Anaesth Intensive Care 2009; 37: 14-9: A large VT and high Paw during one-lung ventilation were associated with an increased risk of post-pneumonectomy ALI/ARDS in primary lung cancer patients. N Engl J Med 2009; 360: 20-31: In an ICU population in which the mortality rate associated with standard care was 27.5% at day 28, the [...]
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Laurie Barclay, MD Medscape Medical News 2009. © 2009 Medscape Targeting blood glucose concentrations to age-adjusted normal fasting concentrations was associated with better short-term outcome of patients in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), according to the results of a prospective, randomized controlled study reported online January 27 in The Lancet.
Martha Kerr Medscape Medical News 2009. © 2009 Medscape Late-breaking results of the Awakening and Breathing Controlled (ABC) trial, presented here at the Society of Critical Care Medicine 38th Critical Care Congress, show that cognitive function is better if the patient is wakened early and frequently during a stay in the intensive care unit (ICU).
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American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (04/2011): Medical guidelines for clinical practice for developing a diabetes mellitus comprehensive care plan Critical Care (02/2009): Differential influence of arterial blood glucose on cerebral metabolism following severe traumatic brain injury American Diabetes Association 10/2008: Clinical Practice Reccomendations 2008 of American Diabetes Association
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In cancer patients, allogeneic blood transfusion is associated with poorer prognosis, but the independent effect of the transfusion is controversial. Moreover, mediating mechanisms underlying the alleged cancer-promoting effects of blood transfusion are unknown, including the involvement of donors’ leukocytes, erythrocytes, and soluble factors. Blood Transfusion Promotes Cancer Progression: A Critical Role for Aged Erythrocytes
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Laurie Barclay, MD Medscape Medical News 2009. © 2009 Medscape Procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP), along with currently used laboratory tests, may facilitate the treatment of infants younger than 3 months seen in emergency departments for fever of unknown origin, according to the results of a retrospective study reported in the January 21 Online [...]
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Martha Kerr Medscape Medical News 2009. © 2009 Medscape More than one third of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Henry Ford Hospital, in Detroit, Michigan, were seropositive for cytomegalovirus (CMV), according to a study presented here at the Society of Critical Care Medicine 38th Critical Care Congress.
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Martha Kerr Medscape Medical News 2009. © 2009 Medscape Mortality rates are significantly higher when a benzodiazepine is the sedating agent used in a mechanically ventilated patient, and hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay is more than a day longer, investigators at the University of Utah told attendees of the Society of [...]
Martha Kerr Medscape Medical News 2009. © 2009 Medscape Elevated levels of troponin are associated with a nearly 50% increase in mortality risk among severely ill noncardiac patients, and one-fifth of noncardiac patients in medical intensive care units (ICUs) have high troponin levels.
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Margaret A. Pisani, MD, MPH; Terrence E. Murphy, PhD et al. Crit Care Med. 2009;37(1):177-183. ©2009 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins – Posted 01/28/2009 Delirium is an acute disorder of attention and cognition with a reported prevalence of 78%-87% among older intensive care unit (ICU) patients.[1-5] Delirium leads to poor outcomes, including increased morbidity, mortality, nursing [...]
Reuters Health Information 2009. © 2009 Reuters Ltd. Trauma patients who are transfused with more than 5 units of packed red blood cells (PRBCs) within 24 hours of admission are at increased risk for developing acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), new research shows.
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Martha Kerr Medscape Medical News 2009. © 2009 Medscape Patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) may have a higher risk for upper-extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT) than for lower-extremity DVT, yet the focus tends to be only on the legs, according to a study presented here at the Society of Critical Care Medicine 38th [...]
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Martha Kerr Medscape Medical News 2009. © 2009 Medscape Current use of moderate to high doses of statins for patients hospitalized with sepsis was associated with a mortality risk reduction of more than 20%, compared with patients not taking statins, investigators reported here at the Society of Critical Care Medicine 38th Critical Care Congress.
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