Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Sep 2024
Central venous catheter-related infection: does insertion site still matter? A French multicentric cohort study.
We aim to evaluate the association between central venous catheter (CVC) insertion site and microbiological CVC complications in a nationwide cohort. ⋯ Low CRBSI incidence rates were reported. CRBSI incidences rates were similar in the three insertion sites. Uncertainty remains due to potential selection bias since many CVCs had to be excluded.
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Intensive care medicine · Sep 2024
Clinical vs. autopsy diagnostic discrepancies in the intensive care unit: a systematic review and meta-analysis of autopsy series.
The aim of this study was to assess whether there is a discrepancy between clinical and autopsy-based diagnoses in adult intensive care unit (ICU) patients. ⋯ Missed diagnoses remain common in ICUs. A higher autopsy rate does not reveal more major diagnostic errors. These data support a clinically driven autopsy policy rather than a systematic autopsy policy.