The Conundrum of Septic Shock Imitators in Patients with Hematologic Cancers: Case Presentation and Possible Differential Diagnoses by Giorgio Berlot, Giulia Moratelli, Martina Tarchini, Katiuscia Battaglia, Paolo Grassi, Nadia Zarrillo, Vincenzo Colella, Rossana Bussani

“…One daafter the last cycle, he was admitted to our Intensive Care Unit with a septic shock-like clinical picture which didn’t respond to the aggressive treatment and the patient died a few hours later. …”
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Case Report: severe pulmonary hypertension in a child with micronutrient deficiency by Laure Pache-Wannaz, Cristiana Voicu, Laurence Boillat, Nicole Sekarski

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Eclampsia: a Five-Years Analysis by Viviana Sáez Cantero

“…<strong><br />Method</strong>: a descriptive and observational study was conducted in the "Enrique Cabrera" Teaching Hospital including all patients diagnosed with eclampsia who were admitted in the intensive care unit from January 2006 to December 2010. …”
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Postoperative Respiratory Impairment Is a Real Risk for Our Patients: The Intensivist’s Perspective by Vidya K. Rao, Ashish K. Khanna

“…Current postoperative monitoring strategies are not always continuous or comprehensive and do not dependably identify all cases of respiratory impairment or mitigate their sequelae, which may be severe and require the use of increasingly limited intensive care unit resources. As a result, postoperative respiratory impairment has the potential to cause significant downstream effects that can increase cost and adversely impact the care of other patients.…”
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Experience of the introduction of surgery with artificial circulation in the regional department of vascular surgery by Yu.S. Spirin

“…In 2010 department of vascular surgery, intensive care unit and laboratory of the Kherson regional hospital were completed with special medical equipment needed to perform procedures with artificial circulation. …”
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Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: A Challenging Diagnosis in a Patient with Autoimmune Hepatitis by Colin Casault, Juan G. Posadas-Calleja

“…We describe a case of secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) from autoimmune hepatitis mimicking severe sepsis in a man admitted to the intensive care unit. Case Presentation. A 34-year-old Pakistani male with a prior history of biopsy-proven autoimmune hepatitis presented to a regional hospital with severe fever, cytopenias, hyperferritinemia, hypertriglyceridemia, splenomegaly, and a bone marrow biopsy showing hemophagocytosis. …”
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Hypernatremia: Correction Rate and Hemodialysis by Saima Nur, Yasir Khan, Saadia Nur, Hassan Boroujerdi

“…Patient was admitted to medicine intensive care unit and after inadequate response to suboptimal fluid repletion, hemodialysis was used to correct hypernatremia. …”
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Cardiogenic Shock and Guillain–Barré Syndrome as the First Manifestations of Pheochromocytoma by Maryam Heidarpour, Nafiseh Sereshti, Davood Shafie, Bijan Iraj, Hassan Rezvanian

“…Herein, the case of a 31-year-old female with febrile congestive heart failure and subsequent cardiogenic shock is presented. After intensive care unit (ICU) admission and further evaluating the right adrenal mass observed in abdominal ultrasonography, the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma was confirmed. …”
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Nurses’ Experience With End-of-Life Care in Geriatric Centers: A Systematic Review by Falah Jamal Dakka RN, BSN, MHM, PhD

“…The eligibility criteria involve literature materials published in the past 5 years, peer reviews, English language, geriatric nurses, and nurses in emergency department, primary care, and intensive care unit. Three databases (Cochrane Library, PubMed, and CINAHL) and Google Scholar were used. …”
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A Case of Hepatotoxicity Induced by Therapeutic Ketamine Use for Sedation by Noah Yoo, Sarun Thomas, Michael Bender, Xian Jie Cindy Cheng

“…Ketamine, initially developed as an anesthetic, has shown versatility in medical applications, including pain management, treatment-resistant depression, and sedation in the intensive care unit (ICU). While generally well-tolerated, long-term use at high doses raises concerns about potential toxicities, particularly in the liver. …”
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Cerebral Sinus Thrombosis Secondary to SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Mojtaba Khazaei, Kiana Karimi, Parinaz Sedighi, Salman Khazaei

