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Serial evaluation of the SOFA score to predict outcome in critically ill patients.
CONTEXT Evaluation of trends in organ dysfunction in critically ill patients may help predict outcome. OBJECTIVE To determine the usefulness of repeated measurement the Sequential Organ Failure…
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Weaning from mechanical ventilation
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An International Consensus Conference was held in April 2005 to provide recommendations regarding the management of this process and an 11-member international jury answered five pre-defined questions.
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A prospective randomised multi-centre controlled trial on tight glucose control by intensive insulin therapy in adult intensive care units: the Glucontrol study
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In this prematurely stopped and therefore underpowered study, there was a lack of clinical benefit of intensive insulin therapy, associated with an increased incidence of hypoglycaemia, as compared to a 7.8–10.0 mmol/L target.
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Deleterious effects of beta‐blockers on survival in patients with cirrhosis and refractory ascites
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The use of beta‐blockers is associated with poor survival in patients with refractory ascites, and results suggest that beta‐ blockers should be contraindicated in these patients.
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Sedative and analgesic practice in the intensive care unit: the results of a European survey.
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There were considerable international variations in the prescription of sedative and analgesic drugs in western European ICUs by means of a short, self-administered questionnaire, with midazolam being preferred over propofol in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Austria.
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The Multiple Organ Dysfunction Score (MODS) versus the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score in outcome prediction
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Outcome prediction of the APACHE II score was similar to the initial MODS and SOFA score in all patients, and slightly worse in patients with shock, suggesting MODSand SOFA are reliable outcome predictors.
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Mild hyponatremia and risk of fracture in the ambulatory elderly.
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Mild asymptomatic hypon atremia is associated with bone fracture in ambulatory elderly and avoiding iatrogenic hyponatremia or treating hyponAtremia may decrease the number of bone fractures in this population.
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Development of ionized hypomagnesemia is associated with higher mortality rates
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Development of ionized hypomagnesemia during an ICU stay is associated with a worse prognosis and is often associated with the use of diuretics and the development of sepsis.
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High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema Is Initially Caused by an Increase in Capillary Pressure
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HAPE is initially caused by an increase in pulmonary capillary pressure, and the pulmonary transcapillary escape of radiolabeled transferrin increased slightly from low to high altitude in the HAPE-susceptible subjects but remained within the limits of normal and did not differ significantly from the control subjects.
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Body temperature alterations in the critically ill
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Both hypothermia and fever are associated with increased morbidity and mortality rates and patients with hypothermic patients have a worse prognosis than those with fever.
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