports

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, Fulvio Nisi, Enrico Giustiniano, Umberto Ripani, Federico Piccioni, Maurizio Cecconi   +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, Robert F. J. Kullberg, Willem Joost Wiersinga   +2 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, Alessandro Santini, Francesca Pennati, Chiara Chiurazzi, Michele Ferrari, Giacomo E. Iapichino, Luca Carenzo, Francesca Dalla Corte, Ezio Lanza, Nicolò Martinetti, Andrea Aliverti, Maurizio Cecconi   +11 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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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, Selena Russo, Catia Quagliotto, Roberta Granello, Lorenza Menato, Antonio Nola, Stefano Addesa, Sergio Cassella, Antonio Farnia, Mariagrazia Strepparava, Alessandra Mauri, Mario Peta   +11 more
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Non-catecholamine vasopressors in the treatment of adult patients with septic shock—evidence from meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomized clinical trials

Journal of Intensive Care, 2020
Background Norepinephrine (NE) has currently been the first-choice vasopressor in treating septic shock despite generally insufficient for patients with refractory septic shock.
Lei Zhong, Xiao-Wei Ji, Hai-Li Wang, Guang-Ming Zhao, Qing Zhou, Bo Xie   +5 more
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