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Noise Sources and Levels in Intensive Care Units [PDF]

Türk Yoğun Bakim Derneği Dergisi, 2015
Objective: Noise has been an important problem for both patients and healthcare workers at hospitals. The study was aimed at determining noise sources and noise levels intensive care units. Material and Method: Noise level measurements were performed in
Emine Kol, Emine İlaslan, Serpil İnce
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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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The Impact of Care Bundle Approach in Preventing Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections in Surgical Intensive Care Units [PDF]

, 2022
Objective: Healthcare-associated infections (HAI), which pose a significant risk to patient safety, are one of the most frequent complications that inpatients encounter. The growing concern about HAI urged the development of evidence-based guidelines for
Çavdar, İkbal, Polat, Eda, İkbal Çavdar, Eda Akyol   +3 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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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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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. He was found to have a rash on his hands
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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Identifying Priorities in Intensive Care : a description of a system for collecting intensive care data, an analysis of the data collected, a critique of aspects of severity scoring systems used to compare intensive care outcome, identification of priorities in intensive care and proposals to improve outcome for intensive care patients. [PDF]

, 1999
MDThis thesis reviews the requirements for intensive care audit data and describes the development of ICARUS (Intensive Care Audit and Resource Utilisation System), a system to collect and analyse intensive care audit information.
Goldhill, David Raymond
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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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Prescription practice and clinical utility of chest radiographs in a pediatric intensive care unit: a prospective observational study

BMC Medical Imaging, 2021
Background Chest radiograph (CXR) prescribing pattern and practice vary widely among pediatric intensive care units (PICU). ‘On demand’ approach is increasingly recommended as against daily ‘routine’ CXRs; however, the real-world practice is largely ...
Rajeev Gupta, Karthi Nallasamy, Vijai Williams, Akshay Kumar Saxena, Muralidharan Jayashree   +4 more
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