Báo cáo y học: " Determining relevant cortisol concentrations in critically ill patients" pptx
Báo cáo y học: " Determining relevant cortisol concentrations in critically ill patients" pptx
... has
poor sensitivity and specifi city and high variability in
critically ill patients [2]. In addition, the immunoassays
used to determine total cortisol are subject to inter-
ference, with ... examine tissue cortisol levels. Although measuring
tissue cortisol may be more pathophysiologically relevant
than measuring plasma levels, it is not clear how
measuring cortisol l...
Báo cáo y học: "Measurement of endotoxin activity in critically ill patients using whole blood neutrophil dependent chemiluminescence" pps
... min, or phenylephrine, epinephrine or norepinephrine at
any dose to maintain systolic blood pressure > 90 mmHg).
Assay of endotoxin by endotoxin activity assay
The EAA assay is described in ... [5–7]. Inability to detect endotoxaemia reliably in
the clinical setting has impeded assessment of its precise
role in inflammatory responses in critically ill patients [13].
A minority...
Báo cáo y học: "Resource use and outcome in critically ill patients with hematological malignancy: a retrospective cohort study" pot
... Rothen
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1
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital of Sydney, University of Sydney, St Leonards, 2065 NSW, Australia
2
Department of Internal Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital ... admission
scores and changes in score perform similarly in predicting
outcome. This observation can possibly be explained by the
fact that these authors defined the change...
Báo cáo y học: "Correction: Gastrointestinal Failure score in critically ill patients: a prospective observational study" potx
... Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; BMI,
body mass index; CVP, central venous pressure; FI, food intolerance; IAH, intra-abdominal hypertension; IAP, intra-abdominal pressure; ICU,
intensive ... mortality (n [%]) 39 [14.8] 21 [10.9] 18 [25.0] 0.005 7 [6.4] 32 [20.8] 0.001
28-day mortality (n [%]) 54 [20.5] 36 [18.8] 18 [25.0] 0.171 13 [11.8] 41 [26.6] <0.001
90-day mortality (n...
Báo cáo y học: "Hyperglycemia and acquired weakness in critically ill patients: potential mechanisms" pps
... prolonged
weakness in intensive care unit patients is limited, and the role of
hyperglycemia in modulating these processes is unknown.
Intensive insulin therapy currently remains the only effective
therapeutic ... routine clinical
practice in the intensive care unit, the incidence of CIP/CIM as
determined by electrophysiologic testing is reduced. Our under-
standing of the mechanisms re...
Báo cáo y học: "B-type natriuretic levels in critically ill patients: critically misleadin" pps
... can result in similar BNP levels in critically ill
patients [6-8]. From the prognostic point of view, however,
the role for cardiac peptides could be more promising. While
one study in patients ... heart failure [6]. The body of
evidence therefore indicates that BNP and N-terminal pro-
BNP should not be used to diagnose systolic or diastolic
heart failure in critically ill pat...
Báo cáo y học: " Renal function and thromboprophylaxis in critically ill patients" ppsx
... anti-factor Xa activity; LMWH = low molecular weight heparin.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Published: 12 May 2010
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1. Robinson S, Zincuk A, Strom ...
Anderson D, Zytaruk N, Heels-Ansdell D, Crowther M; Canadian critical care
trials group: Prophylaxis against deep vein thrombosis in critically ill
patients with severe renal i...
Báo cáo y học: " Red cell transfusion triggers in critically ill patients: time for some new TRICCs" docx
... they acknowledge, it is very likely
there were many ‘unknowns’ that were potentially rele-
vant. Bias by indication is very likely in this sort of
analysis whereby factors aff ecting a clinical ... patients being matched may diff er in unmeasured
ways. is might be more likely in a single centre study,
such as the one performed by Dr Sakr and colleagues,
where transfusion decision-m...
Báo cáo y học: "Waking up the gut in critically ill patients" pdf
... of critically ill patients [1]. Alterations in
gastrointestinal motility are frequently found in such
patients, leading to disturbances in nutrient absorption,
induction of nausea and an increased ... providing a safeguard against
infectious complications [3]. For these reasons, tight
clinical monitoring of gastrointestinal motility is central
in the clinical management of c...
Báo cáo y học: "Sedation and renal impairment in critically ill patients: a post hoc analysis of a randomized trial" doc
... they are still the gold stan-
dard for proving or rejecting new knowle dge. A not a
priori defined finding from a prospective single center
study always holds a risk of being a random finding
(type ... defined as: increase in serum creatinine of
≥26.4 μmol/l (150 to 200% of baseline) or urine output
of <0.5 ml/kg/h for >6 h. RIFLE criteria Injury is defined
as: increase in serum cre...