Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · May 2015
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyEarly physical rehabilitation in intensive care patients with sepsis syndromes: a pilot randomised controlled trial.
Survivors of sepsis syndromes have poor outcomes for physical and cognitive function. No investigations of early physical rehabilitation in the intensive care unit have specifically targeted patients with sepsis syndromes. ⋯ Implementation of early physical rehabilitation can improve self-reported physical function and induce systemic anti-inflammatory effects.
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Intensive care medicine · May 2015
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyDirect extubation onto high-flow nasal cannulae post-cardiac surgery versus standard treatment in patients with a BMI ≥30: a randomised controlled trial.
Patients with a body mass index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m(2) experience more severe atelectasis following cardiac surgery than those with normal BMI and its resolution is slower. This study aimed to compare extubation of patients post-cardiac surgery with a BMI ≥30 kg/m(2) onto high-flow nasal cannulae (HFNC) with standard care to determine whether HFNC could assist in minimising post-operative atelectasis and improve respiratory function. ⋯ In this study, prophylactic extubation onto HFNC post-cardiac surgery in patients with a BMI ≥30 kg/m(2) did not lead to improvements in respiratory function. Larger studies assessing the role of HFNC in preventing worsening of respiratory function and intubation are required.
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Intensive care medicine · May 2015
Randomized Controlled TrialEffects of a recruitment maneuver on plasma levels of soluble RAGE in patients with diffuse acute respiratory distress syndrome: a prospective randomized crossover study.
The soluble form of the receptor for advanced glycation end-products (sRAGE) is a promising marker for epithelial dysfunction, but it has not been fully characterized as a biomarker of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Whether sRAGE could inform on the response to ventilator settings has been poorly investigated, and whether a recruitment maneuver (RM) may influence plasma sRAGE remains unknown. ⋯ We report the first kinetics study of plasma sRAGE after RM in ARDS. Our findings reinforce the value of plasma sRAGE as a biomarker of ARDS.
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Intensive care medicine · May 2015
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudySurvival in patients without acute ST elevation after cardiac arrest and association with early coronary angiography: a post hoc analysis from the TTM trial.
To investigate whether early coronary angiography (CAG) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest of a presumed cardiac cause is associated with improved outcomes in patients without acute ST elevation. ⋯ In this post hoc observational study of a large randomized trial, early coronary angiography for patients without acute ST elevation after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest of a presumed cardiac cause was not associated with improved survival. A randomized trial is warranted to guide clinical practice.