a systematic approach to critically ill patients

... Care Med 2006, 34(6):1647-1653. 14 Tagami T, Kushimoto S, Yamamoto Y, Atsumi T, Tosa R, Matsuda K, Oyama R, Kawaguchi T, Masuno T, Hirama H, et al: Validation of extravascular lung water measurement ... Trang 1O R I G I N A L R E S E A R C H Open AccessComputed tomography to estimate cardiac preload and extravascular lung water A retrospective analysis in critically ill patients Bernd Saugel1*, ... are hardly transferable to critically ill patients, because the study was conducted using special analyzing software and a lung model (air-dried, ex-sanguine human lung) In a case-series of patients

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 23:20

... indicators, while the problem-finding systems of accountancy are pri- marily general and differentiated goal indicators The essential advan- tages and disadvantages of goal and cause indicators and ... indicators have a mathematical relationship to each other: Cumulative penetration of a Repeat Quantitative market share of purchasing rate of a Buying rate index of a - 100 This means that if ... indicators, such as return on equity Variables which have an arithmetical relationship with a general goal indicator These can be called differentiated goal indicators For example, overall turnover

Ngày tải lên: 11/05/2018, 17:04

... Moving Averages in the stock market dates all the way back to 1930.13 In their seminal work, “Technical Analysis of Stock Trends,” Edwards and Magee refer to the Moving Average as a “fascinating tool” ... Moving Average This strategy shows better absolute and risk-adjusted returns than a comparable buy and hold unleveraged strategy as well as a constant leverage strategy The results are robust to various ... from a higher level) after a gain and decreasing exposure (deleveraging from a lower level) after a loss, again and again An example from recent history will make this point clearer In August

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... of the amount of each intracellular/extracellular metabolite and gene expression was calculated and illustrated with heatmaps (Figs 4, S1 and S2), and visualised by PathPod, a pathway mapping ... finding that temporal patterns could be used for such classifications allowed us to move forward to overall and precise calculations in a broad, integrated way Systematic correlativity analysis Systematic ... pentose phosphate pathway, and pyruvate and fructose/galactose metabolic pathways, but 16 genes were unclassified (Table 1) Similar analyses were also performed using the data from Figs S3 and S4

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... Sometimes, practical applications and/ or change methods are more identifiable in EBI materi-als than determinants Thus, a planner can examine the practical applications (materials and activities ... elements Readability 8 th grade reading level 9 th grade reading level (RL); 10 th grade reading level (TC) Data and statistics No data/statistics About brand awareness of VERB national campaign (RL) ... Branding & con-tact information VSS logo and website Information about dates, locations, and contact information as placeholders (RL); fax number and address of national VERB Campaign Partnership

Ngày tải lên: 29/11/2022, 11:14

... reactor plant, the nature of radiological hazards, and how the plant is designed to retain hazardous material within physical and functional barriers As a result, a systematic search for IEs naturally ... exchanger and radiator, where air was blown axially across the tubes to remove the heat The air was then exhausted to the atmosphere via a stack The MSRE was equipped with drain tanks for storing ... (ASME/ANS, 2013); an IE is “a perturbation to the plant that challenges plant control and safety systems whose failure could potentially lead to an undesirable end state and/or radioactive material

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... Medline (Janu-ary 1966 to Janu(Janu-ary 2006), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Clinical Trials Register, Database of Abstracts on Reviews and Effectiveness, and EMBASE (Janu-ary 1950 ... increasing incidence of Candida infection, its major clinical impact, and the lack of tests for an early and accurate diagnosis, a prophylactic approach for high-risk patients might be beneficial ... randomisarandomisa-tion method was inappropriate [22] A total of 5,529 patients were analysed: 2,947 patients received antifungal prophylaxis (1,199 in SAP studies and 1,748 in SDD studies) and

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 10:20

... Tables and Most papers evaluated multiple quality indicators The median number of quality indicators was five (range to 10) By inspecting the quality indicators, we arrived at four indicator categories ... citation purposes) From the selected papers, the same two reviewers extracted data on TGC quality indicators (their definition and applicability) A quality indicator was defined as a measurable ... it was common practice to treat only marked hyperglycaemia in these patients, because hyperglycaemia was considered to be an adaptive response to critical illness [3] Blood glucose control aiming

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... evaluation of new fever in critically ill adult patients list transfusion-asso-Table 2 Characteristics of studies assessing the rate of cytomegalovirus pneumonia in critically ill patients negative ... (10) ARDS = acute respiratory distress syndrome; BAL = bronchoalveolar lavage; CMV = cytomegalovirus; ICU = intensive care unit; NA = not applicable; ND = no data available; VAP = ventilator-associated ... immunocompetent patients are largely lacking [17,18] Employment of potent antiviral therapy in all critically ill patients may be impractical, logistically infea-sible, and potentially harmful given a large

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:20

... data, performed statistical analysis and tabulated quality indicators of the studies. IS and SM carried out the primary study search and extracted data. AL carried out statistical analysis and ... this article as: Karvellas et al.: A comparison of early versus late initiation of renal replacement therapy in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis. ... criteria and operational definitions for ‘early’ and ‘standard’ initiation of RRT in critically ill patients to ensure feasibility and adequate separation of treatment arms. In addition, such a study

