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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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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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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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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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Teamwork in the intensive care unit. [PDF]

American Psychologist, 2018
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 typically comprised of physicians or intensivists, clinical pharmacists, respiratory therapists ...
Jennifer N. Ervin, Jeremy M. Kahn, Taya R. Cohen, Laurie R. Weingart   +3 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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Noise in an intensive care unit [PDF]

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2011
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 alarms.
Salandin, Andrea, Arnold, Jörg, Kornadt, Oliver   +2 more
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