Journal of critical care
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Journal of critical care · Dec 2012
Mechanical ventilation in the emergency department for 24 hours or longer is associated with delayed weaning.
We examined various aspects of critical care to identify factors in the emergency department (ED) that affected the overall duration of mechanical ventilation (MV). We specifically focused on whether 24 hours of ED MV affected the weaning success and the duration of MV. ⋯ Mechanical ventilation in the ED for 24 hours or longer is associated with delayed ventilator weaning.
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Journal of critical care · Dec 2012
The impact of body mass index on the physiology of patients with polytrauma.
Obesity is a growing problem in industrial nations. The aim was to test the hypothesis that overweight patients face early physiologic impairment. ⋯ Anticipating BMI-specific critical trauma problems will become mandatory for effective polytrauma treatment in industrialized nations given their increasing prevalence of obesity.
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Journal of critical care · Dec 2012
Prediction of extubation failure in medical intensive care unit patients.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate prediction factors for extubation failure (need for reintubation within 48 hours) in medical intensive care unit patients. ⋯ Low preextubation serum anion gap values and low preextubation Pao(2)/Fio(2) ratio might help to predict extubation failure in medical intensive care unit patients.
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Journal of critical care · Dec 2012
Assessing the national productivity in subspecialty critical care medicine journals: a bibliometric analysis.
In recent years, significant growth has been seen in the subspecialty critical care medicine. However, the national productivity to the subspecialty critical care medicine remains unknown. We therefore intended to reveal the national contribution in the subspecialty critical care medicine journals. ⋯ The United States is the most productive country in the subspecialty critical care medicine. When normalized to population size, Australia and some European countries might be more productive.