A single-centre study of safety and efficacy of prone positioning for critically ill patients on veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Author(s):  
Hanna Chaplin ◽  
Shay McGuinness ◽  
Rachael Parke
Critical Care ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cyril Touchard ◽  
Alexandra Aubry ◽  
Philippine Eloy ◽  
Nicolas Bréchot ◽  
Guillaume Lebreton ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Basri Mat Nor ◽  
Azrina Md Ralib

Introduction. Serum procalcitonin (PCT) diagnosed sepsis in critically ill patients; however, its prediction for survival is not well established. We evaluated the prognostic value of dynamic changes of PCT in sepsis patients.Methods. A prospective observational study was conducted in adult ICU. Patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) were recruited. Daily PCT were measured for 3 days. 48 h PCT clearance (PCTc-48) was defined as percentage of baseline PCT minus 48 h PCT over baseline PCT.Results. 95 SIRS patients were enrolled (67 sepsis and 28 noninfectious SIRS). 40% patients in the sepsis group died in hospital. Day 1-PCT was associated with diagnosis of sepsis (AUC 0.65 (95% CI, 0.55 to 0.76)) but was not predictive of mortality. In sepsis patients, PCTc-48 was associated with prediction of survival (AUC 0.69 (95% CI, 0.53 to 0.84)). Patients with PCTc-48 > 30% were independently associated with survival (HR 2.90 (95% CI 1.22 to 6.90)).Conclusions. PCTc-48 is associated with prediction of survival in critically ill patients with sepsis. This could assist clinicians in risk stratification; however, the small sample size, and a single-centre study, may limit the generalisability of the finding. This would benefit from replication in future multicentre study.


2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 787-796 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. SEIDERER ◽  
S. BRAND ◽  
J. DAMBACHER ◽  
S. PFENNIG ◽  
M. JÜRGENS ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (suppl_3) ◽  
pp. iii180-iii180
Author(s):  
Georgios Vlachopanos ◽  
Jovana Kusic ◽  
Omar Shaikh ◽  
Nicholas Barrett ◽  
Marlies Ostermann

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