Journal of critical care
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Journal of critical care · Dec 2016
Multicenter Study Observational StudyAssociation between acute gastrointestinal injury grading system and disease severity and prognosis in critically ill patients: A multicenter, prospective, observational study in China.
This prospective study investigated the association between disease severity and acute gastrointestinal injury (AGI) grade and between prognosis and AGI. ⋯ Differentiating AGI as gastrointestinal dysfunction or gastrointestinal failure appears to be more valid for predicting prognosis than the AGI 4-grade system.
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Journal of critical care · Dec 2016
Health care-associated pneumonia in the intensive care unit: Guideline-concordant antibiotics and outcomes.
Recent data have not demonstrated improved outcomes when guideline-concordant (GC) antibiotics are given to patients with health care-associated pneumonia (HCAP). This study was designed to evaluate the relationship between health outcomes and GC therapy in patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) with HCAP. ⋯ Our data do not demonstrate improved outcomes among ICU patients with HCAP who received GC-HCAP therapy.
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Journal of critical care · Dec 2016
ReviewEarly goal-directed therapy for severe sepsis and septic shock: A living systematic review.
Studies and meta-analyses conflict regarding the use of early goal-directed therapy (EGDT) for septic shock. We sought to clarify the conflict by performing a living systematic review and meta-regression.