INTRODUCTION This study aimed to examine the long-term outcome for patients with end-stage renal failure (ESRF) who survived multiple-organ failure. METHODS We performed a review of databases from the renal medicine service and intensive care units (ICU) of the participating hospitals within Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK. Patients with ESRF admitted to ICU who required sup...

Background and Objectives. Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide, with coronary artery disease being the most common. With increasing numbers of patients, Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) has become the most common operation in the world. Respiratory disorder is one of the most prevalent complications of CABG. Thus, weaning off the mechanical ventilation and ext...

BACKGROUND Medication errors occur frequently in the intensive care unit (ICU) and during care transitions. Chronic medication is often temporarily stopped at the ICU. Unfortunately, when the patient improves, the restart of this medication is easily forgotten. Moreover, temporal ICU medication is often unintentionally continued after ICU discharge. Medication reconciliation could be useful to ...

INTRODUCTION Invasive candidiasis and candidemia are life-threatening nosocomial infections in intensive care patients. METHODS A post hoc analysis of a phase 3 trial assessing micafungin (100 mg/day for subjects > 40 kg; 2 mg/kg/day for subjects <or= 40 kg) versus liposomal amphotericin B (3 mg/kg/day). Subgroups were defined according to the type of ward on the first day of treatment: inten...

background a child&apos;s hospitalization in intensive care units causes stress and worry in other family members. this study aimed to determine the effect of family presence during pediatric icu bedside on family general health. materials and methods in this clinical trial study, 46 family members of the pediatrics hospitalized in the icu in teaching hospital affiliated with the lorestan unive...

background and objectives: nosocomial infections are one of the most important worldwide health and increased patients hospital stay, therapeutic problem and mortality rate. this study was designed to determine the frequency of microorganisms isolated from tracheal tube in patients admitted to icu shaheed mostafa khomeini hospital tehran, iran, from 2001-2005. patients and methods: in this cros...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Loss of 'health-promoting' microbes and overgrowth of pathogenic bacteria (dysbiosis) in ICU is believed to contribute to nosocomial infections, sepsis, and organ failure (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). This review discusses new understanding of ICU dysbiosis, new data for probiotics and fecal transplantation in ICU, and new data characterizing the ICU microbiome. REC...