Multiple organ dysfunction score: a reliable descriptor of a complex clinical outcome.
- J. Marshall, D. Cook, N. Christou, G. Bernard, C. Sprung, W. Sibbald
- MedicineCritical Care Medicine
- 1 October 1995
This multiple organ dysfunction score, constructed using simple physiologic measures of dysfunction in six organ systems, mirrors organ dysfunction as the intensivist sees it and correlates strongly with the ultimate risk of ICU mortality and hospital mortality.
Critically ill patients with 2009 influenza A(H1N1) infection in Canada.
- Anand Kumar, R. Zarychanski, R. Fowler
- MedicineJAMA
- 4 November 2009
Critical illness due to 2009 influenza A(H1N1) in Canada occurred rapidly after hospital admission, often in young adults, and was associated with severe hypoxemia, multisystem organ failure, a requirement for prolonged mechanical ventilation, and the frequent use of rescue therapies.
Intensive versus conventional glucose control in critically ill patients.
- S. Finfer, D. Chittock, J. Ronco
- MedicineNew England Journal of Medicine
- 26 March 2009
In this large, international, randomized trial, it was found that intensive glucose control increased mortality among adults in the ICU: a blood glucose target of 180 mg or less per deciliter resulted in lower mortality than did a target of 81 to 108 mg perDeciliter.
Prevention of VTE in nonsurgical patients: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines.
Decisions regarding prophylaxis in nonsurgical patients should be made after consideration of risk factors for both thrombosis and bleeding, clinical context, and patients' values and preferences.
Higher vs lower positive end-expiratory pressure in patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Evaluating the association of higher vs lower PEEP with patient-important outcomes in adults with acute lung injury or ARDS who are receiving ventilation with low tidal volumes found that higher levels were associated with improved survival among the subgroup of patients with ARDS, but lower levels were not associated withImproved hospital survival.
One-year outcomes in survivors of the acute respiratory distress syndrome.
- M. Herridge, A. Cheung, Arthur S Slutsky
- MedicineNew England Journal of Medicine
- 20 February 2003
The absence of systemic corticosteroid treatment, the absence of illness acquired during the intensive care unit stay, and rapid resolution of lung injury and multiorgan dysfunction were associated with better functional status during the one-year follow-up.
Incidence of and Risk Factors for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Critically Ill Patients
- D. Cook, S. Walter, C. Brun-Buisson
- MedicineAnnals of Internal Medicine
- 15 September 1998
This study examined factors associated with ventilator-associated pneumonia and explored baseline and time-dependent characteristics, including measures of illness severity, factors relating to mechanical ventilation, variables in the gastropulmonary route of infection, and drug exposure.
Vasopressin versus norepinephrine infusion in patients with septic shock.
- J. Russell, K. Walley, D. Ayers
- Medicine, BiologyNew England Journal of Medicine
- 28 February 2008
Low-dose vasopressin did not reduce mortality rates as compared with norepinephrine among patients with septic shock who were being treated with conventional (catecholamine) vasopressesors, and a test for heterogeneity between these two study strata was not significant.
Ventilation strategy using low tidal volumes, recruitment maneuvers, and high positive end-expiratory pressure for acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome: a randomized controlled…
- M. Meade, D. Cook, T. Stewart
- MedicineJAMA
- 13 February 2008
For patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome, a multifaceted protocolized ventilation strategy designed to recruit and open the lung resulted in no significant difference in all-cause hospital mortality or barotrauma compared with an established low-tidal-volume protocolized breathing strategy.
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