Critical care medicine
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Critical care medicine · Oct 2008
Practice and perception--a nationwide survey of therapy habits in sepsis.
To simultaneously determine perceived vs. practiced adherence to recommended interventions for the treatment of severe sepsis or septic shock. ⋯ This representative survey shows that current therapy of severe sepsis in German intensive care units complies poorly with practice recommendations. Intensive care unit directors perceive adherence to be higher than it actually is. Implementation strategies involving all intensive care unit staff are needed to overcome this gap between current evidence-based knowledge, practice, and perception.
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Critical care medicine · Oct 2008
End-stage renal disease patients on renal replacement therapy in the intensive care unit: short- and long-term outcome.
The number of patients with end-stage renal disease has increased during the last decades. Data shows that 10% of the renal replacement therapy population in the intensive care unit are patients with end-stage renal disease. We aimed to describe the short- and long-term outcome of these patients after renal replacement therapy in the intensive care unit. ⋯ For end-stage renal disease patients in the intensive care unit, age, diabetes mellitus, and heart failure are risk factors for 90-day mortality. Long-term mortality is associated with age and heart failure. The long-term mortality of end-stage renal disease patients surviving the intensive care unit stay is significantly higher compared with end-stage renal disease patients without a known intensive care unit admission.
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Critical care medicine · Oct 2008
Comment Letter Comparative StudyBarriers to effective communication in developing world intensive care units.
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Critical care medicine · Oct 2008
Comment Letter Comparative StudyLink between ADAMTS-13 and troponin levels?
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Critical care medicine · Oct 2008
Editorial CommentNonischemic energy metabolic crisis in acute brain injury.