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A cohort study investigating the occurrence of differences in care provided to men and women in an intensive care unit

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
It has been reported that there are differences in the care given within the intensive care unit (ICU) between men and women. The aim of this study is to investigate if any differences still exist between men and women regarding the level of intensive ...
Erik Zettersten   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Four Acid-Base Disturbances in a Critically-Ill Patient Undergoing Emergent Abdominal Surgery

open access: yesCase Reports in Critical Care, 2022
Lactic acidosis is common in critically-ill surgical patients, but not all perioperative acid-base imbalances are attributable to tissue hypoperfusion.
Orestes Mavrothalassitis   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Postinjury Sepsis—Associations With Risk Factors, Impact on Clinical Course, and Mortality: A Retrospective Observational Study

open access: yesCritical Care Explorations, 2021
OBJECTIVES:. Overall outcomes for trauma patients have improved over time. However, mortality for postinjury sepsis has been reported to be unchanged.
Jesper Eriksson, MD   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perioperative diabetes care [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Medicine, 2019
People with diabetes occupy approximately 18% of all acute inpatient hospital beds in the UK, compared with 6.5% of the general population. For those undergoing surgery, having diabetes is known to be associated with increased harms, however harm is defined.
Ketan, Dhatariya, Nicholas, Levy
openaire   +2 more sources

Temporal patterns of organ dysfunction after severe trauma

open access: yesCritical Care, 2021
Background Understanding temporal patterns of organ dysfunction (OD) may aid early recognition of complications after trauma and assist timing and modality of treatment strategies.
Jesper Eriksson   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prehabilitation in perioperative care [PDF]

open access: yesBritish Journal of Surgery, 2017
More work needed on improving fitness for ...
K, Moorthy, V, Wynter-Blyth
openaire   +2 more sources

New horizons in the perioperative care of older adults

open access: yes, 2022
Older adults undergoing surgery have high perioperative morbidity and mortality. Age-related physiological changes and prevalence of geriatric syndromes such as frailty increase the risk of adverse postoperative outcomes.
Naganathan, V   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Book Review: Cohn, S.L. (Ed.). Decision Making in Perioperative Medicine: Clinical Pearls. (New York: McGraw-Hill), 2021. ISBN: 978-1-260-46810-6

open access: yes, 2021
Cohn’s work fills a void in the perioperative care literature by providing a concise, comprehensive, practical, and authoritative guide to the medical management of common periprocedural issues and scenarios [...
Richard H. Parrish
core   +1 more source

Critical Care and Perioperative Monitoring [PDF]

open access: yesThe Scientific World Journal, 2014
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 ...
Dimitrios Karakitsos   +4 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Perioperative Pain Management and Opioid Stewardship: A Practical Guide

open access: yes, 2021
Surgical procedures are key drivers of pain development and opioid utilization globally. Various organizations have generated guidance on postoperative pain management, enhanced recovery strategies, multimodal analgesic and anesthetic techniques, and ...
Kara K. Brockhaus   +6 more
core   +1 more source

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