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Feasibility of transitioning from APACHE II to SAPS III as prognostic model in a Brazilian general intensive care unit. A retrospective study

São Paulo Medical Journal
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Prognostic models reflect the population characteristics of the countries from which they originate. Predictive models should be customized to fit the general population where they will be used. The aim here was to perform external
Ary Serpa Neto, Murillo Santucci Cesar de Assunção, Andréia Pardini, Eliézer Silva   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Continued Surveillance of Serratia marcescens Infections by Bacteriocin Typing: Investigation of Two Outbreaks of Cross-Infection in an Intensive Care Unit [PDF]

, 1972
Walter H. Traub
openalex   +1 more source

Decreasing Duration of Mechanical Restraint Episodes by Increasing Registered Nurse Assessment and Surveillance in an Acute Psychiatric Hospital [PDF]

, 2018
Background Application of mechanical restraints is a high-risk emergency measure that requires psychiatric intensive care in order to assure patient safety and expedite release at the earliest opportunity.
Allen, Diane
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Military Service Roles and ALS Among Veterans: A Matched Case–Control Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While military service is an established risk factor for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), it remains unclear whether this association is linked to combat. We conducted a matched case–control study comparing 191 ALS patients who were veterans of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) with known military service type and 1910 matched controls. The
Asaf Honig, Roy Dayan, Amir Knaani, Hagai Levine, Marc Gotkine   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of mortality due to severe SARS-CoV-2 infection in public and private intensive care units in Brazil: a multicenter retrospective cohort study

Einstein (São Paulo)
Objective To compare the clinical characteristics, use of organ support, and outcomes of critically ill patients with COVID-19 admitted to public and private intensive care units.
Thiago Domingos Corrêa, Thais Dias Midega, Ricardo Kenji Nawa, Ricardo Luiz Cordioli, Adriano José Pereira, Moacyr Silva Júnior, Bruno de Arruda Bravim, Niklas Soderberg Campos, Amanda Pascoal Valle Felicio, Angelo Antônio Gomes de Carvalho, Andreia Pardini, Raquel Afonso Caserta Eid, Rodrigo Dias Rodrigues, Marcele Liliane Pesavento, Leonardo Van de Wiel Barros Urbano Andari, Bento Fortunato Cardoso dos Santos, Claudia Regina Laselva, Felipe Maia de Toledo Piza, Miguel Cendoroglo Neto, Guilherme de Paula Pinto Schettino, Sidney Klajner, Leonardo José Rolim Ferraz   +21 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estimating the Cost of Informal Care with a Novel Two-Stage Approach to Individual Synthetic Control [PDF]

arXiv
Informal carers provide the majority of care for people living with challenges related to older age, long-term illness, or disability. However, the care they provide often results in a significant income penalty for carers, a factor largely overlooked in the economics literature and policy discourse.
arxiv  

Sepsis in European intensive care units: Results of the SOAP study*

Critical Care Medicine, 2006
J. Vincent, Y. Sakr, C. Sprung, V. Ranieri, K. Reinhart, H. Gerlach, R. Moreno, J. Carlet, J. le Gall, D. Payen   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Quality of life of survivors of paediatric intensive care [PDF]

, 2007
Objective: The mortality rate in paediatric intensive care units (PICU) has fallen over the last two decades. More advanced treatment is offered to children with life-threatening disease and there is substantial interest in knowing whether long term ...
Ambuehl, J., Karrer, A., Meer, A., Riedel, T., Schibler, A.   +4 more
core  

EEG Response to Sedation Interruption Complements Behavioral Assessment After Severe Brain Injury

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Accurate assessment of the level of consciousness and potential to recover in patients with severe brain injury underpins crucial decisions in the intensive care unit but remains a major challenge for the clinical team. The neurological wake‐up test is a widely used assessment tool. However, many patients' behavioral responses during
Charlotte Maschke, Loretta Norton, Catherine Duclos, Miriam Han, Kira Dolhan, Geoffrey Laforge, Allison Frantz, Xiaoyu Wang, Hassan Al‐Hayawi, Tianyu Zhang, Raphaël Lavoie, Adrian M. Owen, Stefanie Blain‐Moraes   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Radiation Overuse in Intensive Care Units

Tomography
Radiological imaging is essential for acute patient management in Intensive Care Units (ICUs); however, it introduces the risk of exposure to ionizing radiation.
Chiara Zanon, Costanza Bini, Alessandro Toniolo, Tommaso Benetti, Emilio Quaia   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source