Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · May 2002
Psychiatric adjustment following meningococcal disease treated on a PICU.
To describe the psychiatric status of child survivors of meningococcal disease and their mothers. ⋯ A significant proportion of children surviving meningococcal disease and their parents are likely to suffer psychological stress symptoms to a degree that warrants attention.
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Intensive care medicine · May 2002
Daily organ-system failure for diagnosis of persistent intra-abdominal sepsis after postoperative peritonitis.
To evaluate the time-course of two organ failure scores (SOFA and Goris) after surgery for postoperative peritonitis in critically ill patients according to the persistence/nonpersistence of intraabdominal sepsis (IAS). ⋯ In critically ill patients with postoperative peritonitis, the postoperative time course of the SOFA and the Goris organ failure scores was different between patients with or without intra-abdominal persistent sepsis. The lack of improvement of one of these scores on postoperative day 2 may suggest persistent intraabdominal sepsis and supports the need for a new surgical exploration.
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Intensive care medicine · May 2002
Super high flux hemofiltration: a new technique for cytokine removal.
To test whether hemofiltration using a hemofilter with large pores (super high flux hemofiltration) achieves effective cytokine removal. ⋯ High volume ultrafiltration using a super high flux filter achieved cytokine clearances comparable to, or greater than, those currently achieved for urea during standard continuous renal replacement therapy.