Recent Insights on Prevalence and Corelations of Hypoactive Delirium

Delirium is a complex neuropsychiatric syndrome which is common in all medical settings. It often goes unrecognized due to difficulties in the detection of its hypoactive variant. This review aims to provide an up-to-date account on recent research on hypoactive delirium (HD). Thirty-eight studies, which were conducted in various clinical settings, including the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), were included in this review. Those studies involved recent research that has been published during the last 6 years. Prevalence of HD was found to vary considerably among different settings. HD seems to be more common in critically ill patients and less common in patients examined by consultation-liaison psychiatric services and in mixed patient populations. The presence of HD in ICU patients was associated with higher short- and long-term mortality and other adverse outcomes, but no such association was reported in other settings. Research on other possible associations of HD with clinical variables and on symptom presentation yielded inconclusive results, although there is some evidence for a possible association of HD with benzodiazepine use. There are several methodological issues that need to be addressed by future research. Future studies should examine HD in the primary care setting; treatment interventions should also be the objective of future research.

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Biomarkers of acute kidney injury and associations with short- and long-term outcomes

F1000Research ◽

10.12688/f1000research.7998.1 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

pp. 986 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Jennifer A. Schaub ◽

Chirag R. Parikh

Keyword(s):

Heart Failure ◽

Acute Kidney Injury ◽

Kidney Injury ◽

Adverse Outcomes ◽

Future Research ◽

Long Term Outcomes ◽

Medical Researchers ◽

Novel Biomarkers ◽

Short And Long Term

Acute kidney injury is strongly associated with increased mortality and other adverse outcomes. Medical researchers have intensively investigated novel biomarkers to predict short- and long-term outcomes of acute kidney injury in many patient care settings, such as cardiac surgery, intensive care units, heart failure, and transplant. Future research should focus on leveraging this relationship to improve enrollment for clinical trials of acute kidney injury.

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Capabilities of Bottom of the Pyramid Organizations

Business & Society ◽

10.1177/00076503211001826 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 000765032110018

Author(s):

Farley Simon Nobre ◽

Rodrigo L. Morais-da-Silva

Keyword(s):

Business Model ◽

Integrative Review ◽

Responsible Innovation ◽

Future Research ◽

Bottom Of The Pyramid ◽

Main Question ◽

Responsible Management ◽

Responsible Consumption ◽

Short And Long Term

Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) organizations are the ones that develop a set of capabilities that contribute to create short- and long-term sustainability values inside and outside the boundaries of BoP ecosystems. Capabilities have an important role in BoP organizations’ strategies that aim to solve BoP issues. Notwithstanding its developments, BoP research still lacks theoretical contributions for the analysis of organizations. We suggest special attention to the need of advancing knowledge on capabilities of BoP organizations because this field is scattered and fragmented, misinterpreted, and still underdeveloped in the literature. We oriented our research formulating and seeking answers to our main question on what are the capabilities needed to enable organizations to create sustainability values in BoP ecosystems? We conducted an integrative review of BoP research for the period from 1998 to 2019, and we found 22 key capabilities of BoP organizations. We organized the capabilities into four major categories including BoP Responsible Consumption, BoP Responsible Business Model, BoP Responsible Management, and BoP Responsible Innovation. We advanced propositions and discussions regarding the capabilities and major categories’ popularity, interdependence and combination, short- and long-term temporal functions, sustainability roles, and effectiveness to address BoP issues. Our article organizes the field of capabilities of BoP organizations; advances contributions and implications for management, organizations, and policymaking; and opens fruitful avenues for future research.

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Admission blood lactate levels of patients diagnosed with cerebrovascular disease effects on short and long‐term mortality risk

International Journal of Clinical Practice ◽

10.1111/ijcp.14161 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Cemalettin Sakal ◽

Rohat AK ◽

Abdullah Taşçı ◽

Ecem Deniz Kırkpantur ◽

Ebru Ünal Akoğlu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Cerebrovascular Disease ◽

Blood Lactate ◽

Mortality Risk ◽

Short And Long Term ◽

Lactate Levels ◽

Blood Lactate Levels ◽

Long Term Mortality

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Pre-operative atrial fibrillation is independently associated with short and long-term mortality after aortic valve replacement

Heart Lung and Circulation ◽

10.1016/j.hlc.2014.04.155 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 23 ◽

pp. e11

Author(s):

T. Wang ◽

D. Choi ◽

T. Ramanathan ◽

P. Ruygrok

Keyword(s):

Atrial Fibrillation ◽

Aortic Valve ◽

Aortic Valve Replacement ◽

Valve Replacement ◽

Short And Long Term ◽

Long Term Mortality

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Physiotherapy management of patients with major chest trauma: Results from a global survey

Trauma ◽

10.1177/1460408619850918 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 133-141 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Heleen van Aswegen ◽

Julie Reeve ◽

Lisa Beach ◽

Romy Parker ◽

Monika Fagevik Olsèn

Keyword(s):

Online Survey ◽

Chest Trauma ◽

Trauma Team ◽

Future Research ◽

Long Term Outcomes ◽

Breathing Exercises ◽

Surgical Fixation ◽

Short And Long Term ◽

Ventilatory Management

Aim Major chest trauma is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Management of patients with major chest trauma includes pain relief, ventilatory management, surgical fixation and early rehabilitation to improve both short- and long-term outcomes. Physiotherapy is widely considered an integral component of the multidisciplinary trauma team and aims to improve respiratory status and reduce the sequelae associated with immobility and reduced physical function. Despite this there is scarce evidence describing or investigating physiotherapy interventions and how these practices vary worldwide. The aim of this study was to ascertain the current physiotherapy management of patients having sustained major chest trauma and to investigate how such practices varied internationally. Methods A purpose designed online survey was administered to a group of experienced physiotherapists who work in the field of trauma. Results Response rate was 51% ( n = 49) and respondents represented all five continents. Respondents reported focussing on active coughing ( n = 46, 96%, r = 0.5, p = 0.98), body positioning ( n = 43, 94%, r = 0.7, p = 0.41), deep breathing exercises ( n = 44, 94%, r = 0.8, p = 0.66) and early mobilisation ( n = 47, 98%, r = 1, p = 0.64). Ambulation in hospital was reported to be common ( n = 46, 98%, r = 0.2, p = 0.99) but rehabilitation to address longer term sequelae following hospital discharge was reported to be rare ( n = 4, 8%). Conclusion This survey has highlighted those practices used by physiotherapists worldwide which aim to address the complications associated with major chest trauma. Having established global practice, the study provides a platform for future research investigating the efficacy of such interventions in improving both short- and long-term outcomes for patients following major chest injury.

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