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Diaphragmatic Ultrasonography in Preterm Newborns With Respiratory Distress Syndrome on Invasive Mechanical Ventilation: An Observational Study

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Volume 61, Issue 8, Page 1249-1255, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim In preterm newborns, Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) is one of the leading causes of mortality. Treatment often requires invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV), which can cause diaphragmatic dysfunction. Ultrasonography is a promising tool for assessing diaphragmatic function in neonates.
Cleuma Oliveira Soares, Caroline Almeida Campbell, Mariana Souza Azevedo Moura, Rodrigo Santiago Barbosa Rocha   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of T tube trial as a strategy of weaning from mechanical ventilation [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Weaning from mechanical ventilation (MV) is an important strategy to reduce morbidity and mortality in critical care patients. In this setting, this study aimed at evaluation of T-tube trial (TT) in weaning from MV.
Amaral, José Luiz Gomes do, Assunção, Murillo S. C., Machado, Flávia Ribeiro, Penna, Hélio G., Rosseti, Heloísa B, Serrão, Carla C. A., Silva, Wladimir G, Souza, Alda P   +7 more
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Clinical utility of standard base excess in the diagnosis and interpretation of metabolic acidosis in critically ill patients

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2008
The aims of this study were to determine whether standard base excess (SBE) is a useful diagnostic tool for metabolic acidosis, whether metabolic acidosis is clinically relevant in daily evaluation of critically ill patients, and to identify the most ...
M Park, L.U Taniguchi, D.T Noritomi, A.B. Libório, A.T Maciel, L.M Cruz-Neto   +5 more
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Prevalence and predictors of confirmed infection in patients receiving empiric antimicrobials in the intensive care unit: a retrospective cohort study

Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology
Background: Infection diagnosis in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) is a challenge given the spectrum of conditions that present with systemic inflammation, the illness severity and the delay and imprecision of existing diagnostic methods.
Luis Carlos Maia Cardozo Júnior, Larissa Bianchini, Jakeline Neves Giovanetti, Luiz Marcelo Almeida de Araújo, Yuri de Albuquerque Pessoa dos Santos, Bruno Adler Maccagnan Pinheiro Besen, Marcelo Park   +6 more
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Cenário atual da estrutura das unidades de terapia intensiva na Argentina: resultados do inquérito de autoavaliação de unidades de terapia intensiva da Sociedad Argentina de Terapia Intensiva

Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva, 2022
RESUMO Objetivo: Descrever e comparar a estrutura das unidades de terapia intensiva argentinas que responderam ao inquérito de autoavaliação de unidades de terapia intensiva desenvolvido pela Sociedad Argentina de Terapia Intensiva. Métodos: Foi realizado um estudo transversal observacional com uso de um inquérito voluntário online por meio do banco de
Gilardino,Ramiro, Gallesio,Antonio, Arias-López,María Pilar, Boada,Nancy, Mandich,Verónica, Sagardia,Judith, Ratto,Maria Elena, Fernández,Ariel   +7 more
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Red Blood Cell Distribution Width Is Not a Predictor of Hospital Mortality in Elderly and Nonelderly COVID‐19‐Infected Patients: A Prospective Study at a Brazilian Quaternary University Hospital

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Objective: To investigate if red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is a risk factor for hospital mortality in patients admitted to a public university hospital in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Methods: This observational prospective study included patients over 16 years who had been hospitalized for COVID‐19 between May and October 2020.
Helena Duani, Máderson Alvares de Souza Cabral, Carla Jorge Machado, Thalyta Nogueira Fonseca, Milena Soriano Marcolino, Vandack Alencar Nobre Jr., Cecilia Gómez Ravetti, Paula Frizera Vassallo, Unaí Tupinambás, Muhammad Abu Bakr Shabbir   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Satisfação dos familiares de pacientes críticos admitidos em unidade de terapia intensiva de hospital público e fatores correlacionados

Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva, 2019
RESUMO Objetivo: Analisar a satisfação, a compreensão e os sintomas de ansiedade e depressão em familiares de pacientes admitidos na unidade de terapia intensiva.
Thais Dias Midega, Henrique Souza Barros de Oliveira, Renata Rego Lins Fumis   +2 more
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Use of oral rinse with enzymatic system in patients totally dependent in the intensive care unit [PDF]

, 2008
JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: Os pacientes internados em unidades de terapia intensiva (UTI), na maioria das vezes, não possuem higienização oral adequada.
MELLO, Walmyr Ribeiro de, PASCHOAL, Maria Ângela Gonçalves, SANTOS, Paulo Sérgio da Silva, WAKIM, Rosana Cláudia Scramin   +3 more
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Internação em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva

Redes - Revista Interdisciplinar do IELUSC
A Unidade de Terapia Intensiva é uma área restrita dentro do hospital aos pacientes que necessitam de cuidados intensivos e monitorização invasiva. O enfermeiro desta unidade é responsável por cuidar e avaliar constantemente o paciente. É de sua responsabilidade também o acolhimento ao paciente e familiares, para esclarecimento de dúvidas, bem como ...
Angelica Ern, Mariana Tavares de Oliveira Castellani, Jânifer Souza Mendes   +2 more
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Visita de crianças em unidade de terapia intensiva [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva, 2010
Most hospitals only allow children above 12 years-old to visit adult intensive care unit patients. However, younger children participating in the hospitalization process manifest, through their family members, their willingness to visit their hospitalized relatives.
Borges, Katya Masae Kitajima, Genaro, Larissa Teodora, Monteiro, Mayla Cosmo   +2 more
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