Clinical Effects of Activated Charcoal Unavailability on Treatment Outcomes for Oral Drug Poisoned Patients by Sohyun Park, Hui Jai Lee, Jonghwan Shin, Kyoung Min You, Se Jong Lee, Euigi Jung

“…There was also no interperiod difference in the development of aspiration pneumonia (9.9 versus 9.5%, p = 0.864), the endotracheal intubation rate (8.4 versus 7.2%, p = 0.586), and vasopressor use (5.3 versus 5.0%, p = 0.85). Intensive care unit (ICU) admission was higher in the unavailable period (5.8 versus 13.6%, p = 0.001). …”
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Diagnostic yield and safety of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy for diffuse parenchymal lung diseases diagnosis: Comparison between 1.7-mm and 1.9-mm probes by C. Ravaglia, F. Sultani, S. Piciucchi, A. Dubini, A. J. De Grauw, S. Martinello, S. Oldani, S. Maitan, F. Stella, V. Poletti

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Exploring the epidemiology of disseminated intravascular coagulation: protocol for the DANish Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DANDIC) Cohort Study by Henrik Toft Sørensen, Kasper Adelborg, Jecko Thachil, Anne-Mette Hvas, Simon Flæng, Søren Nygaard, Asger Granfeldt

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Smoking patterns and outcomes of severe sars-CoV-2 infection: a retrospective cohort study by Branko Beronja, Aleksandra Karan, Biljana Lukic, Ivana Milosevic, Jelena Dotlic, Tatjana Gazibara

“… The purpose of this study was to analyze the association between the number of cigarettes smoked and the length of smoking with mortality among patients who were hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU) due to SARS-CoV-2 infection. …”
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Investigation of Information Overload in Electronic Health Records: Protocol for Usability Study by Saif Khairat, Jennifer Morelli, Marcella H Boynton, Thomas Bice, Jeffrey A Gold, Shannon S Carson

“…Information overload can be especially prevalent in medical intensive care units (ICUs) where patients are often critically ill and their charts contain large amounts of data points such as vitals, test and laboratory results, medications, and notes. …”
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ezPreemie study protocol: a randomised controlled factorial trial testing web-based parent training and coaching with parents of children born very preterm by M E Schoeny, Sarah A Keim, Michelle M Greene, Julia Berteletti, Mary Lauren Neel, Kousiki Patra, Shea Smoske, Susan Breitenstein

“…Parents (n=220) of children aged 20–30 months corrected age who were born VPT (<32 weeks) will be recruited from two large metropolitan Neonatal Intensive Care Units follow-up clinics and randomised to one of four conditions: (1) ezParent (2) ezParent +coach, (3) Active control or (4) Active Control +coach. …”
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My child’s legacy: a mixed methods study of bereaved parents and providers’ opinions about collaboration with NICU teams in quality improvement initiatives by Annie Janvier, Sonia Dahan, Claude Julie Bourque, Ginette Mantha, Martin Reichherzer

“…The objective of this study is to describe the ongoing involvement and the perspectives of bereaved parents engaged in different types of activities in Neonatal Intensive Care Units and providers who work with them.Design/methods Mixed methods convergent analysis.Setting Canadian paediatric tertiary care university hospital.Participants All bereaved members of the resource parents group (n=8) and most providers who work with them (n=16) answered a satisfaction/needs questionnaires.Results Since 2011, eight bereaved parents were involved in a large number of activities mostly related to palliative care (research, education or clinical care initiatives). …”
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Cardiorenal Syndrome Type 5: In Vitro Cytotoxicity Effects on Renal Tubular Cells and Inflammatory Profile by Alessandra Brocca, Grazia Maria Virzì, Chiara Pasqualin, Silvia Pastori, Stefano Marcante, Massimo de Cal, Claudio Ronco

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Evaluation of Risk Factors for Antibiotic Resistance in Patients with Nosocomial Infections Caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Meliha Cagla Sonmezer, Gunay Ertem, Fatma Sebnem Erdinc, Esra Kaya Kilic, Necla Tulek, Ali Adiloglu, Cigdem Hatipoglu

“…For the development of resistance to ciprofloxacin, hospitalization in the neurology intensive care unit (OR = 4.24; CI 95% [1.5–11.98]; p = 0.006) and mechanical ventilator application (OR = 11.7; CI 95% [2.24–61.45]; p = 0.004) were independent risk factors. …”
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Associations of daily step count with all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality in hypertensive US adults: a cohort study from NHANES 2005–2006 by Tuo Guo, Yang Zhou, Guifang Yang, Aifang Zhong, Xiaogao Pan, Yuting Pu, Michael Simons, Lijuan Sheng, Xiangping Chai

