Journal of critical care
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Journal of critical care · Aug 2018
Current practice of diagnosis and management of acute kidney injury in intensive care unit in resource limited settings.
In a resource limited settings, there is sparse information about the management of acute kidney injury (AKI) based on systemic data collection. This survey aimed to described the current management of AKI in intensive care units (ICUs) across Thailand. ⋯ Amid increasing concern of AKI in the ICU, our study provides the insight into the management of AKI in resource limited settings.
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Journal of critical care · Aug 2018
The effect of community socioeconomic status on sepsis-attributable mortality.
Community factors may play a role in determining individual risk for sepsis, as well as sepsis-related morbidity and mortality. We sought to define the relationship between community socioeconomic status and mortality due to sepsis in an urban locale. ⋯ Our findings suggest that socioeconomic variables play significant role in sepsis-attributable mortality. Such confirmation of regional disparities in mortality due to sepsis warrants further consideration, as well as integration, for future national sepsis policies.
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Journal of critical care · Aug 2018
Comparative StudyAn examination of the effect of open versus paywalled access publication on the disseminative impact and citation count of publications in intensive care medicine and anesthesia.
We aimed to assess the impact of open access (OA) versus paywalled access (PA) publication on Altmetric Attention Scores (AAS) and whether AAS correlates with future citation count access in the context of intensive care medicine (ICM) and anesthesia. ⋯ ICM publications that are available as OA in the medium term result in higher AAS when compared to PA publications, this phenomenon was not observed in anesthesia. AAS correlate with future citation counts, however, a larger study is required to confirm this.
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Journal of critical care · Aug 2018
Observational StudyDoes the clinical frailty score improve the accuracy of the SOFA score in predicting hospital mortality in elderly critically ill patients? A prospective observational study.
To determine whether the addition of the frailty status assessed by the clinical frailty scale (CFS) to the SOFA score (SOFA-CFS) improves the performance of the SOFA score alone in predicting the hospital mortality of elderly critically ill patients. ⋯ The performance of the SOFA score in predicting hospital mortality was low, although it was an independent risk factor for mortality. The combination of frailty status with the SOFA score did not improve the performance of the SOFA score alone.
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Journal of critical care · Aug 2018
Impact of sarcopenic obesity on 30-day mortality in critically ill patients with intra-abdominal sepsis.
This study aimed to investigate the association between sarcopenic obesity and 30-day mortality in critically ill patients with intra-abdominal sepsis. ⋯ Sarcopenic obesity is an independent risk factor for 30-day mortality in critically ill patients with intra-abdominal sepsis.