Journal of critical care
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Journal of critical care · Dec 2018
Comparative StudyHighly visible sepsis publications from 2012 to 2017: Analysis and comparison of altmetrics and bibliometrics.
We sought to delineate highly visible publications related to sepsis. Within these subsets, elements of altmetrics performance, including mentions on Twitter, and the correlation between altmetrics and conventional citation counts were ascertained. ⋯ While unreliable to gauge impact or future citation potential, altmetrics may be valuable for parties who wish to detect and drive public awareness of research findings and may enable researchers to dynamically explore the reach of their work in novel dimensions.
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Journal of critical care · Dec 2018
Admission to bed 13 in the ICU does not reduce the chance of survival.
To examine whether admission to bed number 13 on our intensive care unit has any negative impact on the patient's hospital mortality. ⋯ Admission to bed number 13 was not associated with a significant increase in hospital mortality when compared to admission to other bed numbers.
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Journal of critical care · Dec 2018
Case ReportsThe role of electrical impedance tomography for monitoring during bronchoscopy: A case report.
Continuous monitoring of lung ventilation can be useful in treating patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) has been used as a relatively new imaging technique for this purpose. ⋯ A drainage procedure and subsequent improvement in pulmonary function were monitored using EIT contributed to the treatment process. The patient has been discharged from the hospital with an improved general condition.
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Journal of critical care · Dec 2018
Low-flow time is associated with a favorable neurological outcome in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients resuscitated with extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the prognostic factors in extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) patients and to assess their accuracy as predictors of a favorable neurological outcome. ⋯ In ECPR patients, low-flow time was significantly associated with a favorable neurological outcome, and ECPR should be performed within 58 min of the low-flow time.