clinical conundrums in management of hypothyroidism in critically ill geriatric patients

Clinical Conundrums in Management of Hypothyroidism in Critically Ill Geriatric Patients

CONTEXT Articles in various international and national bibliographic indices were extensively searched with an emphasis on thyroid and hypothyroid disorders, hypothyroidism in elderly hospitalized patients, hypothyroidism in critically ill geriatric population, thyroxine in elderly hypothyroid, drug interactions and thyroid hormones, and thyroid functions in elderly. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION Entr...

Nutritional Issues in the Critically Ill Patients; Challenges and Conundrums

The article “An Iranian Consensus Document for Nutrition in Critically Ill Patients, Recommendations and Initial Steps toward Regional Guideline Development” which was published in current issue of Tanaffos has raised many important concerns regarding different aspects of nutritional challenges in the critically ill ICU patients. The authors have tried to highlight the importance of the early, ...

Nutritional Assessment in Critically Ill Patients

Background: Malnutrition is an important factor in the survival of critically ill patients. The purpose of the present study was to assess the nutritional status of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) on the days of admission and discharge via a detailed nutritional assessment. Methods: Totally, 125 patients were followed up from admission to discharge at 8ICUs in Shiraz, Iran. The patien...

Technical efficiency in the clinical management of critically ill patients.

The purpose of this paper is to obtain empirical measures of performance in the management of critical patients treated in intensive care units (ICUs) and to evaluate the factors associated with performance, in a two stage approach. In the first stage, this paper uses an extended version of Data Envelopment Analysis (non-discretionary and categorical variables, and weight constraints under cons...

probiotics in critically ill patients

Delirium management in critically ill patients

Delirium among critically ill patients is common. Presence of delirium imparts a poorer prognosis to patients, including longer ICU and hospital length of stay, increased risk of institutionalization, higher health related costs, and elevated mortality. Even with such grave consequences, the rates of delirium diagnosis are dire. The importance of early recognition through validated tools and ap...