Hofmaenner, Daniel A. Wendel Garcia, Pedro David Duvnjak, Branko Chakrakodi, Bhavya Maier, Julian D. Huber, Michael Huder, Jon Wolfensberger, Aline Schreiber, Peter W. Schuepbach, Reto A.
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Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control
BackgroundIn intensive care units (ICUs) treating patients with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) invasive ventilation poses a high risk for aerosol and droplet formation. Surface contamination of severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or bacteria can result in nosocomial transmission.MethodsTwo tertiary care COVID-19 intens...
Parsons Leigh, Jeanna Brundin-Mather, Rebecca Whalen-Browne, Liam Kashyap, Devika Sauro, Khara Soo, Andrea Petersen, Jennie Taljaard, Monica Stelfox, Henry T
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JMIR research protocols
Transitions in care are vulnerable periods in health care that can expose patients to preventable errors due to incomplete or delayed communication between health care providers. Transitioning critically ill patients from intensive care units (ICUs) to other patient care units (PCUs) is particularly risky, due to the high acuity of the patients and...
Menges, Dominik Seiler, Bianca Tomonaga, Yuki Schwenkglenks, Matthias Puhan, Milo A. Yebyo, Henock G.
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Critical Care
BackgroundThis systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine the effectiveness of systematic early mobilization in improving muscle strength and physical function in mechanically ventilated intensive care unit (ICU) patients.MethodsWe conducted a two-stage systematic literature search in MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library until Janua...
Arteaga-Livias, Kovy Pinzas-Acosta, Karim Perez-Abad, Lourdes Panduro-Correa, Vicky Rabaan, Ali A Pecho-Silva, Samuel Dámaso-Mata, Bernardo
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Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Contou, Damien Fraissé, Megan Pajot, Olivier Tirolien, Jo-Anna Mentec, Hervé Plantefève, Gaëtan
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Critical Care
Ede, Jody Vollam, Sarah Darbyshire, Julie L Gibson, Oliver Tarassenko, Lionel Watkinson, Peter
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Applied ergonomics
Infra-red and thermal imaging enable wireless systems to monitor patients' vital signs and absence of wires may improve patient experiences. No studies have explored staff perceptions of the concept of this specific type of technology in the adult population. Understanding existing working systems before introducing technology could improve adoptio...
van Gastel, Lieke H.A. Oostdijk, Evelien A.N. Slot, Stefanie Weller, Dolf
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Romanian Journal of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
We present the case of a 67-year-old male patient, who was admitted to the intensive care unit for hypoxemic respiratory failure due to severe COVID-19 pneumonitis, requiring mechanical ventilation. Despite close monitoring using transpulmonary pressure measurements and interventions to pursue lung-protective ventilation, the patient developed exte...
Ye, Jiancheng Yao, Liang Shen, Jiahong Janarthanam, Rethavathi Luo, Yuan
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BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
BackgroundDiabetes mellitus is a prevalent metabolic disease characterized by chronic hyperglycemia. The avalanche of healthcare data is accelerating precision and personalized medicine. Artificial intelligence and algorithm-based approaches are becoming more and more vital to support clinical decision-making. These methods are able to augment heal...
Choron, Rachel L Butts, Christopher A Bargoud, Christopher Krumrei, Nicole J Teichman, Amanda L Schroeder, Mary E Bover Manderski, Michelle T Cai, Jenny Song, Cherry Rodricks, Michael B
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Journal of intensive care medicine
While fever may be a presenting symptom of COVID-19, fever at hospital admission has not been identified as a predictor of mortality. However, hyperthermia during critical illness among ventilated COVID-19 patients in the ICU has not yet been studied. We sought to determine mortality predictors among ventilated COVID-19 ICU patients and we hypothes...
Vidal-Cortés, P Del Río-Carbajo, L Nieto-Del Olmo, J Prol-Silva, E Tizón-Varela, A I Rodríguez-Vázquez, A Rodríguez-Rodríguez, P Díaz-López, M D Fernández-Ugidos, P Pérez-Veloso, M A
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Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia
To assess the impact of corticosteroids on inflammatory and respiratory parameters of patients with COVID-19 and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Longitudinal, retrospective, observational study conducted in an ICU of a second level hospital. Adult patients with COVID-19 were included. Baseline characteristics, data on SARS-CoV-2 infecti...
