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ICUs worldwide: results of a nationwide survey of Colombian intensive care units [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Sixty-three of 89 identified intensive care units in Colombia (Evaluation of Intensive Care in Colombia) participated in this voluntary study. A convenience sample of 20 intensive care units, each submitting 200 patients or more, was chosen, from which ...
Celis, Edgar
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Evaluation of Post-resuscitation Care Practices of Physicians Working in Intensive Care Units

open access: yes, 2023
Objective: In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the practices of physicians working in intensive care units about post-resuscitation care in patients whose spontaneous circulation returned with cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Özcan, Sibel   +9 more
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Hypertonic sodium lactate improves microcirculation, cardiac function, and inflammation in a rat model of sepsis

open access: yesCritical 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
doaj   +1 more source

Plasma hyaluronan, hyaluronidase activity and endogenous hyaluronidase inhibition in sepsis: an experimental and clinical cohort study

open access: yesIntensive 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
doaj   +1 more source

Haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients admitted to intensive care units. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Hutchison and colleagues report a 10-year experience of dialysis patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) in the UK excluding Scotland. Their study is the largest published so far and raises issues of interest to both ICU physicians and ...
Banerjee, D   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Hazards of the intensive care unit [PDF]

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Roentgenology, 1976
Complications arise in the introduction, maintenance, and use of devices for life support and monitoring in an intensive care unit. Since recognition of such complications is frequently difficult in this clinical setting, the radiologist is often in a position to be the first to detect complications associated with the use of endotracheal and ...
C E, Ravin, C E, Putman, T C, McLoud
openaire   +2 more sources

Moral distress, emotional impact and coping in intensive care units staff during the outbreak of COVID-19 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Background: From the beginning, the COVID-19 pandemic increased ICU workloads and created exceptionally difficult ethical dilemmas. ICU staff around the world have been subject to high levels of moral stress, potentially leading to mental health problems.
Delgado-Hito, Pilar   +23 more
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Oral Care in the Intensive Care Unit [PDF]

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Critical Care, 2004
One of my favorite aphorisms is, “The mouth really is part of the body.” The mouth gets limited exposure in medical education and has been delegated to dentistry, where emphasis is directed to 2 major clinical infections: caries and periodontitis.
openaire   +2 more sources

End-of-Life Decisions in Hungarian Intensive Care Units

open access: yes, 2011
The awareness of local practice of end-of-life decisions in accordance with the law and ethical principles is essential for intensive care physicians in all countries. The first step for the required social dialogue is to investigate local practice.
Elö, G   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Spiritual care in the intensive care unit

open access: yesAnaesthesiology 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.
openaire   +3 more sources

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