... of their condition until late in
their ICU stay and some of them only after their discharge to
the ward. However, during their ICU stay they continue to have
an emotional life, in a mixture of ... stressors during an ICU stay, with the aim of preventing
or decreasing them [7-10].
This study has two aims: to recollect the experiences felt by
patients during their...
... rate of nosocomial pneumonia, and may
reduce the length of stay in the ICU and the hospital. The
high cost of kinetic beds may be offset by a shortening of
stay and a decreased use of systemic ... suctioning and limiting the use of saline instillation may
prevent its adverse effects without affecting the duration of
mechanical ventilation, length of stay i...
... saccharomyces strain was identified as Saccharomyces
cerevisiae. Susceptibility testing indicated the presence of a
strain susceptible to caspofungin, treatment with which was
initiated. The patient then ... central
catheter should be considered.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Letter
Saccharomyces boulardii
fungaemia in an intensive...
... metformin in explaining the degree of lactic
acidosis could not be definitely ascertained as these condi-
tions may per se be associated with hyperlactataemia. Never-
theless, we strictly applied the ... for severity were precluded by the
small size of our population. Therefore, the protective effect of
dialysis remains hypothetical.
Apart from haemodialysis, continuous veno...
... both the physicians’ duty to maintain the
patient’s confidentiality, and their duty to the surrogate to
provide all necessary information to make an informed
decision that served the patient’s interests.
By ... of the
direct duties of physicians to patients, and their indirect duties to
surrogates and third-party contacts, may be used as a framework
for considering other e...
... assisted in the conception of the project and in the
writing and drafting of the manuscript, including the creation of
tables. SMG assisted in performing the literature review and in
the writing and ... and drafting of the manuscript, including the crea-
tion of tables. ROH assisted in performing the literature review
and the writing, drafting, and ed...
... changes in the retina. The electro-oculogram
(EOG) is a technique suitable for the study of the electrical
and metabolic activity of the outer layers of the retina. The
fall of a light stimuli on the ... third in the mideye (Mr). The
movement of the eyes produces a change of potential,
which is recorded by the electrodes. After the recording of
seve...
... glutathione-binding domain sug-
gesting its role in the metabolism and maintenance of
GSH levels in intact cells [20,22]. Since GSH is one of the
major antioxidants of the airways, it can be hypothesized
that ... were receiving inhaled corticosteroid
therapy. None of the subjects had received N-acetyl-
cysteine treatment.
Sputum was induced by inhalation of 4.5% hyperton...
... patients. In this study we sequentially analyzed
suPAR serum concentrations within the first week of intensive care in a large cohort of well characterized intensive
care unit (ICU) patients, in order ... reflect the
activation of the immune system in circumstances of inflammation and infection, and have been associated with
increased mortality in different p...
... (drain-
ing sinus, pneumonia, etc.). Despite the retrospective
design of our study and the limited possibility of in-
terpreting these findings and their causes, this rate
indicates that these ...
Despite the retrospective study design and the limited possibility of interpreting these find-
ings and their causes, this rate indicates that patients suffering from late hip...