Báo cáo khoa học: "Remifentanil for analgesia-based sedation in the intensive care unit" pdf

... prior choices to forgo therapy for this disease may reflect the patient’s underlying values and preferences for end-of-life care. Finally, the patient in case 3 is critically ill for reasons not ... provide them with all relevant information about the patient’s medical condition so that the surrogate can make an informed decision on the patient’s behalf. Information about s...

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... responsible for writing the manu- script. RPH assisted in the conception of the project and in the writing and drafting of the manuscript, including the creation of tables. SMG assisted in performing the ... in the writing and drafting of the manuscript, including the crea- tion of tables. ROH assisted in performing the literature review and the writing, dr...

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... for stress in our patients. This can be explained by the traditionally strong family ties in the Portuguese culture. Pain came in fourth place in the ranking of stressors. This finding, together with ... Zwaveling JH: Discomfort and factual recollec- tion in intensive care unit patients. Crit Care 2004, 8:R467-R473. 25. Sedation and Analgesia Task Force: Clinical pra...

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... study provided the impetus for teaching pulmonologists -in- training that there is rarely a role for bronchoscopy for atelectasis. In addition, bronchoscopy in patients with acute or incipient respiratory ... resolve the primary problem should not be an indication for repeated invasive intervention in the airways. There is no role for empiric ‘cleaning of the airways’...

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... with special attention for patients in the intensive care unit. The main criticism to the use of urea orally is its taste; this is not a problem in the intensive care unit as it is usually administered by ... hyponatremia in the intensive care unit by urea Guy Decaux 1* , Caroline Andres 1 , Fabrice Gankam Kengne 1 , Alain Soupart 1,2 Abstract Introduction: Hypon...

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... to a strict and goal-orientated algorithm for defining, assessing and reassessing analgesia and sedation is more important than finding the magic bullet for a particular substance [7]. However, ... protocols for sedatives and analgesics is effective in terms of improving clinical outcomes, mainly by avoiding unnecessary overdosing, with prolonged mechanical ventilation and stay i...

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... that involved physicians and other health care workers in 37 ICUs, in which nurses were involved in only 16% of the decisions [12]. However, the findings differ from the situation in Europe. In the ... Critical Care Medicine. Crit Care Med 2001, 29: 2332-2348. 9. Nelson JE, Danis M: End-of-life care in the intensive care unit: where are we now? Crit Care Me...

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... the central catheter should be considered. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Letter Saccharomyces boulardii fungaemia in an intensive care unit patient ... supportive therapy in the intensive care unit, fever continued and both Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae were isolated from bronchial secretions. Catheter-tip...

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... patients were included if they met the following criteria: current metformin medication as their usual treatment; metformin overdose in the setting of a suicide attempt; and lactic acidosis defined by ... dia- lysed. Finally, in some situations (e.g. cardiac arrest or shock), the exact role of metformin in explaining the degree of lactic acidosis could not be definitely ascertai...

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... index; ICU = intensive care unit. Abstract Introduction In intensive care unit patients we assessed, using bispectral index (BIS) monitoring, whether the addition of magnesium sulphate infusion could ... Access Introduction Inadequate sedation may adversely affect morbidity and even mortality in the intensive care unit (ICU), and the search for the ideal sedative a...

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