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Background The transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) participates in thermosensation and inflammatory pain, but its immunomodulatory mechanisms remain enigmatic.
Jérémie Joffre+15 more
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Prehabilitation in perioperative care [PDF]
More work needed on improving fitness for ...
K Moorthy, Venetia Wynter-Blyth
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Background Previous findings indicate that pre-emptive pregabalin as part of multimodal anesthesia reduces opioid requirements compared to conventional anesthesia in patients undergoing robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP).
K. Sisa+5 more
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Background Renal resistive index (RRI) is a promising tool for the assessment of acute kidney injury (AKI) in critically ill patients in general, but its role and association to AKI among patients with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is not known ...
Mårten Renberg+5 more
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Critical Care and Perioperative Monitoring [PDF]
Advances in perioperative and critical care monitoring have greatly improved the standard of care during the last decades. However, no monitoring tool, no matter how accurate, by itself has improved critical care patients outcome [1]. Moreover, aside from lung-protective mechanical ventilation there has really been no consistent intervention that has ...
Apostolos Papalois+5 more
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Nationwide case–control study of risk factors and outcomes for community-acquired sepsis
Sepsis is the main cause of death in the intensive care units (ICU) and increasing incidences of ICU admissions for sepsis are reported. Identification of patients at risk for sepsis and poor outcome is therefore of outmost importance.
Ann-Charlotte Lindström+4 more
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Background Elevated cardiac biomarkers, such as high-sensitivity cardiac Troponin T and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide improve the prediction of major adverse cardiac events.
A. Valadkhani, A. Gupta, M. Bell
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Perioperative intensive care medicine [PDF]
Surgery represents one of the main therapeutic references in the world, affording greater survival and life expectancy for many patients. In general, the estimated postoperative mortality is low (around 1-4%). Thirteen percent of the surgical procedures have a high risk of complications, accounting for 80% of all postoperative deaths.
Martín Delgado, María Cruz+1 more
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Perioperative care of the obese patient [PDF]
Abstract Background Obesity has become an increasing problem worldwide during the past few decades. Hence, surgeons and anaesthetists will care for an increasing number of obese patients in the foreseeable future, and should be prepared to provide optimal management for these individuals.
Carron M.+3 more
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Impact of gender on post- traumatic intensive care and outcomes
Background Several reports indicate gender disparities in health care provision. There is a well-documented male patient dominance in intensive care unit (ICU) admittance.
Emma Larsson+3 more
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