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Gastroparesis in the intensive care unit [PDF]

open access: yesAnaesthesiology 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
openaire   +3 more sources

Skin-Interfaced Biosensors and Pilot Studies for Advanced Wireless Physiological Monitoring in Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units

open access: yesNature Network Boston, 2020
Standard clinical care in neonatal and pediatric intensive-care units (NICUs and PICUs, respectively) involves continuous monitoring of vital signs with hard-wired devices that adhere to the skin and, in certain instances, can involve catheter-based ...
Ha Uk Chung   +61 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Therapeutic Environment and Premature newborns Development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Introduction: Prematurity is the leading cause of neonatal mortality, however, the survival of preterm infants is guaranteed. Prolonged exposure to numerous sensory stimuli during early neonatal intensive care units contributes to the increased ...
Calado, Gabriela, Costa, Mónica
core   +1 more source

Epidemiology, Patterns of Care, and Mortality for Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Intensive Care Units in 50 Countries.

open access: yesJournal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2016
IMPORTANCE Limited information exists about the epidemiology, recognition, management, and outcomes of patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
G. Bellani   +15 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Surge capacity of intensive care units in case of acute increase in demand caused by COVID‐19 in Australia

open access: yesMedical Journal of Australia, 2020
To assess the capacity of intensive care units (ICUs) in Australia to respond to the expected increase in demand associated with COVID‐19.
E. Litton   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mothers’ perceptions of family centred care in neonatal intensive care units [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Objective To explore mothers’ perceptions of family centred care (FCC) in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in England. Design The qualitative experiences of 12 mothers from three NICUs in the UK were elicited using individual interviews.
Als   +40 more
core   +1 more source

Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to treat hypercapnia in a morbidly obese patient

open access: yesSwiss Medical Weekly, 2018
Morbid obesity plays an increasingly important role in healthcare. Patients who are severely obese often suffer from a range of medical problems. One problem is obesity-related hypoventilation syndrome with its resulting hypercapnia.
Heidi Lederer   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

The resilient intensive care unit

open access: yesAnnals of Intensive Care, 2022
Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic tested the capacity of intensive care units (ICU) to respond to a crisis and demonstrated their fragility. Unsurprisingly, higher than usual mortality rates, lengths of stay (LOS), and ICU-acquired complications occurred during the pandemic.
Jorge I. F. Salluh   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Leptospirosis in Intensive Care Unit

open access: yesIndian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2021
Tropical infections constitute 20 - 30% of intensive care unit (ICU) admissions in developing countries. Leptospirosis is a spectrum with mild form presenting as an acute febrile illness with jaundice, complicating in few as acute kidney injury (AKI), acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), and multi ...
Niteen D Karnik, Aditi Patankar
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Nursing workload in intensive care units and the influence of patient and nurse characteristics.

open access: yesNursing Critical Care, 2020
BACKGROUND Understanding factors that can potentially influence patient care and nursing workload in intensive care units is important. Previous studies have shown contradictory outcomes about the relationships between nursing workload and patient and ...
Kolsoom Nasirizad Moghadam   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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