Articles: intensive-care-units.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Sep 2022
ReviewLong-term effects of lower versus higher oxygenation levels in adult ICU patients - a systematic review.
Oxygen therapy is a common treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU) with both potentially desirable and undesirable long-term effects. This systematic review aimed to assess the long-term outcomes of lower versus higher oxygenation strategies in adult ICU survivors. ⋯ The evidence is very uncertain about the effect of a lower versus a higher oxygenation strategy on both the cognitive function and HRQoL. A lower versus a higher oxygenation strategy may have a little to no effect on both outcomes but the certainty of evidence is very low. No evidence was found for the effects on the standardised 6-min walking test and diffusion capacity test.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Sep 2022
Acute kidney injury in intensive care patients: Incidence, time course, and risk factors.
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is frequent and influences the prognosis of intensive care unit (ICU) patients. The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence, time-course, risk factors, and mortality of AKI among unselected ICU patients. ⋯ In our material, the incidence of AKI was comparable to what has been reported previously. Risk factors for the development of AKI were a MAP below 73, hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, chronic kidney disease, and higher body weight. Most AKI patients regain their kidney function during the ICU stay, particularly in the KDIGO AKI stages 1 and 2.
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African health sciences · Sep 2022
Development of a model for predicting mortality of breast cancer admitted to Intensive Care Unit.
There is still not a mortality prediction model built for breast cancer admitted to intensive care unit (ICU). ⋯ The model derived in this study can provide an accurate prognosis for breast cancer admitted to ICU easily, which can help better clinical management.
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Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992) · Sep 2022
Observational StudyNutritional profile and outcomes of noncritical hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in a large tertiary hospital in southern Brazil.
Patients with chronic diseases, such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, and old age, which are associated with a high risk of malnutrition and worse outcomes, are at a higher risk for developing the severe presentation of COVID-19. ⋯ Reduced caloric intake and the presence of nutritional risk or its appearance during hospitalization seemed to be associated with mortality in patients with COVID-19 admitted outside the intensive care unit.