scholarly journals MP196PROSNOSTIC VALUE OF URINE NGAL (UNGAL) AND IL18 (UIL18) IN CRITICAL ILL PATIENTS AT THE ADMISSION TO AN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU)

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. i406-i406
Author(s):  
Carmen Bernis ◽  
Marta Chicot ◽  
Raquel Ferreiros ◽  
Diego A Rodriguez- Serrano ◽  
Laura Salanova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Urine Ngal ◽  
Critical Ill Patients ◽  
Critical Ill

scholarly journals Secondary Bacterial Infections in Critical Ill Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiqi Fu ◽  
Qing Yang ◽  
Min Xu ◽  
Haishen Kong ◽  
Hongchao Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Nosocomial Infection ◽  
Bacterial Infection ◽  
Critically Ill Patients ◽  
Bacterial Infections ◽  
Critical Ill Patients ◽  
Prevention Of Nosocomial Infection ◽  
Critical Ill

Secondary bacterial infections occurred in 13.9% (5 of 36) of critical ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019. All 5 patients had been admitted to intensive care unit and received mechanical ventilation before developing bacterial infection. Active surveillance of culture should be performed for critically ill patients. Prevention of nosocomial infection should to be taken seriously.

scholarly journals Drug Interaction Exposures in an Intensive Care Unit: AntihypertensivePopulation

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Muhammad Tahir Aziz ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Drug Interaction ◽  
Drug Interactions ◽  
Adverse Drug Events ◽  
Drug Effect ◽  
Pharmacological Response ◽  
Critical Ill Patients ◽  
Drug Drug Interaction ◽  
Critical Ill

Drug-drug interaction is an event that occurs when the effects of one drug modified by another drug or food when taken concurrently or concomitantly. This interaction either reduced the effect or no effect or increased drug effect. Patient in intensive care unit (ICU) are highly susceptible to drug interactions because of the complexity of the drugs regimens they receive. Drugs may affect the Pharmacokinetics of the critical ill patients and subsequently altered the pharmacological response, which potentially lead to serious adverse drug events. Drug-drug interaction (DDI) are considered predictable and thus avoidable and manageable.

scholarly journals Is Monitoring for Phosphate a Necessary Measure in Critical Ill Patients ?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Chen ◽  
Mengdi Luo ◽  
He Huang ◽  
Weiwei Zhao ◽  
Huange Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Cox Regression ◽  
Medical Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Serum Phosphate ◽  
Icu Patients ◽  
Primary Endpoints ◽  
Critical Ill Patients ◽  
Independent Risk Factors ◽  
Medical Intensive Care

Abstract Background: In recent years, some studies have shown that hyperphosphatemia and hypophosphatemia are associated with high mortality in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Based on this, we speculated that the abnormalities of serum phosphate when patients enter the ICU had an adverse effect on the mortality of ICU patients and conducted our study.Methods: For our retrospective cohort study, we collected the data from a publicly accessible critical care database. We selected adult patients admitted to ICU with some inclusion criteria. And we extracted a large number of clinical variables. Using multivariate Cox regression and other statistical methods, we assessed the association between serum phosphate and primary endpoints.Results: Of 27131 eligible patients, the patients with hyperphosphatemia or hypophosphatemia had poorer clinical outcomes. After adjustment for potential confounders, there was no significant association between abnormalities phosphate and 28 or 90-day ICU mortality. Nevertheless, at the medical intensive care unit, hyperphosphatemia was associated with a 37% higher risk of 28-day mortality or a 25% higher risk of 90-day mortality.Conclusion: After adjustment for potential confounders, hypophosphatemia and hyperphosphatemia at ICU admission were not the independent risk factors of 28 or 90-day mortality for general ICU patients. However, hyperphosphatemia at admission increased the risk of 28 or 90-day mortality among patients admitted to the medical intensive care unit.

scholarly journals Influence of different test gases in a non-destructive 100% quality control system for medical devices

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 587-591
Author(s):  
Thomas Pollack ◽  
Hermann Seitz
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Quality Control ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Control System ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Medical Devices ◽  
Quality Control System ◽  
Critical Ill Patients ◽  
Non Destructive ◽  
Critical Ill

AbstractThe purpose of this research is to evaluate the detectability of defect membranes in intravenous (IV) infusion filter systems. The device under test (DUT) protects critical ill patients and has a high priority for the risk management of intensive care units. The developed quality control system stands out from other filter integrity methods because no method located on this topic represents such a simple, reliable, fast and non-destructive technique, examined without liquid. The invented method works as a pressure driven test and uses gas to identify defects. Previous studies have demonstrated the capability of detecting various types of errors. In this paper the influence of different test gases on the detectability of smallest defects is presented.

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