BACKGROUND The safety of beta-blockers as a heart rate-limiting drug (HRLD) in patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF) due to chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) has not been properly assessed in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting. This study aims to compare the use of beta-blocker drugs relative to non-beta-blocker ones in COPD patients with ARF due to heart rate-limiting with res...

Method 144 patients underwent surgical repair for various congenital heart defects in our institution between February 2014 and April 2015. 34 patients who were extubated on table (group A) were compared with propensity matched group of 34 patients who were extubated later in the ICU(group B). Re-intubation, significant bleeding, low cardiac output syndrome, arrhythmia in PICU, ICU stay, hospit...

To explore the effect of nutritional support combined with early motion based on protection motivation theory in acquired weakness critically ill patients. Patients treated Intensive care unit (ICU) after operation from January to December 2021 were selected as study subjects. Historial control trial (HCT) was used. admitted June group, and those July intervention group. Routine ICU management ...

Aim. To study serum triglyceride level as a predictor of complications and outcomes in acute pancreatitis. Methods. In this retrospective observational study, 582 patients admitted with acute pancreatitis, who had serum triglyceride levels measured within the first 24 hours, were divided into two groups. The study group consisted of patients with a triglyceride level ≥2.26 mmol/L (group 2) and ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Sepsis is a major worldwide cause of morbidity and mortality. Most sepsis epidemiologic data are from the Western literature. Sparse data from India describe the epidemiology of infection rather than sepsis which is a host response to infection. This study describes the epidemiology of sepsis in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of an Indian tertiary care hospital. SUBJECTS AN...

Background: The significance of commensal oropharyngeal flora (COF) as a potential cause of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is scarcely investigated and consequently unknown. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore whether COF may cause VAP. Methods: Retrospective clinical, microbiological and radiographic analysis of all prospectively collected suspected VAP cases in which bronch...

BACKGROUND/AIMS This study evaluated clinical characteristics and outcomes in very elderly (≥ 80 years of age) critical-ill patients admitted to a medical intensive care unit (MICU) in a regional single tertiary hospital. METHODS We retrospectively evaluated prospectively collected data in the MICU for the period of December 2011 to May 2014. Patients were divided into ≥ 80 and < 80 years of ...

BACKGROUND The incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) within the first 48 hours of intensive care unit (ICU) stay has been poorly investigated. The objective was to estimate early-onset VAP occurrence in ICUs within 48 hours after admission. METHODS We analyzed data from prospective surveillance between 01/01/2001 and 31/12/2009 in 11 ICUs of Lyon hospitals (France). The inclusion...

Candida spp. colonization is recognized as a major risk factor for invasive candidiasis. To assess patient colonization, upon admission and during their stay in intensive care units (ICU), surveillance study has been conducted since January 2020, the Lisbon area of Portugal. A total 219 swab samples were obtained from 113 ICU patients. The yeast identification was by microbiological conventiona...

UNLABELLED Background.  Intensive care unit (ICU) patients are at higher risk for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). METHODS We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies from 1983 to 2015 using the PubMed, EMBASE, and Google Scholar databases to study the prevalence and outcomes of CDI in this patient population. Among the 9146 articles retrieved from the studie...