a prospective randomized study with 123 patients pdf

... mortality Statistical analysis Categorical variables were expressed as percentage and continuous variables as mean ± standard deviation P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant Percentages ... of ICU management, and age under 18 years A computer-generated list of potential control individuals was obtained from a historical database of patients attending the same ICU (977 patients from ... Clinical Intolerance SpO2 35 breaths/min Yes Variation of heart rate or systolic arterial pressure >20% Agitation No Physician approval No Yes Extubation Mechanical ventilation...

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... Hospital, South Australia, Australia Authors’ contributions AP, VE and RS designed the study, accumulated data, analysed data, drafted manuscript and MH supervised the entire study All authors read ... compared to group A living alone (38.6%) 48.6% of the patients were able to walk without any aids 53.6% had intracapsular fractures with 46.4% having extracapsular fractures Of the patients with ... approximately equal distribution of intracapsular (48.5%) and extracapsular (51.5%) fractures 79.1% of patients with intracapsular fractures were Page of treated by a hemi or total arthroplasty...

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... from all of the assays were converted to absorbance ratios (ARs) to standardise the data and minimise interassay variation The mean OD for each sample was calculated from the duplicates The mean ... was then divided by the standard positive control on that assay plate to give the AR Statistical analysis The data were analysed in GraphPad Prism (GraphPad Software Inc., San Diego, CA, USA) ... using log-transformed data where appropriate For the two continuous outcome variables (albumin and PCR), each explanatory variable was analysed one at a time and significant variables then were...

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... Meneveau N, Seronde MF, Caulfield F, Fouche R, Lassabe G, Baborier D, Legalery P, Bassand JP: Compliance with guidelines and 1-year mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a prospective ... individually For instance, the highest potential survival rate from cardiac arrest can only be achieved when the cardiac chain of survival, 'the care bundle' in cardiac arrest, occurs as rapidly as ... in-hospital mortality rate was 35.6% (n = 36) Figure shows the patients' flow chart General information about the patients is given in Table The median age of the patients was 69 years (interquartile...

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... analysis and drafted the manuscript NS participated in the design of the study, acquisition of data, and data analysis for the development set KH and LC participated in acquisition of data and ... 23:1048-1054 Knaus WA, Draper EA, Wagner DP, Zimmerman JE: APACHE II: a severity of disease classification system Crit Care Med 1986, 311:818-829 Inayet N, Amoateng-Adjepong Y, Upadya A, Manthous CA: Risks ... not a resource that is available to all EDs, particularly at night This study was performed in a single institution with a relatively small sample size and thus may not be able to be generalized...

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... dexamethasone and the most recent period off dexamethasone Since at the start of this study recruitment for ALL-9 had ceased and a new treatment protocol had already started, inclusion was maximized ... Table 2: PedsQL™ 3.0 acute cancer module Parent Form Dexa + Mean (SD) Total Pain Nausea Procedural Anxiety Treatment Anxiety Worry Cognitive Physical appearance Communication T1 (n = 15) Dexa ... MJ, Gattuso JS, Srivastava DK, Tong X, Jones H, West N, McCarthy KS, Sadeh A, Ash M, Fernandez C, Pui CH: Dexamethasone alters sleep and fatigue in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic...

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... (Figures and 2) These latter differences approached statistical significance and would likely have reached significance with a larger patient sample A noteworthy fact was that it was possible to achieve ... nutritional status and symptoms of other potential problematic areas At discharge, the patients' dependency on a walking aid and gait capacity was measured in order to determine their physical functioning ... the patient motivation, the care of patients with a hip fracture requires a team approach in which the co-ordination between the various aspects of care is important Integrated care pathways (ICPs)...

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... dexamethasone and the most recent period off dexamethasone Since at the start of this study recruitment for ALL-9 had ceased and a new treatment protocol had already started, inclusion was maximized ... Table 2: PedsQL™ 3.0 acute cancer module Parent Form Dexa + Mean (SD) Total Pain Nausea Procedural Anxiety Treatment Anxiety Worry Cognitive Physical appearance Communication T1 (n = 15) Dexa ... MJ, Gattuso JS, Srivastava DK, Tong X, Jones H, West N, McCarthy KS, Sadeh A, Ash M, Fernandez C, Pui CH: Dexamethasone alters sleep and fatigue in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic...

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... K: Death rate and causes of death in patients with rheumatoid arthritis Scand J Rheumatol 1975, 4:205-208 Mutru O, Laakso M, Isomaki H, Koota K: Ten year mortality and causes of death in patients ... 24:250-255 Frati E, Castagna ML, Bacarelli MR, Fioravanti A, Giordano N, Taddeo A, Marcolongo R: Plasma levels of apolipoprotein and HDLcholesterol in patients with rheumatoid arthritis Boll Soc Ital Biol ... [31,33] In fact, the increase of acute phase reactants in cardiovascular events has already been documented [31] It has even been suggested that RA and atherosclerosis may share a common predisposition...

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... StatsDirect statistical software package All continuous variables were analysed using basic descriptive statistics and univariate analysis was performed to obtain mean, standard deviation and/or confidence ... BV and PK were responsible for study design and data management RP recruited patients, carried out Protein C assays and recorded all clinical data RP and BV did statistical analysis and drafted ... Japanese Association for Acute Medicine Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (JAAM DIC) Study Group: A multicenter, prospective validation of disseminated intravascular coagulation diagnostic...

