Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
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Indian J Crit Care Med · May 2013
Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter ventilator-associated pneumonia: Clinical characteristics and outcome.
To study the clinical characteristics and 28-days mortality in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) due to carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter (CRA). ⋯ CRA-VAP has high crude mortality. Advanced age; severity of illness and presence of pneumonia at ICU admission; and presence of shock, ARDS and renal failure have impact on outcome in these patients.
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Indian J Crit Care Med · Mar 2013
Comparison of central venous saturation by standard ABG machine versus co-oximeter: Is 18 carat as good as the 24 carat gold standard?
Aggressive therapy aimed at desired end-points of Early Goal Directed Therapy (EGDT) is the cornerstone of septic shock management. A key endpoint that improves outcomes is achieving central venous saturation (ScvO2) >70%. The gold standard to measure ScvO2 is by a co-oximeter (co-ox). ⋯ The less expensive standard ABG machine showed satisfactory correlation with gold standard co-ox over a range of patient conditions; however, the wide range for agreement was of concern and it performed particularly poorly in anemic patients.
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Indian J Crit Care Med · Mar 2013
Serum cystatin C is a poor biomarker for diagnosing acute kidney injury in critically-ill children.
Accurate diagnosis of acute kidney injury (AKI) is problematic especially in critically-ill patients in whom renal function is in an unsteady state. ⋯ S. cystatin C is a poor biomarker for diagnosing AKI in critically-ill children.
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Indian J Crit Care Med · Mar 2013
Two cases of asystolic cardiac arrests managed with therapeutic hypothermia.
Poor neurological outcome is a common sequel of prolonged cardiac arrest. Although Therapeutic Hypothermia (TH) for neuroprotection has been a subject for research for over Half a century, its use has been limited because of many controversies and lack of clear guidelines. However for over two decades there has been a revival of interest in mild therapeutic hypothermia (32-34°C) for neuroprotection. ⋯ Herein presenting two cases of prolonged asystolic arrest (39 minutes and 25 minutes); where therapeutic hypothermia was successfully used in following prolonged cardio pulmonary resuscitation. On patients who were in deep coma after resuscitation, TH was applied for 24 hours as per institutional protocol with full neurological recovery in both the cases. Therapeutic hypothermia might have a potential role in even in non-shockable arrests and should be considered in every successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation with poor neurological status.