Journal of critical care
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Journal of critical care · Feb 2012
Analysis of progression in risk, injury, failure, loss, and end-stage renal disease classification on outcome in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock.
A few studies have assessed risk, injury, failure, loss, and end-stage renal disease (RIFLE) criteria in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock, a setting in which acute kidney injury (AKI) is common and dramatically worsens outcome. ⋯ Progression of RIFLE class and newly developed AKI after hospital admission were better able to predict 28-day mortality than RIFLE criteria on the first day of admission in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock.
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Research purposes were to document the symptoms characteristic of neonates during their last week of life and to describe the activities undertaken in nursing care of dying neonates in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). ⋯ Research findings suggest that the application of palliative care paradigm and more aggressive comfort care to manage signs in NICU might be beneficial to dying infants.
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Journal of critical care · Feb 2012
Short-term prognosis of critically ill surgical patients: the impact of duration of invasive organ support therapies.
We wanted to identify the importance of the duration of invasive ventilation and of renal replacement therapy for short-term prognosis of surgical patients treated in an intensive care unit (ICU). ⋯ Prolonged duration of invasive ventilation but not of renal replacement therapy is inversely related to short-term survival.
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Journal of critical care · Feb 2012
Manual compression of the abdomen to assess expiratory flow limitation during mechanical ventilation.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the manual compression of the abdomen (MCA) during expiration as a simple bedside method to detect expiratory flow limitation (EFL) during daily clinical practice of mechanical ventilation (MV). ⋯ Manual compression of the abdomen provides a simple, rapid, and safe bedside reliable maneuver to detect and quantify EFL during mechanical ventilation.
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Journal of critical care · Feb 2012
Effect of attachment styles of individuals discharged from an intensive care unit on intensive care experience.
The present study was conducted as a cross-sectional type to examine the effect of attachment styles of individuals discharged from an intensive care unit (ICU) on intensive care experience and health status. ⋯ Individuals' attachment styles should be taken into consideration when planning and implementing the nursing care and treatment of individuals hospitalized in an ICU.