Journal of critical care
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J Crit Care
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Journal of critical care · Dec 2019
Multicenter Study Observational StudyAssociation between acute kidney injury and neurological outcome or death at 6 months in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A prospective, multicenter, observational cohort study.
This study aimed to evaluate the association between acute kidney injury (AKI) and 6 months neurological outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). ⋯ AKI is associated with poor neurological outcome (MRS 4-6) at 6 months in OHCA patients treated with TTM.
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Journal of critical care · Dec 2019
Comparative Study Observational StudyComparison of the sepsis-2 and sepsis-3 definitions in severely injured trauma patients.
To evaluate the performance of the new SOFA-based sepsis definition in trauma patients. ⋯ The sepsis-3 definition identifies much fewer patients and is more strongly associated with adverse outcomes than the sepsis-2 definition. The sepsis-3 definition seems to be useful in the post trauma setting.