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... otherwise indicated, data are means, means ± standard deviations or medians [interquartile ranges] Trang 8Table 2 Pharmacodynamic targets of b-lactam antibioticsaMeropenem, 1 g tid or 3 g/day CI 40% ... Trang 1R E S E A R C H Open AccessAntibiotics in critically ill patients: a systematic Joao Gonçalves-Pereira1,2*and Pedro Póvoa1,2 Abstract Introduction: Several reports have shown marked ... been shown to be a common finding in ICU patients, particu-larly surgical and trauma patients [8] but also septic medical patients [9] Besides, in the study by Baptista et al [9], the authors showed

Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2022, 09:04

... care units (ICU) was to save the life of critically ill patients (i.e., decrease mortality) This goal has been reached in many clinical situations such as septic shock or acute respira-tory failure, ... protocol/Methodology 3 No English language 2 Animals 1 Total arcles included 112 Fig 1 PRISMA flow diagram Trang 5Table 1 Characteristics of RCTs in critically ill adult patientspatient‑important outcomes no (%) ... Trang 1Patient-important outcomes in randomized controlled trials in critically ill patients: a systematic review Stéphane Gaudry1,2,3*, Jonathan Messika1,4,5, Jean‑Damien Ricard1,4,5,

Ngày tải lên: 04/12/2022, 15:58

... preventive measures are effective in critically ill patients In addition to plasma creatinine concentrations and glomerular filtration rate, additional markers of renal function (such as serum cystatin ... APART trial) Am J Cardiol 2002, 89:356-358. Trang 926 Durham JD, Caputo C, Dokko J, Zaharakis T, Pahlavan M, Keltz J, Dutka P, Marzo K, Maesaka JK, Fishbane S: A randomized con-trolled trial ... preclinical studies, endogenous intrarenal adenosine has been implicated as a causative factor in contrast-induced nephropathy Adenosine causes afferent arteriolar vaso-constriction and efferent arteriolar

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:21

... disease attrib-utable to sARF Our data indicate that critically ill patients with sARF may remain ill with an increased risk for death for a duration greater than the total ICU or hospital length ... Surveillance Branch, Alberta Health and Wellness, Edmonton Alberta, Canada 10 Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, Canada 11 Associate ... Calgary, Calgary Alberta, Canada 8 Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Calgary Health Region and University of Calgary, Calgary Alberta, Canada 9 Epidemiologist, Health

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:20

... 26. Garnacho-Montero J, Amaya-Villar R, Ortiz-Leyba C, Leon C, Alva- rez-Lerma F, Nolla-Salas J, Iruretagoyena JR, Barcenilla F: Isola- tion of Aspergillus spp. from the respiratory tract in critically ... with haematologi- cal malignancies and bone marrow transplant recipients; a total of 270 haematological patients was admitted during the study period. For immunocompromised patients or patients ... significance of isolation of Aspergillus spp. from lower respiratory tract samples in critically ill patients on the basis of medical and radiological files using an adapted diagnostic algorithm to

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:21

... and 'end-stage disease' Early renal replacement therapy may the-oretically influence the criteria, and patients that would have Table 4 Outcomes for all patients and for patients classified according ... for covariates, acute kidney injury was still associated with an almost twofold increased hazard for hospital mortality (Table 5, panel A) Maximum RIFLE class I and class F were both asso-ciated ... performed auto-mated and manual data verification The patient data included demographic, administrative, physiologic, laboratory and hos-pital outcome information Ethnicity, reported as white, black

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... variables Overall APACHE III diagnosis Data are expressed as median (interquartile range) where appropriate P values computed using chi-square and Mann-Whitney U tests where appropriate APACHE, ... mmol/L spaced not more than 24 hours apart Patients were excluded where there were insuffi-cient clinical data available to compute an Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II ... cardiovascular patients, and the SPRINT patient pool had a larger proportion of gastrointestinal patients Changes in the economics of health care caused changes in the types of patients admitted to the

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 10:20

... clinician starts at near maximal therapy, optimizing as many strategies as possible This means the clinician starts at goal rate with automatic ini-tiation of prokinetic agents, uses a small peptide ... safety and acceptability We asked about the acceptability of each of the novel parts of the feeding protocol and the overall protocol using a scale where 1 = totally unaccept-able and 10 = totally ... prescribed nutritional needs We propose a new approach that protocolizes an aggressive approach to providing EN and shifts the para-digm from reactionary to proactive followed by de-esca-lation if nutrition

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22

... , James B Fink 3 , John D Santamaria 1 , Duncan J Campbell 4,5 Abstract Introduction: Prolonged mechanical ventilation has the potential to aggravate or initiate pulmonary inflammation and cause ... mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients expected to require prolonged mechanical ventilation. Additional material Additional file 1: Supplement. A table of medication. Abbreviations ALI: ... the patient remained mechanical ventilation to a maximum of 14 days from randomization). The numbers of patients who were mechanically ventilated are as follows: day 0 placebo (25) and heparin

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 21:21

... RESEARC H Open Access The value of correlation of serum 20S proteasome concentration and percentage of lymphocytic apoptosis in critically ill patients: a prospective observational study Ayman A ... A Yousef 1* , Ghada A Suliman 2 , Maaly M Mabrouk 2 Abstract Introduction: Sepsis in critically ill patients is almost associated with bad prognosis and its early detection may improve the prognosis. ... correlation of median va lues of 20S proteasome and the percentage of apoptotic lymphocyte median values could be a good indicator of patient prognosis and survival in critically ill patients.

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