Journal of critical care
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Journal of critical care · Oct 2019
Review Meta AnalysisDiarrhea and patient outcomes in the intensive care unit: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
We aimed to determine whether diarrhea experienced by patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) is related to their clinical outcomes. ⋯ The diarrhea experienced by patients may be associated with higher mortality and prolonged length of stay in the ICU and hospital.
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Journal of critical care · Oct 2019
Review Meta AnalysisDiarrhea and patient outcomes in the intensive care unit: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
We aimed to determine whether diarrhea experienced by patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) is related to their clinical outcomes. ⋯ The diarrhea experienced by patients may be associated with higher mortality and prolonged length of stay in the ICU and hospital.
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Journal of critical care · Oct 2019
ReviewClinical controversies in abdominal sepsis. Insights for critical care settings.
Sepsis is a deadly condition in which the outcome is associated with prompt and adequate recognition, intensive supportive care, antibiotic administration and source control. This last item makes abdominal sepsis a unique treatment challenge. Although pneumonia constitutes the leading cause of sepsis, abdominal sepsis has unique features that merit discussion. ⋯ The epidemiology of abdominal sepsis and its outcomes are difficult to assess due to the large clinical heterogeneity associated with this entity. Further complicating issues is the debate surrounding the effect of early source control (i.e. the "surgeon effect"). This review evaluates and summarizes the current approach to current challenges in patient care and which are the future research directions.
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Journal of critical care · Oct 2019
ReviewEfficacy of music on sedation, analgesia and delirium in critically ill patients. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.
There is inadequate evidence supporting the benefit of music on sedation, analgesia or delirium in critically ill patients.
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Journal of critical care · Oct 2019
ReviewEfficacy of music on sedation, analgesia and delirium in critically ill patients. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.
There is inadequate evidence supporting the benefit of music on sedation, analgesia or delirium in critically ill patients.
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