Báo cáo y học: "Bench-to-bedside review: Mobilizing patients in the intensive care unit – from pathophysiology to clinical trials" pot

... loss in the critically ill patient. Importantly, Review Bench -to- bedside review: Mobilizing patients in the intensive care unit – from pathophysiology to clinical trials Alex D Truong 1 , Eddy Fan 1 , ... anti-inflam- matory cytokines during moderate exercise may play an important role in muscle preservation and protection. Physical therapy in the inte...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:20

... related to SIADH [18-21] 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 ... hyponatremia in the intensive care unit by urea Guy Decaux 1* , Caroline Andres 1 , Fabrice Gankam Kengne 1 , Alain Soupart 1,2 Abstract Introduction: Hypo...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 21:21

... to forgo therapy, may improve the daughter’s ability to act as an appropriate surrogate in this case. Importantly, failure to disclose the patient’s underlying health condition risks minimizing ... opportunities for the timely withdrawal of painful or futile interventions. The physicians’ obligation of beneficence to their patients is therefore relevant to the decision...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... Comparatively, viral respiratory infec- tions are less common in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting but still play an important clinical role. Most viral respiratory infections in the ICU are community-associated ... viral infections in the intensive care unit – linking pathophysiology to clinical presentation Nicholas Stollenwerk, Richart W Harper and C...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... recent years [3]. A 56-year-old male patient was transferred to our intensive care unit with pneumonia and septic shock. Five days previously he had been intubated and admitted to the coronary care ... to the coronary care unit because of acute pulmonary oedema. Despite antibiotic treatment and supportive therapy in the intensive care unit, fever continued and b...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:21

... admission to the ICU, blood pressure, respiratory rate and vasopressor requirement. Acute renal failure was defined according to the RIFLE (acronym indicating Risk of renal dysfunction; Injury to the ... couldn't correct the bias by which only the more severely ill patients were dia- lysed. Finally, in some situations (e.g. cardiac arrest or shock), the exact role o...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... a variety of proinflammatory cytokines are released, along with counter- regulatory or anti-inflammatory cytokines. Genetic polymor- phisms with potential influences on the inflammatory response ... depending on the outcome of interest. Interleukin-1 αα and interleukin-1 ββ IL-1, a potent proinflammatory cytokine released by macrophages, also plays a key role in mediating endotoxin leth...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 19:22

... critically ill cohorts. In addition to evaluating preva- lence rates, investigators should study rates of symptom remission. Second, the incidence of other potentially relevant historical or intervening ... relying primarily on screening tools, a majority of investigations failed to assess for previous or intervening trauma, although such information is highly relevant in deter- min...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... Nanas 1* Abstract Introduction: Intensive care may prolong the dying process in patients who have been unresponsive to the treatment already provided. Limitation of life-sustaining therapy, by either withholding or withdrawing ... predominates in decision making. Introduction Intensive care may prolong the dying process in patients who have been unresponsive to th...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... apply to voluntary patients; thus they may receive less information on issues related to their admission. In these patients, as in detained patients, consulates could be useful in establishing links locally, ... European Congress of Psychiatry, Madrid, 2001), and other patients admitted in Westminster -25% [11]. Geographical mobility has been linked to disruption in the...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20