Journal of critical care
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Journal of critical care · Apr 2021
Mortality and renal outcomes of patients with severe COVID-19 treated in a provisional intensive care unit.
COVID-19 has created an enormous health crisis and this spring New York City had a severe outbreak that pushed health and critical care resources to the limit. A lack of adequate space for mechanically ventilated patients induced our hospital to convert operating rooms into critical care areas (OR-ICU). A large number of COVID-19 will develop acute kidney injury that requires renal replacement therapy (RRT). ⋯ When defining renal recovery as a discharge serum creatinine within 150% of baseline, 68 of 78 survivors showed renal recovery (87.2%). Survival was similar to previous reports of patients with severe COVID-19 for patients cared for in provisional ICUs compared to standard ICUs. Most patients with severe COVID-19 and AKI are likely to recover full renal function.
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Journal of critical care · Apr 2021
ReviewFamily participation in physiotherapy-related tasks of critically ill patients: A mixed methods systematic review.
Providing an overview of studies on family participation in physiotherapy-related tasks of critically ill patients, addressing two research questions (RQ): 1) What are the perceptions of patients, relatives, and staff about family participation in physiotherapy-related tasks? and 2) What are the effects of interventions of family participation in physiotherapy-related tasks? ⋯ Positive attitudes were observed among patients, their relatives and staff towards family participation in physiotherapy-related tasks of critically ill patients. However, limited research has been done into the effect of interventions containing family participation in physiotherapy-related tasks.
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Journal of critical care · Apr 2021
ReviewMajor publications in the critical care pharmacotherapy literature: 2019.
To summarize selected meta-analyses and trials related to critical care pharmacotherapy published in 2019. ⋯ This clinical review and expert opinion provides summary and perspectives of clinical practice impact on influential critical care pharmacotherapy publications in 2019.
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Journal of critical care · Apr 2021
Meta AnalysisSystolic dysfunction as evaluated by tissue Doppler imaging echocardiography and mortality in septic patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Septic induced cardiomyopathy has a wide spectrum of presentation, being associated with systolic and/or diastolic dysfunction. There is currently no evidence of association between left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction and mortality in septic patients. ⋯ There is no association between mortality and LV systolic function as evaluated by TDI s' wave in septic patients.