Role of Virtual Endoscopy and 3-D Reconstruction in Airway Assessment of Critically Ill Patients

2019 ◽  
pp. 117-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adel E. Ahmed Ganaw ◽  
Moad Ehfeda ◽  
Nissar Shaikh ◽  
Marcus Lance ◽  
Arshad Hussain Chanda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critically Ill ◽  
Critically Ill Patients ◽  
Virtual Endoscopy ◽  
Airway Assessment

scholarly journals Serum Procalcitonin Level and Mortality Risk in Critically ill Patients with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

2015 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 1967-1972 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Li ◽  
Xin Zhao ◽  
Shumei Li
Keyword(s):  
Critically Ill ◽  
Mortality Risk ◽  
Critically Ill Patients ◽  
Cox Regression ◽  
High Serum ◽  
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia ◽  
Prognostic Role ◽  
Procalcitonin Level ◽  
Increased Risk

Background/Aims: The prognostic role of serum procalcitonin level in critically ill patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia was unclear. The aim of our study was to investigate the relationship between serum procalcitonin level and mortality risk in critically ill patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia. Methods: Data of critically ill patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia were retrospectively collected. Demographics, comorbidities, and serum procalcitonin level were extracted from electronic medical records. The primary outcome was mortality within two months after diagnosis. Multivariable Cox regression analyses were performed to assess the prognostic role of serum procalcitonin level in those patients. Results: A total of 115 critically ill patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia were enrolled in our study. Serum procalcitonin level was not associated with age, gender, or other comorbidities. Univariate Cox regression model showed that high serum procalcitonin level was associated increased risk of morality within 2 months after diagnosis (OR = 2.32, 95% CI 1.25-4.31, P = 0.008). Multivariable Cox regression model showed that high serum procalcitonin level was independently associated increased risk of morality within 2 months after diagnosis (OR = 2.38, 95% CI 1.26-4.50, P = 0.008). Conclusion: High serum procalcitonin level is an independent prognostic biomarker of mortality risk in critically ill patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia, and it's a promising biomarker of prognosis in critically ill patients.

scholarly journals Do Aspirin and Other Antiplatelet Drugs Reduce the Mortality in Critically Ill Patients?

Thrombosis ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Lösche ◽  
Janina Boettel ◽  
Björn Kabisch ◽  
Johannes Winning ◽  
Ralf A. Claus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organ Failure ◽  
Critically Ill ◽  
Critically Ill Patients ◽  
Therapeutic Option ◽  
Bleeding Risk ◽  
Antiplatelet Drugs ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Prospective Trials ◽  
High Bleeding Risk

Platelet activation has been implicated in microvascular thrombosis and organ failure in critically ill patients. In the first part the present paper summarises important data on the role of platelets in systemic inflammation and sepsis as well as on the beneficial effects of antiplatelet drugs in animal models of sepsis. In the second part the data of retrospective and prospective observational clinical studies on the effect of aspirin and other antiplatelet drugs in critically ill patients are reviewed. All of these studies have shown that aspirin and other antiplatelet drugs may reduce organ failure and mortality in these patients, even in case of high bleeding risk. From the data reviewed here interventional prospective trials are needed to test whether aspirin and other antiplatelet drugs might offer a novel therapeutic option to prevent organ failure in critically ill patients.

The Role of Insulin Therapy in Critically Ill Patients

2005 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 353-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lies Langouche ◽  
Ilse Vanhorebeek ◽  
Greet Van den Berghe
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Therapy ◽  
Critically Ill ◽  
Critically Ill Patients

The role of non-invasive brain oximetry in adult critically ill patients without primary brain injury

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Badenes ◽  
Elisa G. Bogossian ◽  
Vicente Chisbert ◽  
Chiara Robba ◽  
Mauro Oddo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Brain Injury ◽  
Critically Ill ◽  
Critically Ill Patients ◽  
Non Invasive

The role of neutrophil chemotaxis activity as an immunologic biomarker to predict mortality in critically-ill patients with severe sepsis

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 215-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nattachai Srisawat ◽  
Win Kulvichit ◽  
Somkanya Tungsanga ◽  
Sadudee Peerapornratana ◽  
Suttinan Vorasitchai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Severe Sepsis ◽  
Critically Ill ◽  
Critically Ill Patients ◽  
Neutrophil Chemotaxis

Prediction on critically ill patients: The role of “big data”

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 64-68
Author(s):  
Lucas Bulgarelli ◽  
Rodrigo Octávio Deliberato ◽  
Alistair E.W. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Critically Ill ◽  
Critically Ill Patients
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