Tag: ICU
Critically Ill Pregnant Women with COVID-19: Management and Outcome
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-infected pregnant women are at higher risk of intensive care unit (ICU) admission and mechanical ventilation. Because reports describing the clinical course and management of critically... read more
Melatonin in ICU Delirium: Shining Light on the Hormone of Darkness
Delirium represents a form of acute brain dysfunction predictive of excess death and long-term cognitive impairment in critically ill patients. For many years, we have wondered whether pharmacological doses of melatonin would... read more
Essentials of Shock Management: A Scenario-Based Approach
This book is designed to offer the reader first-rate guidance on shock management in the real world. Comprehensive, evidence-based, and up-to-date instruction is provided on optimal care of patients with different types of... read more
Incidence of Delirium in ICU Inpatients After Cognitive Exercise Intervention
In this study, the relevant RCTs on cognitive exercise in ICU inpatients with delirium were screened for systematic evaluation and meta-analysis, aiming to explore the impact of cognitive exercises and routine nursing on... read more
Echocardiography for Intensivists
This book contains all the information that readers will require in order to perform echocardiography and to interpret the findings correctly. After an introductory chapter on the essential physics of ultrasonography,... read more
Interventional Critical Care: A Manual for Advanced Care Practitioners
This book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of the interventional procedures that can be performed in intensive care settings. The book addresses fundamentals of the indications and technical aspects of procedures,... read more
Balanced Crystalloids Probably Reduce Mortality in the Critically-Ill
As remarked by the authors of the recent PLUS trial, a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials comparing balanced resuscitation fluid to 0.9% saline was reported in the New England Journal of Medicine... read more
Ventriculo-Arterial Coupling Analysis Predicts the Hemodynamic Response to Norepinephrine in Hypotensive Postoperative Patients
In patients with arterial hypotension norepinephrine increased end-systolic ventricular elastance and arterial elastance. The effects of norepinephrine on stroke volume depend on baseline ventriculo-arterial coupling. Although... read more
Prophylactic Melatonin for Delirium in Intensive Care (Pro-MEDIC)
Enteral melatonin initiated within 48 h of ICU admission did not reduce the prevalence of delirium compared to placebo. These findings do not support the routine early use of melatonin in the critically ill. A total of... read more
Balanced Fluid Resuscitation for the Critically-Ill: the PLUS study mirrors the BaSICS
Intravenous fluid therapy is one of the most commonly-performed interventions in all of critical care medicine. Numerous trials over the last 20 years have attempted to identify the ideal fluid for those in the intensive... read more
Information Transfer as a Strategy to Improve Safety in ICU
In an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), we attend people with a wide range of pathologies. All the information obtained from monitoring our critical patients, diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, responses to treatments, action... read more
Clinical Profile and Recovery Pattern of Dysphagia in COVID-19 Patients
COVID-19 considerably impacted swallowing function in the current study. Although many patients recovered within an acceptable timeframe, some experienced persistent severe dysphagia and a protracted recovery with dependence... read more
Cognitive Dysfunction, Psychiatric Distress, and Functional Decline After COVID-19
At approximately 4 months after acute illness, cognitive dysfunction, emotional distress, and functional decline were common among a diverse clinical sample of COVID-19 survivors varying in acute illness severity. Patients... read more
Procalcitonin in the ED: The evidence
Is procalcitonin of any value in the emergency department? Considering that procalcitonin testing is not available in any of my hospitals, I have never been all that interested in this question. But Swami requested a procalcitonin... read more
