Acute Esophageal Necrosis and Low-Flow State by Ahmad Burtally, Philippe Gregoire

“…The present case report describes the clinical and endoscopic evolution of black esophagus observed in a patient with significant peripheral vascular disease, who was presented to the intensive care unit at the Hopital Saint-Francois d’Assise (Quebec City, Quebec). …”
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Severe Acral Necrosis Complicating Thrombotic Microangiopathy in Two Toddlers by H. Nassih, Z. Lazrak, S. Younous

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First Canadian Outbreak of Enterobacteriaceae-Expressing Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase Type 3 by Victor Leung, Vivian G Loo, Charles Frenette, Marc-Christian Domingo, Anne-Marie Bourgault, Michael R Mulvey, Hugh G Robson

“…The first outbreak of KPC-expressing strains of Enterobacteriaceae clinical isolates in a university-affiliated hospital intensive care unit (ICU) in Canada is described.…”
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Psychiatric Disorder and Incessant Tachyarrhythmia in a Child by Peter Chau, Jeremy Moore

“…The patient was admitted to the intensive care unit after she attempted suicide, at which point there was electrocardiographic evidence of the atrial arrhythmia. …”
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Widespread Arterial Thrombosis after ChAdOx1 nCov-19 Vaccination by Giorgio Berlot, Ariella Tomasini, Cristina La Fata, Stefania Pintacuda, Sara Rigutti, Anna Falanga

“…We report a case of a 69-year-old woman admitted to the intensive care unit due to stroke caused by thrombosis of the right carotid artery 9 days after receiving the ChAdOx1 nCov-19 vaccine. …”
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A Rare Case of Persistent Lactic Acidosis in the ICU: Glycogenic Hepatopathy and Mauriac Syndrome by Kirsten S. Deemer, George F. Alvarez

“…We present here a case of a young adult female presenting to the intensive care unit with Mauriac syndrome. This case demonstrates exacerbation of lactic acidosis in a patient with glycogenic hepatopathy treated for diabetic ketoacidosis with high dose insulin and dextrose.…”
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Research progress of chlorhexidine oral care solution for prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia by PENG Yangyao, CHEN Song, QIN Shuwen, XU Dandan, ZHOU Jianliang, GAO Caixia

“…Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common and serious infection in the intensive care unit (ICU), closely linked to the microbial environment in the mouth of patients with mechanical ventilation. …”
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Elevated Blood Urea Nitrogen-to-Serum Albumin Ratio as a Factor That Negatively Affects the Mortality of Patients with Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia by Ding-Yun Feng, Yu-Qi Zhou, Xiao-Ling Zou, Mi Zhou, Hai-Ling Yang, Xiao-Xia Chen, Tian-Tuo Zhang

“…This reported mortality identified by the univariate Cox regression analysis is found to have been affected by the following factors: age greater than 70 years, presence of diabetes mellitus and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, gastric tube intubation, administration of proton-pump inhibitor, blood albumin level less than 30 g/l, elevated neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, antibiotics therapy in the preceding 90 days, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, blood lymphocyte count less than 0.8 × 109/L, elevated blood urea nitrogen/albumin (BUN/ALB) level, and presence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens. …”
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The valve-sparing aortic root replacement: Results of the David I technique by B. M. Todurov, I. O. Stetsyuk, O. V. Zelenchuk, I. Yu. Mokryk, L. R. Stetsiuk, V. B. Demyanchuk, N. V. Malova

“…The mean duration of stay in the hospital was 13.81 ± 0.54 days, intensive care unit – 2.94 ± 0.03 days. The number of patients extubated up to 8 hours after surgery was 48 patients (90.57 %). …”
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Prevalence, causes and outcomes of hospital admissions in Mongolia: a national registry-based descriptive analysisResearch in context by Altanchimeg Sainbayar, Ganbold Lundeg, Naranpurev Mendsaikhan, Jens Meier, Martin W. Dünser

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Development and Evaluation of an ICU Nurse Training Program on Oral Mucosal Pressure Injury Prevention and Management Using the ADDIE Model by Jia T, Lan Y, Pang J, Ma M, Ding Z, Wang Y, Jiang E

