Background: The application of more humanized approaches in the caring process of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients with the aim of improving the quality of care has been given a growing attention However, there are limited studies regarding the Islam-based caring for the Moslem populations in Indonesia. Aim: This study aimed to explore and describe the caring actions employed by nurses to...

The management of the critically ill patient in the emergency department (ED) is an evolving process. Currently there is sufficient evidence substantiating the central role of the ED in the management of critically ill patients. Understanding the tremendous impact ED physicians have in the care of critically ill patients will serve as an impetus for emergency medicine residents to pursue critic...

BACKGROUND In prolonged non-obese critically ill patients, preservation of adipose tissue is prioritized over that of the skeletal muscle and coincides with increased adipogenesis. However, we recently demonstrated that in obese critically ill mice, this priority was switched. In the obese, the use of abundantly available adipose tissue-derived energy substrates was preferred and counteracted m...

Critically ill older patients with sarcopenia experience greater morbidity and mortality than younger patients. It is anticipated that unabated protein catabolism would be detrimental for the critically ill older patient. Healthy older subjects experience a diminished response to protein supplementation when compared to their younger counterparts, but this anabolic resistance can be overcome by...

Background To conduct a meta-analysis of the effect glutamine supplements on prognosis in adult critical-ill patients. Methods We searched Web Science, Cochrane library, PubMed, Wanfang Database, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI)/CBMdisc database. The primary outcome was hospital mortality, or if not reported, 28-day/6-month/intensive care unit (ICU) mortality. secondary outcom...