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... tracheostomy in terms of improved clinical outcomes, yet high quality randomized trials comparing the risk and benefits of early versus delayed percutaneous tracheostomy in general medical intensive ... are lacking The study by Dr Rumbak and colleagues [1] provides additional evidence in support of early tracheostomy, defined as percutaneous tracheostomy within 48 ho...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 22:22

... used the inverses of creatinine, cystatin C, and B2M to obtain a direct correlation with CrC and Schwartz formula Correlations between age and CrC, Schwartz, creatinine, cystatin C, and B2M were ... to evaluate the accuracies of serum Cr, serum cystatin C, and B2M as markers of GFR in critically ill children by comparing their results with CrC and Schwartz Galicia...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:21

... Mean uNGALa Peak uNGALa Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation/median (interquartile range) aMean and peak urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (uNGAL) concentrations increased ... (1.1) Peak uNGALa Mean uNGALa,b aPeak Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation/median (interquartile range) and mean urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (uNG...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20

... study, analyzed and interpreted the data, and drafted the manuscript MdH participated in the design of the study and in the interpretation of the data JHB participated in the interpretation of the ... determine the safety and efficacy of barbiturate- induced comas in children Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests A...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20

... can be increased by the use of hemodiafiltration, high heparin doses, and filters with a large surface area Key messages • Circuit life span in continuous renal replacement therapy in children ... heparin anticoagulation for continuous renal replacement in critically ill patients Kidney Int 2005, 67:2361-2367 Hackbarth R, Bunchman TE, Chua AN, Somers MJ, Baum M,...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... determine the aetiological cause of CIH in younger and middle-aged adults Many factors in acute illness may cause beta-cell dysfunction, including elevations in pro-inflammatory cytokines, catacholamines ... insulin resistance, primary beta-cell dysfunction appears to be a major cause of CIH in critically ill children with both respiratory and cardiovascular f...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:22

... MJS, YB and MB participated in the data collection and analysis of data, and drafting of the manuscript JMB participated in the design of the study and performed the statistical analysis All authors ... Brophy PD: Dialysis and pediatric acute kidney injury: choice of renal support modality Pediatr Nephrol 2009, 24:37-48 Strazdins V, Watson AR, Harvey B: Renal replacement th...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... of oxygenation • A chest x-ray score of pulmonary edema in critically ill children does not correlate with parameters of oxygenation • In children extravascular lung water is inversely related ... transpulmonary thermodilution technique does not correlate with a chest x-ray score of pulmonary edema • Extravascular lung water in...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22

... et al Critical Care 2010, 14:430 http://ccforum.com/content/14/4/430 Page of Table Patient characteristics per patient Diagnosis Length of PICU stay (days) Ventilator days Probability of death ... Reconstruction of pulmonary artery 2 survived M 4.4 VSD repair 13 26 survived 10 M 36 15.0 Meningococcal disease survived 11 M 9.0 Meningococcal disease survived 12 F 14 10.0 Meningococcal...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 21:21

... know whether the correlation with age persists when EVLW is indexed to predicted body weight Finally, the ability to interpret the finding that EVLW as measured by the transpulmonary thermodilution ... EVLW assessed using the chest radiograph may be limited for several reasons First, the radiographic scoring system may not have accurately reflected the quantity of pulmonary...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 21:21

... only patients with independent functional status Page of prior to illness were included in the study It is unclear whether the findings of this study could be generalized to other critically ill ... have been independently associated with poor hospital outcomes [11] In the current study, Schweickert and coworkers, [12] hypothesized that early initiation of PT and OT coupled with da...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 21:21

... CGM devices will likely add to the understanding of glycemic control in the critically ill patient As shown in Figure 4, obtaining daily glucose trends via CGM may help to identify the percent ... not make any clinical management decisions based on CGM readings Only after further study in clinical trials should such devices be used to assist in titrating insulin during hyperglyc...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 21:21

... JW: Vitamin D- binding protein influences total circulating levels of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 but does not directly modulate the bioactive levels of the hormone in vivo Endocrinology 2008, 149:3656-3667 ... tonicity of the diluting fluid and the resultant expansion of the intravascular and the interstitial space become relevant Based on our data, we would urge cau...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... hospital's database This database contains all physician's reports, patient baseline data, routine laboratory results, pharmacology data, costs per R446 patient and day of specific medications ... plasma measurements of IL-8 and G-CSF and tracheal aspirate levels of G-CSF, employing a new laboratory method that allows simultaneous determination of parameters from 50...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... cystatin C and serum creatinine for identifying renal dysfunction was evaluated using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, and the data are expressed as area under the curve (AUC; ... it can increase as GFR decreases All of these factors explain why serum creatinine concentration may not be a good parameter for accurate determination of GFR, especially at lowe...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:21