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Critical Care, 2020 Background Hypertonic sodium lactate (HSL) may be of interest during inflammation. We aimed to evaluate its effects during experimental sepsis in rats (cecal ligation and puncture (CLP)).
Emmanuel Besnier +10 more
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Intensive Care Medicine Experimental, 2021 Background Plasma hyaluronan concentrations are increased during sepsis but underlying mechanisms leading to high plasma hyaluronan concentration are poorly understood.
Jaap van der Heijden +6 more
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Sepsis in the intensive care unit [PDF]
Surgery (Oxford), 2012 Sepsis remains a major cause of mortality in intensive care. The past 15 years has seen a more uniform, world-wide approach to the management of sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock with improved survival. Recognizing the early symptoms and signs of sepsis are key: the confused, hypoxic, hypotensive patient with pyrexia, tachycardia, tachypnoea and ...
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Serratia marcescens Infections in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs)
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019 Serratia marcescens belongs to the family Enterobacteriaceae, which is commonly found in water, soil, animals, insects, plants. Although S. marcescens displays relatively low virulence, it causes nosocomial infections and outbreaks in severely ...
M. L. Cristina +2 more
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Tuberculosis in Intensive Care Unit
Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2021 About 3.4% of the hospitalized tubercular patients need admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). Patients requiring ICU admission had a poor prognosis and high mortality rate (60 vs 25%) as compared to other causes of severe pneumonia. The most common indication for tuberculosis-related ICU admission is acute respiratory failure due to pneumonia or ...
Diksha Tyagi, Dhruva Chaudhry
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A Randomized Trial of a Family‐Support Intervention in Intensive Care Units
New England Journal of Medicine, 2018 Background Surrogate decision makers for incapacitated, critically ill patients often struggle with decisions related to goals of care. Such decisions cause psychological distress in surrogates and may lead to treatment that does not align with patients'
D. White +14 more
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Barriers to patient and family‐centred care in adult intensive care units: A systematic review
Nursing Open, 2019 Despite remarkable theoretical evidence of positive outcomes of patient and family‐centred care, it is rarely performed in the intensive care setting. The aim of this review was to assess the barriers to patient and family‐centred care among healthcare ...
Frank Kiwanuka +2 more
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Spiritual care in the intensive care unit
Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy, 2021 The aim of the present paper is to describe the real possibilities of providing spiritual care in intensive care units (ICUs) in Poland. Faced with suffering and death, critically ill patients and their families need a source of comfort and hope. Spiritual care is intended to bring relief to them by responding to their spiritual needs.
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Fatal pulmonary embolism following ankle fracture in a 23-year-old man
Emergency Care Journal, 2014 Patients with lower extremity injuries are at increased risk of venous thromboembolism. We report a case of fatal pulmonary embolism following a simple ankle fracture in a 23-year-old man. The diagnosis was confirmed post-mortem.
Stella Charitidou +2 more
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A Survey of Neurology-based Intensive Care Unit Specialists
Türk Nöroloji Dergisi, 2022 Objective: We aimed to evaluate the neurology and intensive care training of neurology specialists who have started and/or completed intensive care subspecialty training and their views on neurological intensive care organizations. Materials and Methods:
Tuğçe Mengi, Hadiye Şirin
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