Báo cáo y học: "End-of-life decisions in Greek intensive care units: a multicenter cohort study" pot

... withdrawal of life- sustaining treatment in a Lebanese intensive care unit: a prospective observational study. Intensive Care Med 2005, 31:562-567. 11. Buckley TA, Joynt GM, Tan PY, Cheng CA, Yap ... 31:S354-S357. 18. Giannini A, Pessina A, Tacchi EM: End-of-life decisions in intensive care units: attitudes of physicians in an Italian urban setting. Intensive Ca...

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... interpretation of the data. MM had sub- stantial involvement in revising and drafting the article, and in interpreting the data. All authors contributed to drafting and revising the article, and approved ... the final manuscript. Key messages • The majority of units have a standardized approach to sedation management, using a sedation guideline, sedation scoring and daily sedation h...

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... ed as outpatients should be stu- died separately. Our hospital serves as a primary care centre for a large urban area as well as a tertiary care cen- tre for specialized evaluation and treatment ... delay by an emergency physician (Table 2). Table 3 summarizes the number of patients and hospital mortality per VSS initial and VSS max scores. Survival analysis of VSS scoring VSS initi...

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... mater- nal age, and maternal history of atopy (a physician's diagnosis of any of the following: asthma, eczema, hay fever, or allergy). In exploratory analyses, we examined whether the mater- nal ... catherine.liang@channing.harvard.edu; Daniel Laskey - daniel.laskey@channing.harvard.edu; Mary L Delaney - mdelaney@rics.bwh.harvard.edu; Andrea M DuBois - adubois@rics.bwh.harvard.edu;...

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... population-based evidence that sta- ble COPD patients have a pro-inflammatory state, with increased circulating levels of many inflammatory cytok- ines and acute-phase reactants. In addition to ... selected patient samples, which have shown activation of circulat- ing inflammatory cells and increased levels of proinflam- matory cytokines and acute-phase reactants as well as increased oxid...

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... energy during bacterial multiplication or for producing large amounts of beta-lactamases. It may alternatively lead to variations in the bacterium’s ability to take up nutrients. The multiplication ... Hilbert G, Vargas F, Valentino R, Bebear C, Allery A, Bebear C, Gbikpi-Benissan G, Cardinaud JP: Rotation and restricted use of antibiotics in a medical intensive care unit. Impact...

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... value of the Commentary Delirium assessment in the intensive care unit: patient population matters Margaret A Pisani Department of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary & Critical Care Section, and ... delirium screening instruments need to address are the inability of intubated patients to participate in a verbal assessment, the severity of illness, and limitations on staff time th...

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... with AKI treated with renal replacement therapy (RRT). We retrospectively analyzed the Riyadh Intensive Care Program database of 41,972 adult patients admitted to ICUs in 19 hospitals in the UK and ... from baseline). A total of 797 patients had pre- existing ESRF and 2,782 patients had advanced AKI, of Letter Renal failure in the intensive care unit: acute kidney injury compa...

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... out- come in clinically meaningful ways. Never theless, the use of acetaminophen (paracetamol), ibuprofen, and other oral agents remains a common practice in both out- patient and inpatient settings. ... the evaluative process for the cause of fever may result in important modifi cations in treatment, including initiation or alteration in antimicrobial therapy. Fevers can also...

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