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... use ofmaximum SOFA score to quantify organ dysfunction/failure in intensivecare Results of a prospective, multicentre study Working Group on Sepsis Related Problems of the ESICM IntensiveCare ... SAPS from evaluation of the patient to evaluation of the intensivecare unit Part 2: development of a prognostic model for hospital mortality at ICU admission IntensiveCare Med 2005, 31:1345-1355 ... Conference in IntensiveCare Medicine: Predicting outcome in ICU patients IntensiveCare Med 1994, 20:390-397 19 Sakr Y, Krauss C, Amaral A, Réa-Neto A, Specht M, Reinhart K, Marx G: Comparison of the...
... behalf of the Working Group on SepsisRelated Problems of the European Society ofIntensiveCare Medicine IntensiveCare Med 1996, 22:707-710 American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical ... SOFA score [12] Complications included the diagnosis of infection, systemic inflammation, the various stages of sepsis according to American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical Care ... the induction of this protein at various severity levels and types of trauma as compared with PCT [3,9] The aim of this study was to describe the amount of and the time course of PCT and CRP...
... Outcome prediction of acute renal failure in medical intensivecareIntensiveCare Med 1991, 17:19-24 18 Chertow GM, Lazarus JM, Paganini EP, Allgren RL, Lafayette RA, Sayegh MH: Predictors of ... the intensivecare unit: clinical and resource implications of renal recovery Crit Care Med 2003, 31:449-455 33 Gopal I, Bhonagiri S, Ronco C, Bellomo R: Out of hospital outcome and quality of ... and outcome evaluated by the SOFA score IntensiveCare Med 2000, 26:915-921 Cole L, Bellomo R, Silvester W, Reeves JH: A prospective, multicenter study of the epidemiology, management, and outcome...
... Baba S, Yano H, Okuzumi K, Kimura S Control of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreak in a neonatalintensivecare unit by unselective use of nasal mupirocin ointment J Hosp Infect ... MB, Molloy AH, Bardowski L, Noskin GA Management of outbreaks of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in the neonatalintensivecare unit: a consensus statement Infect Control ... Khoury J, Jones M, Grim A, Dunne WM Jr, Fraser V Eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from a neonatalintensivecare unit by active surveillance and aggressive infection control...
... intensivecareIntensiveCare Med 2002, 28: 38-43 Jones C, Humphris G, Griffiths RD: Preliminary validation of the ICUM tool for assessing memory of the intensivecare experience Clin IntensiveCare 2000, ... impact of delirium in the intensivecare unit on hospital length of stay IntensiveCare Med 2001, 27:1892-1900 Jones C, Griffiths RD: Disturbed memory and amnesia related to intensivecare Memory ... memory ofintensivecare J Crit Care 2001, 16:83-89 Rundshagen I, Schnabel K, Wegner C, Schulte am Esch J: Incidence of recall, nightmares, and hallucinations during analgosedation in intensive care...
... PD: Task Force of the American College of Critical Care Medicine of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the American Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists, American College of Chest Physicians ... Task Force of the American College of Critical Care Medicine (ACCM) of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), American College of Chest ... exacerbation of COPD and pulmonary edema JAMA 2003, 290:2985-2991 Appendix The following is a brief listing of manufacturers of various critical care technologies This is not an endorsement of any of the...
... practice of HFOV across neonatalintensivecare units [38] Although the jury remains out concerning how best to practice lung-protective ventilation in order to reduce the incidence of CLD in ... of lungs of infants with BPD [56,57], and abnormal layout of elastin deposition has been proposed to play an important role in the impairment of alveolarization seen in BPD [58] The effects of ... therefore did not take advantage of the open-lung benefits of HFOV Two large multicenter, randomized controlled trials of early HFOV versus CMV for the prevention of CLD in preterm infants [36,37]...
... in medical intensivecare patients could serve as an early indicator of medical intensivecare patients at extremely high risk Our study revealed that 18% of the medical intensivecare patients ... in the blood of surgical intensivecare patients was performed Our study revealed that 32% of the surgical intensivecare patients were NRBC-positive at least once The detection of NRBCs was ... prognostic power of the mechanized detection of NRBCs in blood in terms of mortality The total in-hospital mortality of NRBC-positive patients of this Figure medical intensivecare patients blood...
