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Oral condition of critical patients and its correlation with ventilator-associated pneumonia: a pilot study

Revista de Odontologia da UNESP
INTRODUCTION: Literature has reported inadequate oral hygiene conditions in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients and the occurrence of Ventilator-associated pneumonia in about 9%-27% of all intubated patients.
Andrea Carvalho De Marco, Camila Galvão Cardoso, Fernando Vinicius Cesar De Marco, Antonio Braulino de Melo Filho, Mauro Pedrine Santamaria, Maria Aparecida Neves Jardini   +5 more
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Ventilator associated pneumonia and infection control

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2006
Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in intensive care units. The incidence of VAP varies from 7% to 70% in different studies and the mortality rates are 20–75% according to the study population ...
Alp Emine, Voss Andreas
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Visual Patterns of Diaphragmatic Motion in Acute Respiratory Failure: A Prospective Pilot Study

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, Volume 53, Issue 3, Page 421-428, March/April 2025.
In this prospective bicentric study, we studied the relationship between the appearance of diaphragmatic motion and the etiological diagnosis of patients admitted to the emergency department with ARF. We observed a different visual pattern in patients with pneumonia. This is an interesting result as it allows the diagnosis of pneumonia without the need
Thibaut Markarian, Matthieu Daniel, Kevin Guillemet, Florian Ajavon, Florent Femy, Romain Genre Grandpierre, Anne‐Laure Feral‐Pierssens, Xavier Bobbia   +7 more
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Perioperative Risks of Concurrent Pancreatic and Hepatic Resections for Neuroendocrine Tumors

Journal of Surgical Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) account for 1%–2% of pancreatic tumors, with an increasing incidence. The safety of concurrent pancreas‐liver resections remains uncertain. This study evaluated the national outcomes of concurrent pancreatectomy and liver‐directed surgery for pNETs. Methods ACS‐NSQIP (2019–2023)
Amir Ebadinejad, Ashrita Raghuram, Sophia Xiao, Ethan Angle, Hassan Aziz   +4 more
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Serum Procalcitonin Level and Mortality Risk in Critically ill Patients with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, 2015
Background/Aims: The prognostic role of serum procalcitonin level in critically ill patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia was unclear. The aim of our study was to investigate the relationship between serum procalcitonin level and mortality risk ...
Bo Li, Xin Zhao, Shumei Li
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Rare But Risky: Clinical Impacts of Pneumothorax After Thyroidectomy and Parathyroidectomy

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
Postoperative pneumothorax (PPTX) is rare after thyroidectomy or parathyroidectomy, occurring in up to 0.10% of cases. However, it is associated with increased risks of all‐cause mortality, adverse respiratory events, and healthcare utilization rates in up to 1 year after surgery, deeming PPTX as a potential marker of increased postoperative ...
Jessan A. Jishu, Alexandra LaForteza, Dara Bruce, Isabel Riccio, Mina Liao, Yaser Y. Bashumeel, Emad Kandil, Mohamed A. Shama   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Turkish Validity and Reliability Study of the Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Preventive Behavior Measurement Tool

Florence Nightingale Journal of Nursing
AIM: The study aimed to validate and assess the reliability of the Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Preventive Behavior Measurement Tool in a Turkish sample.
Esin Kelağalar, Özlem Doğu, Öznur Tiryaki, Hamide Zengin   +3 more
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The importance of Clinical Research [PDF]

Horizonte Médico, 2016
Objetives: to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics, evolution and to identify mortality factors associated in patients with snp.Material and methods: descriptive study of a serie of cases of the intensive care unit (icu) of a general
Frank Lizaraso Caparó, Frank Lizaraso Soto   +1 more
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Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Children

Общая реаниматология, 2007
Objective: to elucidate a role of the most significant risk factors in the development of outcomes of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Subjects and materials.
O. I. Andriyanova, I. G. Khamin, Yu. A. Churlyaev, F. K. Manerov   +3 more
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia

Intensive Care Medicine, 2022
Otavio T. Ranzani, Michael S. Niederman, Antoni Torres   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources