Invention of intensive care medicine by an anaesthesiologist: 70 years of progress from epidemics to resilience to excep...
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Published in Anaesthesia, critical care & pain medicine
Published in Anaesthesia, critical care & pain medicine
Published in Anaesthesia, critical care & pain medicine
Published in Anaesthesia, critical care & pain medicine
Published in Anaesthesia, critical care & pain medicine
Published in Anaesthesia, critical care & pain medicine
Published in Anaesthesia, critical care & pain medicine
To investigate the effect of different concentrations of ropivacaine on maternal temperature and inflammatory factors during epidural analgesia. One hundred and forty healthy term nulliparas were randomly assigned to receive epidural analgesia with either 0.1% ropivacaine (group H) or 0.068% ropivacaine (group L). Epidural sufentanil 0.3 μg/mL was ...
Published in Anaesthesia, critical care & pain medicine
Limited information is currently available on the impact of vasoactive medications in intensive care (ICU) and long-term outcomes. The main objective of our study was to describe the association between the use of inotropes and/or vasopressors and ICU mortality. Secondary objectives were to evaluate the association between the use of vasoactive dru...
Published in Anaesthesia, critical care & pain medicine
We aimed to evaluate the ability of diaphragmatic excursion at hospital admission to predict outcomes in patients with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). In this prospective observational study, we included adult patients with severe COVID-19 admitted to a tertiary hospital. Ultrasound examination of the diaphragm was performed within 12 h of adm...
Published in Anaesthesia, critical care & pain medicine
Published in Anaesthesia, critical care & pain medicine
Critically ill patients admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) with severe infections, or those who develop nosocomial infections, have poor outcomes with substantial morbidity and mortality. Such patients commonly have suboptimal antibiotic exposures at routinely used antibiotic doses related to an increased volume of distribution and altered clear...