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Antimicrobial resistance patterns of Staphylococcus aureus in the intensive care unit at a tertiary hospital

Joel Murillo-Llanes, Fernando P. Gonzalez-Ibarra, Salvador Velarde-Felix, Luis Nabor Alejo-Armenta

Abstract Purpose: The objective of the present study is to determine the pattern of antimicrobial resistance of Staphylococcus aureus…

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Superior cava vein saturation and cardiac lactate as cardiac output predictor after cardio-pulmonary bypass on children

Dyah Kanya Wati, Sudigdo Sastroasmoro, Amir Madjid, Siti Boedina, Mulyadi M. Djer, Hendra Santoso

Abstract Objective: to evaluate cardiac heart lactate, superior cava vein saturation and microcirculation dysfunction as cardiac output predictors after…

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Association of fluid overload with mortality in pediatric intensive care unit

Ida Bagus Ramajaya Sutawan, Dyah Kanya Wati, Ida Bagus Gede Suparyatha

Abstract Objective: To determine association of fluid overload with mortality in critically ill patients in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit….

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Procalcitonin levels as predictors of neurological outcome in patients with cardiac arrest treated with mild therapeutic hypothermia: a retrospective study

Joseph Varon, Ileana De Anda-Izaguirre, Samantha Fernandez-Hernandez, Alan Padilla Ramos, Cynthia Ocegueda-Pacheco, Santiago M Herrero

AbstractBackground/objective: Procalcitonin (PCT) is a biomarker widely used to identify bacterial infections, diagnostic tool for sepsis, monitor response to…

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Incidence of circulatory shock after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage and impact on case-fatality: a multi-center cohort study

Lauren Ng, Michelle Ghobrial, James Peoples, Syed Omar Shah, Matthew Vibbert, Jacqueline Urtecho, M. Kamran Athar, Barak Bar, Jack Jallo, Carissa C. Pineda, Diana Tzeng, Rodney Bell, Fred Rincon

Abstract Objective: The epidemiology of circulatory shock after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is unknown. We sought to determine its…

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Hyperoxia is associated with higher case-fatality in ventilated patients with intra-cerebral hemorrhage

Fred Rincon, Matthew Vibbert, Jacqueline Urtecho, M. Kamran Athar, William McBride, Jack Jallo, Rodney Bell

Abstract Objectives: To test the hypothesis that hyperoxia was associated with higher in-hospital case-fatality in ventilated patients with ICH…

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Electric velocimetry and transthoracic echocardiography for non-invasive cardiac output monitoring in children after cardiac surgery

Neurinda P. Kusumastuti, Masaki Osaki

Abstract Objective: Assessment of cardiac output (CO) is essential in the management of children after cardiac surgery. Electric velocimetry…

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The impact of illness severity evolution measured with LOD, SOFA, APACHE II and SAPS II scores on the development of ICU acquired infections

Ahmed Haddadi, Ghada Asmar, Mohamed Lemdani, Herve Hubert

Abstract Several studies were intended to evaluate ICU risk factors, but only few integrated the impact of illness severity…

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The obesity supine sudden death syndrome in the perioperative patient

Raul Mercado Garcia, Paul E. Marik, Joseph Varon

Abstract The obesity supine death syndrome (OSDS) is a disease characterized by sudden cardiac arrest in the morbidly obese…

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A pre-printed medication chart in the ICU for patients admitted after coronary artery bypass graft surgery improves prescribing of secondary prevention at hospital discharge

Sumeet Kumar Reddy, Nelson Wang, Mark Weatherall, Barry Mahon, Paul Young

Abstract Objective: To determine whether the introduction of a pre-printed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) drug chart after coronary artery…