Journal of critical care
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Journal of critical care · Jun 2020
Observational StudyHigh serum substance P levels and mortality after malignant middle cerebral artery infarction.
Previously our team found higher serum substance P concentrations at day 1 of a malignant middle cerebral artery infarction (MMCAI) in non-surviving than in surviving patients. Thus, the objective of this study was to determine whether serum substance P levels during the first week of MMCAI could predict mortality. ⋯ The two new findings of our study are that non-surviving MMCAI patients showed higher serum substance P levels at day 1, 4 and 8 than surviving, and that those levels could predict 30-day mortality.
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To determine if baseline lipid levels contribute to the relationship between lipid levels during sepsis and outcomes. ⋯ Baseline lipid values, particularly triglyceride concentrations, are associated with hospital mortality in septic patients.
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Journal of critical care · Jun 2020
One-year survival in patients with solid tumours discharged alive from the intensive care unit after unplanned admission: A retrospective study.
Outcomes in cancer patients after unplanned ICU admission was reassessed. ⋯ Among the factors associated with one-year mortality after ICU discharge, the possibility of receiving oncologic treatment after ICU discharge seems crucial.
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Journal of critical care · Jun 2020
Observational StudyImpact on ICU mortality of moderate alcohol consumption in patients admitted with infection.
Alcohol dependence is associated with poor prognosis in the intensive care unit (ICU), but it remains uncertain whether moderate alcohol consumption negatively affects the prognosis of critically ill patients admitted with infection. ⋯ Alcohol consumption between 100 and 350 g/week was independently associated with mortality at day 28. Our results suggest that in critically ill patients admitted with infection, moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a poorer prognosis.