Journal of critical care
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Journal of critical care · Aug 2024
LetterResponse Letter to a Letter for the editor: "A modified Delphi process to identify, rank and prioritize quality indicators for continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) care in critically ill patients" and "Quality of care and safety measures of acute renal replacement therapy".
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Journal of critical care · Aug 2024
Multicenter StudySerial monitoring of pancreatic stone protein for the detection of sepsis in intensive care unit patients with complicated abdominal surgery: A prospective, longitudinal cohort study.
The objective of this study was to assess the performance of pancreatic stone protein (PSP) monitoring for the detection of sepsis, prediction of outcome and distinction between bacterial and fungal infections in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with complicated abdominal surgery. ⋯ Serial PSP monitoring may be an additional tool for the early detection of sepsis in patients with complicated abdominal surgery who are at high risk of severe infections.
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Journal of critical care · Aug 2024
Cytomegalovirus infection in intensive care unit patients with hematological malignancies: Characteristics and clinical outcomes.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is associated with poor outcome in ICU patients. However, data on immunocompromised patients are scarce. This study aims to describe characteristics and outcomes of critically ill hematological patients and CMV infection. CMV disease characteristics and relationship between CMV viral load, CMV disease, coinfections by other pathogens and outcomes are described. ⋯ In critically-ill hematological patients, CMV viral load is independently associated with hospital mortality. Conversely, neither CMV disease nor treatment was associated with outcome suggesting viral load to be a surrogate for immune status rather than a cause of poor outcome.