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- 1From: Critical Care. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction Daily interruption of sedation (IS) has been implemented in 30 to 40% of intensive care units worldwide and may improve outcome in medical intensive care patients. Little is known about the benefit of IS...
- 2From: Critical Care. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction Severe hyperkalemia, with potassium (K.sup.+) levels [greater than or equai to] 6.5 mEq/L, is a potentially life-threatening electrolyte imbalance. For prompt and effective treatment, it is important to...
- 3From: Critical Care. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction Acute deterioration of cirrhosis is associated with high mortality rates particularly in the patients who develop organ failure (OF), a condition that is referred to as acute-on-chronic liver failure...
- 4From: Critical Care. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction Two thirds of United States adults are overweight or obese, which puts them at higher risk of developing chronic diseases and of death compared with normal-weight individuals. However, recent studies...
- 5From: Critical Care. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction At birth, lung fluid is rapidly cleared to allow gas exchange. As pulmonary sonography discriminates between liquid and air content, we have used it to monitor extrauterine fluid clearance and...
- 6From: Critical Care. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction Acute lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is characterized by features other than increased pulmonary vascular permeability. Pulmonary vascular permeability combined with...
- 7From: Critical Care. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction It is well established that during mechanical ventilation of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome cyclic recruitment/derecruitment and overdistension are potentially injurious for lung...
- 8From: Critical Care. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction Increasing antimicrobial costs, reduced development of novel antimicrobials, and growing antimicrobial resistance necessitate judicious use of available agents. Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs)...
- 9From: Critical Care. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction Conventional monophasic defibrillators for out-of-hospital cardiac-arrest patients have been replaced with biphasic defibrillators. However, the advantage of biphasic over monophasic defibrillation for...
- 10From: Critical Care. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction Although early institution of adequate antimicrobial therapy is lifesaving in sepsis patients, optimal antimicrobial strategy has not been established. Moreover, the benefit of combination therapy over...
- 11From: Critical Care. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction Endotracheal intubation in the ICU is associated with a high incidence of complications. Etomidate use is debated in septic shock because it increases the risk of critical illness-related corticosteroid...
- 12From: Critical Care. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction Although renal replacement therapy (RRT) is a common procedure in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI), its efficacy remains uncertain. Patients who receive RRT usually have higher...
- 13From: Critical Care. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction Recognition of patterns of organ failure may be useful in characterizing the clinical course of critically ill patients. We investigated the patterns of early changes in organ dysfunction/failure in...
- 14From: Critical Care. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction The aim of this study was to compare a 7-day course of doripenem to a 10-day course of imipenem-cilastatin for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) due to Gram-negative bacteria. Methods This was...
- 15From: Critical Care. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction The physiological basis of physiotherapeutic interventions used in intensive care has been established. We must determine the optimal service approach that will result in improved patient outcome. The...
- 16From: Critical Care. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction As data from Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in intensive care unit (ICU) are still scarce, our objectives were to assess the morbidity and mortality of ICU-acquired CDI. Methods We compared...
- 17From: Critical Care. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction An online survey was conducted to characterize current infection management practices in Italian intensive care units (ICUs), including the antibacterial and antifungal drug regimens prescribed for...
- 18From: Critical Care. (Vol. 16, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common causative pathogen in community-acquired pneumonia. Protease-activated receptor-1 (PAR-1) is expressed by multiple cell types present in the lungs and can be...