“…Decreased level of consciousness made physicians intubate the patient and initiate mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU). Treatment was initiated with phenytoin. …”
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Investigation of hemostasis by thromboelastography in the patient with liver cirrhosis (Clinical case) by Ye. L. Bulanova, A. Yu. Bulanov, D. S. Gatsolayeva

“…Due to high severity of patient’s state he was directed to intensive care unit. Intravenous infusion therapy required installation of central venous catheter, that was complicated by catheter bleeding. …”
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Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis and Hydrocephalus in a Vegan Secondary to Acquired Hyperhomocystinaemia by W. D. D. Priyankara, A.V. I. Chandimal, F. G. Sivagnanam, E. M. Manoj

“…We report a case of a young man with acute onset neuropsychiatric manifestations, admitted to the intensive care unit. He was found to have widespread cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, hyperintensities in basal ganglia, and acute hydrocephalus in magnetic resonance imaging, necessitating cerebrospinal fluid diversion, by way of an external ventricular drain and therapeutic anticoagulation. …”
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Extreme Procalcitonin Elevation without Proven Bacterial Infection Related to Amphetamine Abuse by András Lovas, Zsuzsanna Ágoston, Klára Késmárky, Péter Hankovszky, Zsolt Molnár

“…Here we report the case of a 21-year-old male who was admitted to the intensive care unit with severe neurological impairment caused by amphetamine intoxication. …”
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Rotating antibiotics selects optimally against antibiotic resistance, in theory by Robert E. Beardmore, Rafael Peña-Miller

“…The purpose of this paper is to use mathematical models to investigate the claim made in the medical literature over a decade ago that the routine rotation of antibiotics in an intensive care unit (ICU) will select against the evolution and spread of antibiotic-resistant pathogens. …”
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Amp-CKlebsiella-Induced Chorioamnionitis and Associated Abnormalities in Cardiotocography: A Case Report with a Narrative Review by Sufia Athar, Anvar P. Vellamgot, Lolwa Mohammed Alansari

“…The neonate was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit and discharged home in stable condition. …”
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Outcomes of Neonatal Candidiasis: The Impact of Delayed Initiation of Antifungal Therapy by Heather Cahan, Jaime G. Deville

“…To determine the outcomes of invasive neonatal candidiasis before institution of routine antifungal prophylaxis, we conducted a retrospective review of cases of invasive candidiasis in newborns in a referral-based neonatal intensive care unit located in a single tertiary academic center between January 1998 and December 2002. …”
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Indications, Measurements, and Complications of Ten Essential Neonatal Procedures by Zainab Bubakr Hamad Zubi, Ahmad Fadzil Bin Abdullah, Muhd Alwi Bin Muhd Helmi, Taufiq Hidayat Hasan, Noraida Ramli, Adam Al-Anas Bin Mat Ali, Mossad Abdelhak Shaban Mohamed

“…Furthermore, lumber puncture and heel stick were included in this review as very important and frequently performed diagnostic procedures in the neonatal intensive care unit.…”
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Acute Cardiogenic Shock Induced by Infusional 5-Fluorouracil by Jeffrey Sulpher, Franco Dattilo, Susan Dent, Michele Turek, M. Neil Reaume, Christopher Johnson

“…A 49-year-old patient with metastatic carcinoma of the bladder and no prior history of heart disease presented with diffuse ST elevation, elevated troponins, and biventricular dysfunction requiring intensive care unit admission and inotropic support after receiving her first course of infusional 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). …”
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An Undiagnosed Paraganglioma in a 58-Year-Old Female Who Underwent Tumor Resection by William C. Fox, Matthew Read, Richard E. Moon, Eugene W. Moretti, Brian J. Colin

“…She was managed in the surgical intensive care unit (SICU) postoperatively and discharged from the hospital without acute complications. …”
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