Review The effectiveness of noninvasive ventilation in myasthenia gravis patients with respiratory failure in reducing the need of endotracheal intubation and increase extubation outcomes Nadya Farhana, Zulkifli Amin Abstract Background: Myasthenia gravis is characterized by muscle weakness and fatigability. The affected muscle are ocular muscle, oropharyngeal muscle,…
Review Carisoprodol intoxication: a comprehensive review Zulkifli Amin, Steven Zulkifly, Stephen Diah Iskandar Abstract Carisoprodol has been widely used as a muscle relaxant agent. In Indonesia, carisoprodol is well-known as carnophene/zenith. Many…
Review The use of furosemide in critically ill patients Mayang Indah Lestari, Yohannes WH George Abstract Critically ill patients are those with life threatening illness who, without adequate medical interventions, will suffer from severe…
Review Accuracy of calculated creatinine among amputees: case presentation and literature review Janay Bailey, Elizabeth Awudi, Charlene Kalani, George Udeani, Joseph Varon, Salim Surani Abstract Dosing vancomycin for patients who do not follow population pharmacokinetics can be challenging. Standard predictive clinical equations do…
Original Sodium bicarbonate buffering for metabolic acidosis does not hasten hemodynamic improvement in septic shock: a retrospective analysis of a 5-year period John H. Ferguson, Maurice M. Otterstetter, Nicholas JK Tranchida, James DeFoe Abstract Objective: Severe metabolic acidosis often occurs in the setting of septic shock and hemodynamic collapse. Acid buffering agents…
Original Predictors of perceptions of patient safety culture and frequency of event reporting by critical care nurses in Oman: a model-building approach Qasim Al Ma'mari, Loai Abu Sharour, Omar Al Omari Abstract Objectives: This study was conducted to identify the predictors of critical care nurses’ perceptions of patient safety culture…
Original Eosinopenia as an indicator for organ dysfunction in septic patients Syafri Kamsul Arif Abstract Sepsis is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in intensive care unit (ICU). Objective:…