Vergouw, Leonie J M Egal, Mohamud Bergmans, Bas Dippel, Diederik W J Lingsma, Hester F Vergouwen, Mervyn D I Willems, Peter W A Oldenbeuving, Annemarie W Bakker, Jan van der Jagt, Mathieu
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Journal of intensive care medicine
Guidelines on the management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) recommend euvolemia, whereas hypervolemia may cause harm. We investigated whether high early fluid input is associated with delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI), and if fluid input can be safely decreased using transpulmonary thermodilution (TPT). We retrospectively included aSAH ...
Vranken, Nousjka P A Lindelauf, Anouk A M A Simons, Antoine P Ariës, Marcel J H Maessen, Jos G Weerwind, Patrick W
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Journal of intensive care medicine
Femoral access in extracorporeal life support (ECLS) has been associated with regional variations in arterial oxygen saturation, potentially predisposing the patient to ischemic tissue damage. Current monitoring techniques, however, are limited to intermittent bedside evaluation of capillary refill among other factors. The aim of this study was to ...
Lam, Joyce Nga Hei Lau, Vincent I Priestap, Fran A Basmaji, John Ball, Ian M
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In the new era of decreasing hospital bed availability, there is an increasing rate of direct discharge to home (DDH) from intensive care units (ICUs), despite sparse literature informing this practice. To evaluate patient, family, and ICU attending physician satisfaction with planning for DDH from the ICU and intensivists' current DDH practices an...
Hsieh, Yueh-Che Tsou, Po-Yang Wang, Yu-Hsun Chao, Christin Chih-Ting Lee, Wan-Chien Lee, Meng-Tse Gabriel Wu, Jiunn-Yih Chang, Shy-Shin Chen, Po-Yen Lee, Chien-Chang
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Predictors for post-sepsis myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke are yet to be identified due to the competing risk of death. This study included all hospitalized patients with sepsis from National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan between 2000 and 2011. The primary outcome was the first occurrence of MI and stroke requiring hospitalizat...
Sibilla, Alberto Nydahl, Peter Greco, Nicola Mungo, Giuseppe Ott, Natalie Unger, Ines Rezek, Spencer Gemperle, Sarah Needham, Dale M Kudchadkar, Sapna R
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Growing evidence suggests that early mobilization benefits intensive care unit (ICU) patients. However, national practices and the culture of individual ICUs influence mobilization activities. In a 1-day, Swiss point prevalence study conducted in 35 ICUs (representing 45% of all ICUs), the highest level of mobilization for mechanically ventilated p...
McDonald, Mark M Almaghrabi, Tareq S Saenz, Daniel M Cai, Chunyan Rahbar, Mohammad H Choi, H Alex Lee, Kiwon Grotta, James C Chang, Tiffany R
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Thrombelastography (TEG) provides a global, dynamic measure of coagulation. We examined the effect of antiplatelet (AP) medications on coagulation in patients with acute stroke as measured by TEG. We reviewed prospectively collected data on patients presenting with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) between 2...
Sequeira, Herman R Mohamed, Hesham E Hakimi, Neal Wakefield, Dorothy B Fine, Jonathan
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Despite guidelines advising passive rewarming for mild accidental hypothermia (AH), patients are frequently admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) for active rewarming using a forced-air warming device. We implemented a new policy at our institution aimed at safely reducing ICU admissions for AH. We analyzed our practice pre- and post-policy interve...
Zurawska, Joanna H Romney, Marc G Wong, Hubert Wang, Hong Ayas, Najib T Hoang, Linda M N Stefanovic, Aleksandra Doyle, Patrick Dhingra, Vinay Dodek, Peter M
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Journal of intensive care medicine
To determine whether invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) due to serotype 5, which occurred as a local outbreak in 2006 to 2007, is associated with intensive care unit (ICU) admission, hospital mortality, or organ supports in those who are critically ill. Retrospective review of patients who presented with IPD to 2 tertiary hospitals in Vancouver, C...
Serrano-Gomez, Sergio Burgos-Angulo, Gabriel Niño-Vargas, Daniela Camila Niño, María Eugenia Cárdenas, María Eugenia Chacón-Valenzuela, Estephania McCosham, Diana Margarita Peinado-Acevedo, Juan Sebastián Lopez, M Marcos Cunha, Fernando
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Over 170 biomarkers are being investigated regarding their prognostic and diagnostic accuracy in sepsis in order to find new tools to reduce morbidity and mortality. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their inhibitors have been recently studied as promising new prognostic biomarkers in patients with sepsis. This study is aimed at determining the ...
da Silva, Paulo Sérgio Lucas Fonseca, Marcelo Cunio Machado
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Although several studies assess unplanned extubation (UE) in children, few have addressed determinants of UE and factors associated with reintubation in a case-controlled manner. We aimed to identify the risk factors and outcomes associated with UE in a pediatric intensive care unit. Cases of UE were randomly matched with control patients at a rati...
