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... methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (14.8%) and Pseudomonas Commentary Recently published papers: pneumonia, hypothermia and the elderly Christopher Bouch and Gareth Williams University Hospitals ... care and for mechanical ventilation. The durations of ventilation and hospital stay were more prolonged than for the non-alcoholic group. The ex-alcoholic data s...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... out-of- hospital cardiac arrest with induced hypothermia. N Engl J Med 2002, 346:557-563. 13. The Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest Study Group: Mild thera- peutic hypothermia to inprove outcome after cardiac ... intracranial pressure. Finally, in a review of the use of induced hypothermia (IH) in critical care medicine, the physiological effects of IH and its clinical applicati...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... Rose and Venn authors conclude that this study is appropriate for the generation, rather than testing, of new hypotheses. Obesity: a large predictor of mortality Obesity is epidemic in the United ... decontamination with either CHX or CHX/ COL reduced and delayed the development of VAP. Daily risk of acquiring VAP decreased: 65% and 55% for CHX and CHX/COL, compared with the p...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 01:20

... that Commentary Recently published papers: Asking the unanswerable – measuring the immeasurable and decontaminating the infected Hardeep S Benepal 1 and Lui G Forni 2 1 Renal and Critical Care Registrar, ... another year in which the intensive care literature has continued to challenge the accepted tenets, and as always one continues to be surprised by the results. Th...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... escalated then, thankfully, rescinded. The second theme has been the publication of trials re-investigating areas of ongoing controversy, especially in the final 2 months. The pulmonary artery catheter ... dangers and benefits of this monitoring intervention. December saw the publication of two further large-scale, multicentre trials into the use of pulmonary artery catheters. A...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... Kirk-Bayley and Venn ventilation (and therefore to undergo PCT) and so are predisposed to VAP by definition. The only real way to show that these slow weaners are worse off with a PCT would be to randomise ... reduce the incidence of VAP [8], and to show that there are benefits, at least in terms of costs incurred on the ICU and those associated with VAP. Assuming similar costs...

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... receiving >25% of their recommended daily caloric intake. Given the potential morbidity and mortality associated with nosocomial infection and the effects of low caloric intake on other ICU outcomes ... control, renal replacement therapy, and deep venous thrombosis and stress ulcer prophylaxis. Commentary Recently published papers: Bugs, fluids, obesity and food Neil Hall...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... used in this study. The authors claim that this is the first scientific study of the effect of potassium dichromate on secretions; the results are welcome and warrant further study because N-acetylcysteine, ... of the placebo group (P = 0.12). In the placebo group these were all venous in origin and not serious, whereas in the rVIIa group most were arterial. Of these the m...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 22:22

... between the inclusion and exclusion criteria of the studies. The authors acknowledge this limitation. The hospital and 30-day mortality rates were no different between the two groups, and the risk for ... Although the relationship between Mv–a CO 2 and CI has long been recognized, as derived from the Fick principle, this study suggests an easier and less invasive way...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 22:22

... success. Nitric oxide: the end of lung therapy but a newly discovered role in the stomach The European experts have considered the evidence and published their recommendations regarding the use of inhaled ... follow up were 5.5 in the treatment arm and 1.0 in the placebo arm. The authors’ well argued discussion and the accompanying editorial [16] both conclude that a...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 22:22