Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · May 2004
Editorial Comment ReviewHow are children mechanically ventilated in pediatric intensive care units?
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Intensive care medicine · May 2004
Hospital mortality associated with day and time of admission to intensive care units.
To investigate whether hospital mortality of patients was associated with the day of the week or time of admission to intensive care units (ICUs). ⋯ After appropriate adjustment for case mix, day of the week and time of day of admission of patients to ICU were not associated with significant differences in hospital mortality.
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Intensive care medicine · May 2004
Editorial Comment ReviewVariation in intensive care unit outcomes by day of week: no weak-end.
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Intensive care medicine · May 2004
Characteristics and outcomes of HIV-infected patients in the ICU: impact of the highly active antiretroviral treatment era.
To examine whether the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has changed the rate of admission, the clinical spectrum, and the mortality of HIV-infected ICU patients. ⋯ The number of HIV-infected patients admitted to the ICU remained high in the HAART era. Underutilization of HAART and limited access to health care are possible explanations. The ICU mortality has remained unchanged, but 3-month mortality has decreased.
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Intensive care medicine · May 2004
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical TrialPrevention of intravascular catheter-related infection with newer chlorhexidine-silver sulfadiazine-coated catheters: a randomized controlled trial.
The indication of antiseptic-coated catheters remains debated. ⋯ In the context of a low baseline infection rate, ACC were associated with a significant reduction of catheter colonisation and a trend to reduction of infection episodes, but not of bloodstream infection.