Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Sep 2001
Incidence and type of cardiac arrhythmias in critically ill patients: a single center experience in a medical-cardiological ICU.
To determine the frequency and types of significant, sustained arrhythmias in a mixed ICU. ⋯ Only one-fifth of patients in this mixed ICU had significant arrhythmias, taking a contemporary definition of arrhythmias. Ventricular tachycardia and atrial fibrillation were the most frequent arrhythmias.
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Intensive care medicine · Sep 2001
Evaluating the prognosis of multiple, severely traumatized children in the intensive care unit.
To assess the Pediatric Risk of Mortality (PRISM) score and to identify other prognosis factors in severe, multiple trauma in children. ⋯ PRISM is a reliable tool for evaluating the prognosis of multiple, severely traumatized children. Its relative simplicity and the fact that it is extremely widespread as a general prognosis score in PICUs represent other arguments for its use. Due to the leading influence of head trauma on mortality, GCS, a score even simpler than PRISM, showed identical accuracy regarding survival prediction.
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Intensive care medicine · Sep 2001
Letter Case ReportsGemcitabine-associated diffuse alveolar hemorrhage.
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Intensive care medicine · Aug 2001
Comparative StudyThe oxygenation variations related to prone positioning during mechanical ventilation: a clinical comparison between ARDS and non-ARDS hypoxemic patients.
To compare, in clinical practice, the oxygenation variations related to prone positioning (PP) during mechanical ventilation in ARDS and non-ARDS hypoxemic patients. ⋯ In about 90% of periods, PP improved the PaO2/FIO2 ratio in patients with ARDS as well as in hypoxemic patients with non-ARDS. Studies are necessary to determine the impact of PP on survival and the mechanical ventilation duration in ARDS or non-ARDS hypoxemic patients.