[PDF] Top 20 Year in review in Critical Care, 2004: sepsis and multi organ failure

... severe sepsis among patients with cancer in six state hospital discharge ...severe sepsis (relative risk, ...severe sepsis annually in cancer patients, with the highest risk in those with myeloid ... See full document

... severe sepsis and septic ...of organ injury, coagulation markers and ...of organ injury, marginally better maintenance of antithrombin and platelet levels, and significant suppression of ... See full document

... with sepsis, and it was hypothesised that temperature patterns could be early indicators of sepsis and prognostic ...of sepsis (described as an ‘increase in amplitude, change in frequency or loss of ... See full document

... In order to make consensus based recommendations and delineate key questions for future studies, the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative workgroup identified topics relevant to the field of ARF [1], among which a ... See full document

... perforation, failure to insert cannula, pneumothorax) were evenly distributed between the groups (guide wire dilating forceps, 13/171; Ciaglia Blue Rhino, 9/171) and minor complications were somewhat more frequent ... See full document

... with sepsis and septic shock [32]. Although sepsis predominantly affects older persons, only few experimental data on septic organ dysfunction in the aged animal are ... See full document

... of sepsis and patients who may benefit from specific ...in sepsis, and may be a target for therapeutic intervention ...with sepsis in an effort to predict bacteremia using high-mobility group-box ... See full document

... in Critical Care in 2010, the same team evaluated the impact of the SPRINT protocol on organ failure ...total organ failures and increased organ failure-free days, which ... See full document

... In another study investigating the pathophysiology of SAE, Szatmári and colleagues assessed cerebrovascular reactivity using an acetazolamide challenge in SAE patients [13]. In a prospective cohort, patients with ... See full document

... the lack of steady state in terms of production and the influence of catabolism, volume status and production rates, particularly in sepsis. Consequently, physicians treating critically ill patients put an ... See full document

... The measurement of blood lactate levels is commonly used to guide resuscitation in shock but lactate can be of variable origin. Early after admission, lactate is predom- inantly of anaerobic origin but rapidly other ... See full document

... without; RIs were similar between transient and persist- ent AKI; RIs did not differ in patients receiving norepin- ephrine infusion and were not correlated with norepinephrine dose; and only in patients without AKI were ... See full document

... White blood cell adhesion and rolling may also be implicated in the development of microcirculatory dys- function [39]. Ploppa and colleagues evaluated whether interactions of cell activation, shear stress, and platelets ... See full document

... heart failure, survival expectancy <28 days based on an uncor- rectable medical condition, moribund state with imminent death, HIV infection in association with a last known CD4 + count of <50/mm 3 (*), and ... See full document

... clinical care and management, despite the fact that autopsies are known to disagree with clinical diagnoses in up to 40% of cases ...to multi-organ failure from shock was pro- longed due to ... See full document

... is critical in preventing infections that may lead to sepsis, organ failure, and death during hospital ...each year and may account for $1 billion to $10 billion in US health ... See full document

... Leaving aside the `last bed' problem [25], this process nor- mally implied a pre-admission interview with the patient and/or family, who accepted the use of the required proce- dures for the management of the critically ... See full document

... Owing to the risks associated with the development of delirium in critically ill patients, addressing modifi able risk factors such as sedation management, minimization of sleep disruption and early mobilization of ... See full document

... Methods: The study was done at an intensive care unit (ICU) from April to December 2012. Demographic and clinical patient information were recorded on admission to the ICU with blood samples taken for C-reactive ... See full document

... intensive care, critical care, critical illness, multi-organ dysfunction, multi-organ failure; (2) quality indicator, quality measure, performance indicator, ... See full document