... critical care outreach team (CCOT), but during the event all of the intensivecare patients were accommodated within the physical space of the ICU All of these patients required ongoing critical care ... emphasis on the impact of this phase ofcare Page of (page number not for citation purposes) from the ICU point of view or, in fact, on what is now termed ‘the prolonged -care phase’ following ... burst of activity was just the start of a prolonged -care phase that greatly increased the surgical, anaesthetic, and intensivecare workload As soon as the emergency department was cleared of casualties...
... addition of the covariate listed Left of the dotted line indicates lower likelihood of the outcome for closed versus open ICU Right of the dotted line indicates greater likelihood of the outcome ... staffing: a survey ofintensivecare unit directors J Crit Care 2007, 22:97-103 Pronovost P, Thompson DA, Holzmueller CG, Dorman T, Morlock LL: Impact of the Leapfrog Group's intensivecare unit physician ... mandatory versus on-demand critical care specialist presence on quality ofcare and family and provider satisfaction in the intensivecare unit of a teaching hospital Crit Care Med 2008, 36:36-44 Multz...
... the nurses and physicians of the Adult IntensiveCare Unit of Clermont-Ferrand for patients care during the study This work has been supported by the University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand Author ... pigs Crit Care 2006, 10:R86 33 Girault C, Auriant I, Jaber S: Field Safety practices procedures for mechanical ventilation French-speaking Society ofIntensiveCare French Society of Anesthesia ... between groups in terms of mechanical ventilation duration or ICU length of stay Gas exchange As shown in Table 2, there were no differences in terms of PaO2, partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2),...
... Bauer M, Settmacher U, Barz D, Reinhart K: Anemia and blood transfusion in a surgical intensivecare unit Crit Care 2010, 14:R92 Vincent JL, Baron JF, Reinhart K, Gattinoni L, Thijs L, Webb A, Meier-Hellmann ... systematic review of literature Crit Care Med 2008, 36:2667-2674 Vamvakas EC, Blajchman MA: Transfusion-related immunomodulation (TRIM): an update Blood Rev 2007, 21:327-348 Page of Vamvakas EC: ... article as: Müller MCA, Juffermans NP: Anemia and blood transfusion and outcome on the intensivecare unit Critical Care 2010, 14:438 ...
... vaginal delivery, lack of antenatal steroids, and treatment of acidosis or use of vasopressors on the day of admission as significant risk factors for severe (grade or 4) IVH Some of these factors are ... assessed the effect of the size of the NICU on IVH risk The number of admissions at each site was not a significant predictor of severe IVH (P = 42), nor did it alter the size of the therapy variables ... therapy variables effect The number of admissions of preterm infants
... of chronic renal insufficiency and use of heparin, acetylsalicylic acid and clopidrogel The type of primary surgery was retrieved The chart of the rethoracotomy was evaluated for evacuation of ... component of the score considering this most relevant for our study goal The CV component of the SOFA score takes MAP and the doses per kg of vasopressor/inotropic therapy used in the treatment of hypotension ... predictive values of variables for a fall in CV SOFA after rethoracotomy The statistic was used to evaluate reproducibility of the echocardiograms, with respect to number of visible features of potential...
... Effect of failed extubation on the outcomeof mechanical ventilation Chest 1997, 112:186-192 Rady MY, Ryan T: Perioperative predictors of extubation failure and the effect on clinical outcome ... discontinued under the direction of one of three board certified critical care physicians, respiratory therapists, and nursing staff There was no pulmonary or critical care fellowship program in this ... patients; of these the gastrointestinal and vascular services were more common in the failed extubation group Study cases were reintubated a median of 24 hours after extubation Outcomes of respiratory...
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... there a relationship between the volume of work carried out in intensivecare and its outcome? Int J Technol Assess Health Care 1995, 11:762-769 Page of (page number not for citation purposes) ... be part of the health policy agenda for critical care Third, it is time for health systems to start seriously considering the formal regionalization of critical care through the creation of a tiered ... critique of the literature Ann Intern Med 2002, 137:511-520 Carmel S, Rowan K: Variation in intensivecare unit outcomes: a search for the evidence on organziational factors Curr Opin Crit Care 2001,...