Báo cáo y học: "Year in review 2009: Critical Care – infection" pot

... published in Critical Care in 2009. Epidemiology of infection in critically ill patients New insights were reported regarding the epidemiology of infection in ICUs. A global, observational study (EPICII) ... again an interesting one for readers interested in the fi eld of infection in critically ill patients. Several promising new approaches for the prevention of infectio...

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... insights into the physiopathology of stress hyperglycaemia were also reported in Critical Care last year. In particular, the underlying mechanisms of insulin resistance were investigated by ... gastric emptying, glucose absorption and glycaemia in critically ill patients. Using a 3-O-methyl-glucose test, they found that delayed gastric emptying decreased glucose absorption in...

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... the intensive care patient – the renal debate. Intensive Care Med 2009, 35:1331-1336. 48. Hartog C, Reinhart K: Contra: Hydroxyethyl starch solutions are unsafe in critically ill patients. Intensive ... kidney integrity in elderly cardiac surgery patients. Intensive Care Med 2009, 35:462-470. 50. Schabinski F, Oishi J, Tuche F, Luy A, Sakr Y, Bredle D, Hartog C, Reinhart K:...

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... Ending Supportive Therapy for the Kidney (B.E.S.T. Kidney) Investigators Writing Committee: Patient and kidney survival by dialysis modality in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury. ... replacement therapy and mortality in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury. Crit Care 2009, 13:R57. 23. RENAL Replacement Therapy Study Investigators: Intensity of continuous r...

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... a severe hypoxic insult to their brain that they still inevitably have poor outcomes. Accordingly, many investigators are seeking an early marker for this type of severe neurologic insult. One ... not only physically able to perform CPR, but they are also capable of retaining the infor- mation on a long-term basis. Accordingly, many school programs are already in place [2-8]. In their...

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... cardiomyopathy. Beta-blockers in critically ill patients may thus attenuate cathecholamine-induced myocardial stunning and septic cardiomyopathy. In a retrospective analysis of the combined use ... cardiac dysfunction in critically ill patients independently of age or renal function. BNP or NT-proBNP may theoretically be useful in distin- guishing pulmonary oedema due to acute lung in...

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... probably much more important than fluid balance in septic patients. Experimental data from Dubin and colleagues in Argentina bring us interesting data regarding increasing oxygen delivery through ... (SOAP) study brings more insight into this discussion, with special interest in albumin use [27]. Although a prospective study could not demonstrate any harm in critically ill patients fr...

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... colonization. Sepsis In sepsis and ARDS a cascade of inflammatory responses leads to production of proinflammatory cytokines. This cascade might be inhibited by eliminating the pathogenic toxins using haemoperfusion ... crossover study. Crit Care 2005, 9:308. 13. Michelet P, Roch A, Gainnier M, Sainty JM, Auffray JP, Papazian L: Influence of support on intra-abdominal pressure, hepatic ki...

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... blood from the coronary veins. Lactate is strongly absorbed by myocardium as an energy source, resulting in very low lactate concentrations in coronary venous blood. In the study, paired samples ... positive troponin T finding (> 0.04 µg/l), only 56% met the agreed criteria for MI. Mortality was increased in those patients who were diagnosed with MI. In keeping with the findings...

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... complications in relation to pulmonary artery catheters by Hadian and Pinsky [31]. The authors here conclude, after carefully examining all the relevant data, that ‘routine use of pulmonary artery catheters ... in nine patients out of 21. Baseline pulse pressure variability was not significantly different between responders and nonresponders, and interestingly static indices such as pulmo...

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