Critical care medicine
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Critical care medicine · Oct 2020
Multicenter StudyEarly Arterial Embolization and Mortality in Mechanically Ventilated Patients With Hemoptysis: A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study.
Hemoptysis, a symptom common across various respiratory diseases, can cause airway obstruction leading to a life-threatening condition. Arterial embolization has been used to control bleeding from the lower airways. However, limited studies have evaluated its effects on in-hospital mortality in patients with hemoptysis requiring mechanical ventilation. The objective of this study was to clarify whether early intervention by arterial embolization reduced mortality in mechanically ventilated patients with hemoptysis. ⋯ Our results show that early intervention by arterial embolization may be effective in reducing 7-day and 30-day mortalities in patients with life-threatening hemoptysis requiring mechanical ventilation.
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Critical care medicine · Oct 2020
Multicenter StudyVolume Infusion Markedly Increases Femoral dP/dtmax in Fluid-Responsive Patients Only.
To evaluate the preload dependence of femoral maximal change in pressure over time (dP/dtmax) during volume expansion in preload dependent and independent critically ill patients. ⋯ Femoral dP/dtmax increased with volume expansion in case of preload dependence but not in case of preload independence and was strongly related to pulse pressure and total arterial stiffness regardless of preload dependence status. Therefore, femoral dP/dtmax is not a load-independent marker of left ventricular contractility and should be not used to track contractility in critically ill patients.
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Critical care medicine · Oct 2020
Multicenter Study Observational StudyLong-Term Mortality Among ICU Patients With Stroke Compared With Other Critically Ill Patients.
Assessment of all-cause mortality of intracerebral hemorrhage and ischemic stroke patients admitted to the ICU and comparison to the mortality of other critically ill ICU patients classified into six other diagnostic subgroups and the general Dutch population. ⋯ Stroke patients who need intensive care treatment have a high short-term mortality risk, but this alters favorably with increasing duration of survival time after ICU admission in patients with both ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage, especially compared with other populations of critically ill patients such as sepsis or severe community-acquired pneumonia patients.
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Critical care medicine · Oct 2020
Economic Analysis of Mandated Protocolized Sepsis Care in New York Hospitals.
Initial evidence suggests that state-level regulatory mandates for sepsis quality improvement are associated with decreased sepsis mortality. However, sepsis mandates require financial investments on the part of hospitals and may lead to increased spending. We evaluated the effects of the 2013 New York State sepsis regulations on the costs of care for patients hospitalized with sepsis. ⋯ Mandated protocolized sepsis care was not associated with significant changes in hospital costs in patients hospitalized with sepsis in New York State.