Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Sep 2013
Letter Randomized Controlled TrialArginine administration to critically ill patients with a low nitric oxide fraction in the airways: a pilot study.
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Intensive care medicine · Sep 2013
Observational StudyThe ETHICA study (part I): elderly's thoughts about intensive care unit admission for life-sustaining treatments.
To assess preferences among individuals aged ≥80 years for a future hypothetical critical illness requiring life-sustaining treatments. ⋯ Independent elderly individuals were rather reluctant to accept life-sustaining treatments, especially IMV and RRT (after IMV). Their quality of life was among the determinants of their choices.
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Intensive care medicine · Sep 2013
Effect of intensive care environment on family and patient satisfaction: a before-after study.
To determine to what extent intensive care unit environment affects family and patient satisfaction. ⋯ This is the first study to quantify the effect of ICU environment on family and patient satisfaction. Family and patient satisfaction with ICU experience increased by 6 % in the new ICU environment with noise-reduced, single rooms with daylight, adapted colouring and improved family facilities.
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Intensive care medicine · Sep 2013
Neurologic complications in neonates supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. An analysis of ELSO registry data.
Neurologic complications in neonates supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) are common and diminish their quality of life and survival. An understanding of factors associated with neurologic complications in neonatal ECMO is lacking. The goals of this study were to describe the epidemiology and factors associated with neurologic complications in neonatal ECMO. ⋯ Neurologic complications are common in neonatal ECMO and are associated with increased mortality. Patient factors, pre-ECMO severity of illness, and use of veno-arterial ECMO are associated with increased neurologic complications. Patient selection, early ECMO deployment, and refining ECMO management strategies for vulnerable populations could be targeted as areas for improvement in neonatal ECMO.