“…Tiantian Jia,1 Yunxia Lan,2 Jing Pang,2 Mengdan Ma,1 Zhe Ding,3 Yongting Wang,1 Enshe Jiang4 1Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit, The Affiliated Chest Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450008, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Nursing, The Affiliated Chest Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450008, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Rehabilitation, The Affiliated Chest Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450008, People’s Republic of China; 4Institute of Nursing and Health, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Enshe Jiang, Institute of Nursing and Health, Henan University, No. 1 Jinming Road, Kaifeng, Henan, 475004, People’s Republic of China, Email esjiang@gmail.com Yongting Wang, Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit, the Affiliated Chest Hospital of Zhengzhou University, No. 1 Weiwu Road, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450008, People’s Republic of China, Email 2313992171@qq.comPurpose: To construct a training course program for ICU nurses to care for oral mucosal membrane pressure injury (MMPI) and evaluate its implementation effects based on the ADDIE model.Patients and Methods: A research team was established to construct the training course program in January 2024. …”
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One year work experience in a municipal Intensive Therapy Unit. by Alba Enseñat Alvarez, Rubén Bembibre Taboada, Julio Jova Dueñas, Angel Luis Valladares Delgado, José Roque Nodal, Luis Orlando Iturralde González

“…<strong>Background:</strong> The Municipal Intensive Care Units were created in the year 2004, to better the urgency attention in the primary health level. …”
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Reversal of a Suspected Paradoxical Reaction to Zopiclone with Flumazenil by Zarah Jordahn, Cheme Andersen, Anne Marie Roust Aaberg, Frank Christian Pott

“…We describe the care for an elderly woman who was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) to receive noninvasive ventilation for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. …”
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Septo-Optic Dysplasia Diagnosed in a Newborn Infant with Normoglycemia: The Importance of Thorough Physical Examination by Aishwarya Palorath, Ishita Kharode

“…A newborn male infant was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit due to suspected sepsis. He was clinically stable with normal electrolyte levels on admission. …”
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Spectroscopic Approach to Capillary-Alveolar Membrane Damage Induced Acute Lung Injury by Jing Wang, Luis Oppenheimer, Paola Fata, Julio Pintin, Ross Stimpson, Henry H Mantsch

“…The pathophysiological characterization of ALI/ARDS – an increased pulmonary capillary-alveolar membrane barrier permeability – is generally not included in current intensive care unit diagnosis criteria.…”
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Conservative Medical Management of a Tracheal Perforation after Blunt Trauma in a Patient with SARS-CoV-2 by Mateo Zuluaga-Gómez, Daniel González-Arroyave, Carlos M. Ardila

“…The medical procedure consisted of orotracheal intubation to guarantee the safety of the airway, in addition to close surveillance in the intensive care unit and constant monitoring of vital signs. …”
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Post-colectomy enteritis—a rare complication in a patient with ulcerative colitis by Julia Wanzl, Sandra Nagl, Alanna Ebigbo, Lena Anthuber, Florian Sommer, Michael Hoffmann, David Rafael Marques Pinto, Dmytro Vlasenko, Irene Kleinlein, Elisabeth Schnoy

“…The life-threateningly ill patient was admitted to the intensive-care unit and treated for severe PCE with ciclosporin and corticosteroids. …”
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Efectos del tratamiento con glucocorticoides durante el embarazo. A propósito de un caso by Diana Machado Ramírez

“…We present the case of a 21-year-old patient at 34 weeks’ gestation admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Enrique Cabrera Hospital because of decompensated hypertension, obesity and congenital adrenal hyperplasia treated with suppressive doses of steroids. …”
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COVID-19 infection, quarantine, and sleep disorders: literature review by E. Sakalauskaitė-Juodeikienė

“…The author reviews recent scientific literature suggesting that the administration of melatonin and melatonin receptor agonists for patients with COVID-19 infection treated in the intensive care unit can reduce prevalence of delirium and improve sleep quality, protect patients from “cytokine storm” and improve acute lung injury. …”
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Massive Gastric Hemorrhage due to Dieulafoy’s Lesion in a Preterm Neonate: A Case Report and Literature Review of the Lesion in Neonates by Christos Salakos, Panayiota Kafritsa, Yvelise de Verney, Ariadni Sageorgi, Nick Zavras

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