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Successful Management of Refractory Heart Failure and Multi-Organ Dysfunction in a Patient with CRT-D and Acute Pulmonary Edema: A Case Report by Marsela Goga, Saimir Kuci, Alfred Ibrahimi, Ermal Likaj, Alvi Cela, Romina Teliti, Ormir Shurdha, Erilda Selimi, Jacob Zeitani

“…Multidisciplinary, intensive care unit (ICU)-based management is critical for these complex cases. …”
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Intracapsular and extracapsular fracture types and inpatient mortality in failed hemiarthroplasty by Kürşat Tuğrul Okur, Koray Özdemir, Ahmet Yesevi Sarıaslan, Fırat Ozan

“…Deceased patients demonstrated higher AHFS and American Society of Anaesthesiologists scores but lower Parker Mobility Scores (p = 0.01). Prolonged intensive care unit (ICU) stays were also linked to increased mortality (p = 0.02). …”
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Atuação da enfermagem na aplicação de insulinoterapia intravenosa: protocolo de revisão de escopo by Maíra Angelo Camargo da Silva, Raquel de Mendonça Nepomuceno, Flávia Giron Camerini, Andrezza Serpa Franco

“…Inclusion criteria: Studies presenting nursing care in the application of intravenous insulin therapy in intensive care units in all areas such as cardiology, neurology and surgery, with no restrictions on the time frame or methodological design. …”
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Dexmedetomidine for delirium prevention in adult patients following cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Chang Meng, Duo Wang, Yue Zhao, Jing Sun, Guobin Miao, Lijuan Chen, Ying Bai, Peng Liu

“…In terms of other end events, length of intensive care unit(ICU) stay(MD -0.16, 95%CI -1.85-1.53, I2 = 0%, P = 0.85) and mortality(OR 1.59, 95%CI 0.74–3.42, I2 = 0%, P = 0.23) were not statistically different with dexmedetomidine compared with placebo. …”
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Neonatal Thrombocytopenia after Perinatal Asphyxia Treated with Hypothermia: A Retrospective Case Control Study by N. Boutaybi, F. Razenberg, V. E. H. J. Smits-Wintjens, E. W. van Zwet, M. Rijken, S. J. Steggerda, E. Lopriore

“…We performed a retrospective case control study of all (near-) term neonates with perinatal asphyxia admitted between 2004 and 2012 to our neonatal intensive care unit. All neonates treated with therapeutic hypothermia were included in this study (hypothermia group) and compared with a historic control group of neonates with perinatal asphyxia treated before introduction of therapeutic hypothermia (2008). …”
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Did Hospital Admissions Caused by Respiratory Infections and Asthma Decrease During the COVID-19 Pandemic? by Zeynep Reyhan ONAY, Deniz MAVI, Yetkin AYHAN, Sinem CAN OKSAY, Gulay BILGIN, Saniye GIRIT

“…Methods: We analyzed electronic medical record data of patients who were admitted to the emergency department (ED), outpatient and inpatient clinics, and pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) because of influenza, upper and lower respiratory tract infections (URTI, LRTI), acute bronchiolitis, and asthma during the two-year period (one year pre- COVID period and first year of the pandemic). …”
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Gene Therapy with HSV1-sr39TK/GCV Exhibits a Stronger Therapeutic Efficacy Than HSV1-TK/GCV in Rat C6 Glioma Cells by Lei-qing Li, Fang Shen, Xiao-yan Xu, Hong Zhang, Xiao-feng Yang, Wei-guo Liu

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Inpatient service utilization amongst infants diagnosed with Respiratory Syncytial Virus infection (RSV) in the United States. by Jason R Gantenberg, Kathryn D Thompson, Robertus van Aalst, David M Smith, Megan Richards, Christopher B Nelson, William V La Via, Sandra S Chaves, Angela M Bengtson, David A Savitz, Andrew R Zullo

“…Outcomes included extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, supplemental oxygen use (in-hospital and post-discharge), mechanical ventilation (invasive and non-invasive), chest imaging, infant mortality, length of inpatient stay, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and number of days in the ICU.…”
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Clinical efficacy of various resuscitation fluids in the management of sepsis in postoperative surgical and trauma patients: a systematic review and meta‑analysis by Yongjie Wang, Kewu Chen, Xiaolu Li, Jianing Guan

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Epidemiologic characteristics, the length of hospital stay, and mortality of patients with organophosphate poisoning: A systematic review by Janet Alva, Elsa Sanatombi Devi, Ramesh Chandrababu, Julliet Abraham, Jayraj Mymbilly Balakrishnan

“…Background: Organophosphate poisoning is continuing to be a rising cause for the presentation to emergency department and admission to the Intensive Care Units in India. Objective: The objective of this review was to quantitatively synthesize the data to identify the epidemiologic characteristics, the length of hospital stays, and mortality of patients with organophosphate poisoning. …”
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