... enterally feeding critically ill patients is often associated with intolerance, therebypredisposing them to aspiration pneumonia. The goal ofthis systematic review is tocritically appraise ... insufficient to draw conclusions about the relation between enteral nutrition and nosocomial pneumonia.Conclusions: Nutritional interventions in criticallyillpatients appear to have a modest ... H2RA; over fromjejunal to reviewedblindedpersistent patients according to 2 H2RA andantacids;gastric groupand to group infiltrate andcomputer 8 sucralfate and 2 patients crossedassignment...
... ICU patients. Is the iron metabolism imbalance seen in chronicinflammatory states similar to that found in ICU patients? To ReviewBench -to- bedside review: Iron metabolism in criticallyill patients Martin ... response to theadministration of iron supplementation in anemic critically ill patients [24]. In this study, all patients (36 patients) received1 mg folic acid daily. One-third of the patients ... further studies are needed to determine whether FID in critically illpatients is simply a marker of nutritional status or isa predictor for outcome. Iron stores are difficult to evaluate inthe presence...
... primarily to deprive bacteria of nutritionally required iron. In fact, in just afew hours, proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokinescause a decrease in the iron level in blood.Proinflammatory ... decrease the mRNAexpression of transferrin receptor [8]. Interferon-γ stimulatesCommentaryRole of iron in anaemic criticallyill patients: it’s time to investigate!Michael Piagnerelli1and Jean-Louis ... LtdSee Review, page 356AbstractAnaemia is a common problem in criticallyillpatients admitted to intensive care units. Many factorscan be involved in its development, including rapid alterations...
... haemofiltration/haemodialysis as measures to prevent contrast nephropathy in criticallyill patients. Only one published report on measures to prevent contrast-induced nephropathy included criticallyillpatients [43].Huber ... Regrettably, however, patients wereadmitted to different wards (patients assigned to receivehaemofiltration were admitted to an intensive care unit,whereas control patients were admitted to a step-downfacility). ... contrast-inducednephropathy in criticallyillpatients and attempt to provideclear recommendations regarding whether/when these newpreventive measures may be applied in criticallyill patients. Search resultsA...
... monitoring, and therapeuticintervention rather than stratifying severity of illness. Patients are assigned to a class from I to IV, ranging from those whodo not require intensive therapy to ... unresolved. In the USA there are more than 110million ED visits per year [1]. The proportion of critically ill patients presenting to the ED and admitted to the intensivecare unit (ICU) has also ... was a59% increase in the number of visits of criticallyillpatients to the ED from 1990 to 1999 [2]. Inpatient telemetry and ICUbeds continue to be fully occupied for a significant amount...
... therapy in the criticallyill patients. NEngl J Med 2001, 345:1359-1367.2. Krinsley JS: Effect of an intensive glucose management proto-col on the mortality of criticallyill adult patients. Mayo ... the papers selected wasrequired to be glycaemic control in criticallyill patients; theblood glucose target was required to be 10 mmol/l or under (oruse of a protocol that resulted in a mean ... glycaemiccontrol. One of the steps we took before we implemented aglucose regulation protocol was to review published trialsemploying insulin/glucose algorithms in criticallyill patients. Methods We conducted...
... purposes)tion of Acinetobacter in criticallyill patients. Crit Care Med1999, 27:1794-1799.22. Kollef MH, Silver P, Murphy DM, Trovillion E: The effect of late-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia ... NR[21] Acquisition of Ab in critically ill patients in ICU; medical and surgical ICU in Spain75 patients (48 infected, 27 colonized) with Ab isolation75 patients without any Ab isolation(1) ... that to attributethe difference in mortality between cases and controls directly to colonization or infection with Acinetobacter (attributablemortality) is more than a simplified approach to...
... need to transport a criticallyill patient.The transport of criticallyillpatients is often logistically difficultand exposes the patient to increased likelihood for adverseevents and risk to ... important questions remain to be addressed regard-ing the use of tracheostomies in criticallyill patients. Whilethere is divided opinion as to the optimal timing of tracheos-tomy, there is as yet ... transport of criticallyill patients. Crit Care Med 2004, 32:256-262.44. Waydhas C: Intrahospital transport of criticallyill patients. CritCare 1999, 3:R83-89.45. Beckmann U, Gillies DM, Berenholtz...
... arerelated to redox imbalance in critical ill patients. Therefore, intakeof antioxidant vitamins should be carefully monitored so that it isas close as possible to RDA.Introduction Critically illpatients ... objective was to evaluatethe relation between oxidative stress in criticallyillpatients andantioxidant vitamin intake and severity of illness.Methods Spectrophotometry was used to measure in ... related to redoximbalance in criticallyill patients. Therefore, intake should becarefully monitored to ensure that the patient receives antioxi-dant vitamins as close as possible to the RDA....
... 0.24 to 0.68] to adjusted OR 0.30[95% CI 0.11 to 0.86]; SDD, crude OR 0.12 [95% CI 0.05 to 0.29] to adjusted OR 0.12 [95% CI 0.04 to 0.36]; candi-demia: SAP, crude OR 0.32 [95% CI 0.12 to 0.82] ... drugsmay be advised as prophylaxis in patients with a high risk ofdeveloping Candida bloodstream infections, whereas SDDmay be given tocriticallyillpatientsto prevent Candida colo-nisation ... 3.8%in these criticallyill patients, the prophylactic use of SAP in thegeneral population of ICU patients does not seem justified, areported high mortality rate of 25% to 60% [29] in patients with...
... interven-tion on sleep in criticallyill patients. Am J Crit Care 1998,7:288-299.24. Richards KC, O'Sullivan PS, Phillips RL: Measurement of sleepin criticallyill patients. J Nurs Meas ... common in critically ill patients and when sleep does occur it traverses the day-nightperiods. The reduction in plasma melatonin levels and loss ofcircadian rhythm observed in criticallyillpatients ... for melatonin in theroutine care of criticallyill patients. Our pharmacokineticanalysis suggests that the 10-mg dose used in this study is toohigh in these patients and may lead to carryover...