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A Study of Transient and Prolonged Positioning Events Among Nursing Home Residents

Jan 06, 2023

The following is a summary of "Movement Patterns of Transient and Prolonged Positioning Events in Nursing Home Residents: Results from the TEAM-UP Trial," published in the December 2022 issue of Criti...

Management of a Specific Wound Entity in Fungating Malignancies

Jan 06, 2023

The following is a summary of "Fungating Malignancies: Management of a Distinct Wound Entity," published in the December 2022 issue of Critical care by Kondra, et al. For a study, researchers s...

Insights into Prognostication Following Cardiac Arrest: EEG and Evoked Potential Studies

Jan 03, 2023

The following is the summary of “Prognostication after cardiac arrest: how EEG and evoked potentials may improve the challenge” December 2022 Issue of Intensive Care By  Benghanem, et al. ...

Relationship Between SIC and Mortality in Septic Patients

Jan 03, 2023

The following is the summary of “Association of sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis” published in the December 2022 Issue of Intensive Care by Lin, ...

Clinical Outcome of wtAE Infection in Patients Treated with β-lactams

Jan 02, 2023

The following is the summary of ‘Clinical outcome of wild-type AmpC-producing Enterobacterales infection in critically ill patients treated with β-lactams: a prospective multicenter study” publis...

ROX Index Predicts Noninvasive Ventilation Failure in Patients

Jan 02, 2023

The following is the summary of “Prediction of noninvasive ventilation failure using the ROX index in patients with de novo acute respiratory failure” published in the  December 2022 issue of Int...

First-time revision knee arthroplasty using a hinged prosthesis : temporal trends, indications, and risk factors associated with re-revision using data from the National Joint Registry for 3,855 patients.

Jan 02, 2023

The aim of this study was to identify variables associated with time to revision, demographic details associated with revision indication, and type of prosthesis employed, and to describe the survival...

Neighborhood disadvantage and immune-related illnesses among residents living in the US Gulf States.

Jan 02, 2023

Neighborhood disadvantage has been associated with increased risk for pneumonia and influenza-associated hospitalizations. Few studies, however, have investigated how neighborhood disadvantage may inf...

Prediction and risk assessment of sepsis-associated encephalopathy in ICU based on interpretable machine learning.

Jan 02, 2023

Sepsis-associated encephalopathy (SAE) is a major complication of sepsis and is associated with high mortality and poor long-term prognosis. The purpose of this study is to develop interpretable machi...

Limits on using the clock drawing test as a measure to evaluate patients with neurological disorders.

Jan 02, 2023

The Clock Drawing Test (CDT) is used as a quick-to-conduct test for the diagnosis of dementia and a screening tool for cognitive impairments in neurological disorders. However, the association between...

Experiences with cross-sectional healthcare and treatment in heart failure patients: implications for medical education.

Jan 02, 2023

to explore how cross-sectional healthcare and treatment is experienced a) by patients with advanced heart failure and multimorbidity and b) by hospital-employed healthcare professionals.Individual tel...

Moral Distress in Canadian Intensivists: A Complex Interplay of Contextual and Relational Factors.

Jan 02, 2023

Healthcare professionals experience moral distress when they cannot act based on their moral beliefs because of perceived constraints. Moral distress prevalence is high among critical care (ICU) clini...

Cerebrovascular complications and outcomes of critically ill adult patients with infective endocarditis.

Jan 02, 2023

Neurological complications are associated with poor outcome in patients with infective endocarditis (IE). Although guidelines recommend systematic brain imaging in the evaluation of IE patients, the a...

Analysis of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) in Critically Ill Adults

Dec 29, 2022

The following is a summary of "Health-related quality of life, one-year costs and economic evaluation in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in critically ill adults" published in the November 2022 is...

Effects of Temporary MCS Techniques on Thrombocytopenia

Dec 27, 2022

The following is a summary of "Impact of temporary mechanical circulatory support strategies on thrombocytopenia" published in the November 2022 issue of Critical Care by Dwaah, et al. Thromboc...

Critically Sick Patients' Admission Serum Salt and Osmolarity Don't Impact ADS

Dec 27, 2022

The following is a summary of "Admission serum sodium and osmolarity are not associated with the occurrence or outcomes of acute respiratory distress syndrome in critically ill" published in the Octob...

Prospective Investigation of Respiratory Rate Utilizing Expiratory Time Constant

Dec 27, 2022

The following is a summary of "Determining respiratory rate using measured expiratory time constant: A prospective observational study" published in the October 2022 issue of Critical Care by Depta, e...

Metformin and Survival in Diabetes-related In-hospital Cardiac Arrest

Dec 22, 2022

The following is a summary of "Association between metformin and survival outcomes in in-hospital cardiac arrest patients with diabetes" published in the October 2022 issue of Critical Care by Jin, et...

Using Lung Ultrasonography to Predict Gas-exchange in COVID-19 Patients

Dec 22, 2022

The following is a summary of "Lung ultrasound to predict gas-exchange response to prone positioning in COVID-19 patients: A prospective study in pilot and confirmation cohorts" published in the Octob...

ECMO-rescued Pregnant Women with ARDS in a Multicenter Cohort Study

Dec 19, 2022

The following is a summary of "Delivery decision in pregnant women rescued by ECMO for severe ARDS: a retrospective multicenter cohort study" published in the October 2022 issue of Critical Care by Ja...

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