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... statin Table Biochemical data and SLEDAI score in SLE patients from atorvastatin group and from placebo group at randomization and after one year of treatment At randomization After one year ... Thrombosis and Haemostasis [23] Statistical analysis was performed using Statistica Six Sigma software (StatSoft, Krakow, Poland) All numerical data were expressed as mean values ± standard deviations, ... anticardiolipin antibodies; ANA: antinuclear antibodies; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; APS: antiphospholipid syndrome; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; CPK: creatine phosphokinase; CRP: C-reactive...

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... Hirano K, Kanehira E, Kaito K, Tamura M, Nishida S, Kawakami K, Watanabe Y: Small amount of low-residue diet with parenteral nutrition can prevent decreases in intestinal mucosal integrity Ann ... gastric emptying in mechanically ventilated, critically ill patients Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996, 154: 1678–1683 Nagahata Y, Azumi Y, Kawakita N, Wada T, Saitoh Y: Inhibitory effect of dopamine ... research Statistical analysis Twenty patients were included One patient was not eligible because of insufficient data collection, so we studied 14 male and female patients The mean age was 65.1...

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... our patient population Patients younger than 16 years, and burn and brain-dead patients were excluded For patients admitted to the ICU more than once during a hospitalization episode, only data ... sepsis and septic shock using standardized definitions in a non-Western country Materials and method King Fahad National Guard Hospital is a 550-bed tertiary care teaching centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ... intervals; this indicates that all the six systems gave overall accurate mortality estimates Calibration Calibration, as tested by C-statistics, was poor for the four standard ICU mortality prediction...

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... greater in ARDS patients with chronic alcohol abuse (P = 0.03) Using a repeated measures ANOVA, chronic alcohol abuse was associated with higher EVLW over the 7-day study duration among all patients ... score are initial values calculated from study day Values are expressed as means ± standard deviation or as median (interquartile range) ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome with chest radiography, ... The hallmark of sepsis is increased capillary permeability, which manifests in the lungs as altered alveolar–capillary barrier function and is characterized by accumulation of extravascular lung...

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... certoparin in achieving adequate antithrombotic aFXa levels is examined in 62 critically ill patients Additionally, risk factors associated with inadequate aFXa levels under standard certoparin ... J Clin Pharmacol 1988, 28:609-618 Bara L, Planes A, Samama MM: Occurrence of thrombosis and haemorrhage, relationship with anti-Xa, anti-IIa activities, and D-dimer plasma levels in patients receiving ... assay using the specific chromogenic substrate S-2732 and bovine factor Xa as reagents and simultaneous thermal analyzers (Coamatic Heparin®; Chromogenix, Milano, Italy) No antithrombin was added...

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... lymphocyte reactions via p38 MAP kinase J Mol Cell Cardiol 2004, 36:505-513 Tomaru Ki K, Arai M, Yokoyama T, Aihara Y, Sekiguchi Ki K, Tanaka T, Nagai R, Kurabayashi M: Transcriptional activation of ... majority of our patients Each may be accompanied by subtle myocardial abnormalities in patients with shock These factors may also stimulate the release of natriuretic peptides or a fall in cardiac ... standard care Given their value in evaluating and managing patients with heart failure, the natriuretic peptide class of biomarkers might be useful as a surrogate for PAC placement in patients with...

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... the study, and was involved in the study organization, data collection, analysis, and interpretation, and manuscript draft and revisions KJR was involved in the study organization, data analysis ... strategies and clinical outcome Crit Care Med 1998, 26:344-351 Isa R, Wan Adnan WA, Ghazali G, Idris Z, Ghani AR, Sayuthi S, Awang MS, Ghazali MM, Naing NN, Abdullah JM: Outcome of severe traumatic brain ... included: for obvious vasodilation (capillary nail bed hyperemia or decreased systemic vascular resistance index), afterload augmentation with an alpha agonist and discontinuance of sedatives; for obvious...

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... Hemodynamic variables were recorded with arterial and Swan-Ganz catheters A pulmonary artery catheter was used in 42 (88%) patients on the basis of clinical judgment Study intervention When patients ... addition, patients had to receive norepinephrine at any dose to maintain mean arterial blood pressure above 65 mm Hg Patients under 18 years of age, patients with pre-existing diabetes, and patients ... continuous variables, and the categorical data were analysed using a χ2 test Blood glucose profiles, insulin requirements, and serial hemodynamic data were compared with the analysis of variance for...

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... especially among patients with blunt trauma [17] Patients sustaining combined TBI with polytrauma constitute a special subpopulation These patients typically have a poorer prognosis [17] and a higher ... intensive care unit (ICU)-free days were evaluated over the study period of 30 days Statistical analyses Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation, medians [minimum-maximum], and percentages with ... 36:1001-1010 Maas AIR, Dearden M, Teasdale GM, Braakman R, Cohadon F, Iannoti F, Karimi A, Lapierre F, Murray G, Ohman J, et al.: EBIC guidelines for management of severe head injury in adults Acta Neurichir...

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... measured with a rapid fluorescence immunoassay (Triage; Biosite Diagnostics, San Diego, CA, USA) [5,6] Statistical analysis Data were analysed with GraphPad Prism (GraphPad, San Diego, CA, USA) ... Care Med 2001, 29:1551-1555 22 Nagaya N, Nishikimi T, Okano Y, Uematsu M, Satoh T, Kyotani S, Kuribayashi S, Hamada S, Kakishita M, Nakanishi N, Takamiya M, Kunieda T, Matsuo H, Kangawa K: Plasma ... Discrepant cases were classified by majority opinion Patients with renal failure requiring dialysis, patients with intracranial hemorrhage or elevated intracranial pressure, patients with a history...

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