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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 ...
Chalhub, Ricardo Ávila, Dal-Pizzol, Felipe, de Lima, Marco Antônio Sales Dantas, Gusmao-Flores, Dimitri, Koenen, Karestan C., Lacerda, Acioly L.T., Lemos, Patrícia Pimenta, Lins, Rita Márcia Pacheco, Oliveira, Jenisson, Pitrowsky, Melissa Tassano, Quarantini, Lucas C., Ritter, Cristiane, Salluh, Jorge Ibrain Figueira, Santana, Lauro Reis, Serpa, Gisele Vasconcelos, Tomasi, Cristiane Damiani   +15 more
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Antimicrobial susceptibility at intensive care units in Sudan, antibiogram development. [PDF]

BMC Microbiol
Antibiograms 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 ...
Abd El-Raheem GOH, Dihesh MEA, Elmardi MEB, Elamin HES, Zeinelabdin LEA, Ahmed DOS, Mudather MAA, Gaber OAA, Abdalla HME.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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
Cheng, Li-Fang, Chivers, Corey, Draugelis, Michael, Engelhardt, Barbara E, Prasad, Niranjani   +4 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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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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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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Sedation in the Intensive Care Unit [PDF]

Current Anesthesiology Reports, 2021
This narrative review illustrates literature over the last 5 years relating to sedation delivery to mechanically ventilated adult patients in intensive care units.There has been an increase in dexmedetomidine-related publications but although systematic reviews suggest dexmedetomidine reduces delirium, agitation, and length of stay, clinical trials ...
Valerie J. Page, Valerie J. Page, Catherine McKenzie, Catherine McKenzie   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source