Báo cáo khoa học: "Bench-to-bedside review: Early tracheostomy in critically ill trauma patients" ppsx

... of early tracheostomy in critically ill trauma patients. The review is constructed to evaluate the effects of timing of tracheostomy on the following endpoints: patho-physiological endpoints, including laryngeal ... pneumonia. In addition, we will examine the indications of tracheostomy in trauma patients. These indications include relief of upper airway obstruction, air...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:20

... dying. Patients with limited life expectancy do not nec- essarily prefer life-extending treatment over care focused on relieving pain and discomfort. The willingness to receive life- sustaining ... specific cut-off points, dividing high-risk patients from low-risk patients. Discrimination Nine studies reported on discriminating ability of general prog- nostic models in ICU patients with ......

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 22:22

... out urgently. In cases of haemodynamic instability with intra-abdominal discharge, it is sometimes difficult to differentiate between haemoperitoneum originating from an intra-abdominal lesion and ... arterial bleeding. The anterior part of the pelvic ring can be fixed with an external fixation device, by implanting pins in the crest of the coccyx bone, behind the anterior superior iliac...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... gastrointestinal bleeding during their ICU stay, which manifested as melena, haematemesis, or blood in the nasogastric aspirate. The rate of steroid use was higher in patients with gastrointestinal ... Trials Group: The attributable mortality and length of intensive care unit stay of clinically important gastrointestinal bleeding in critically ill patients. Crit Care 2001, 5:368-375...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 22:21

... 0.05 versus group A. ∆Hb, mean increase in Hb from baseline to final measurement; ∆Hct, mean increase in Hct from baseline to final measurement; Hb, haemoglobin; Hct, haematocrit; RBC, red blood ... of two dosing schedules of rHuEPO (40,000 units once and thrice per week, respectively) in increasing Hct and Hb and in reduc- ing exposure to allogeneic RBC transfusion in critically...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 22:22

... therapy, data on continuous infusion of ceftazidime are lacking. Here we analyzed the pharmacokinetics of ceftazidime administered by continuous infusion in critically ill patients during continuous venovenous ... recommend adminis- tration of a continuous infusion of 3 g ceftazidime over 24 hours, following an initial 2 g loading dose, in critically ill patients with severe acute...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:21

... citation purposes) Vol 10 No 5 Research Oxidative stress is increased in critically ill patients according to antioxidant vitamins intake, independent of severity: a cohort study Jimena Abilés 1 , ... vitaminsWorsening in oxidative stress according to intake of antioxidant vitamins. AOX, antioxidant; RDA, recommended dietary allowance. Figure 1 Changes in oxidative stress biomarke...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... an increase in cardiac output or an increase in oxygen extraction. The latter is limited, in the postoperative setting, to an absolute value of 35–40%. Patients having surgery such as abdominoperineal ... CPX testing is the anaerobic threshold (AT). This is the point at which aerobic metabolism is inadequate for maintenance of high-energy phosphate production in the exercising muscles...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... [1]. Sepsis is defined by the presence of an infective agent in combination with typical clinical and laboratory findings of infection [2], although an infective organism is found in fewer than 50% ... other cytokines and independent from mechanical loading in endotoxemia, has recently been described in rats [104]. In fact, increased plasma levels of endotoxin have also been found...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... of PEEP used in the ‘high PEEP’ group was changed during the study, potentially altering the outcome [20]. Clinical research has proven that large Vts are detrimental in ARDS. In 2000, findings were ... technique. Maintaining a low inspiratory flow rate on the mechanical ventilator (less than 10 l/min) minimizes resistance, permitting estimation of the PV curve [2]. All methods used to...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 22:21