Medicina intensiva
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To determine the changes in the health-related quality of life (hRQOL) six months after discharge from the ICU and the conditions associated to them. ⋯ Most patients experience deterioration of hRQOL. Patients with chronic diseases or with worst previous hRQOL who survive 6 months experience less deterioration of hRQOL than those who are polytraumatized or have renal failure or a longer ICU stay.
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[Clinical, epidemiological and taxonomic aspects of systemic candidiasis in an intensive care unit].
The clinical and epidemiological profile and survival of patients admitted into our intensive care unit (ICU) was analyzed. A retrospective-prospective case series from 2002 to 2004 and 2005 to 2006, respectively, of patients diagnosed with systemic candidiasis in an ICU in a tertiary hospital was studied. Twenty-six cases with systemic candidiasis were included (75% of the cases were male). ⋯ Candida albicans (CA) was isolated in 53.8% of cases versus 46.2% for other Candidae (CNA). Over the last years, we have observed a progressively higher incidence for CNA (p = 0.02). We registered an especially high mortality rate (42%), that is higher in the CA group.
defined the mortality in the progressive risk groups (p = 0.026). -
To determine a pulmonary injury model in rats that is associated with moderate mortality after extubation. ⋯ Survival in rats mechanically ventilated with high moderate volume is influenced by increased doses of intratracheal saline solution and this is important to design studies that analyze the effect the interventions on mortality.