Journal of critical care
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Journal of critical care · Feb 2024
Malglycemia in the critical care setting. Part II: Relative and absolute hypoglycemia.
The relationship between critical care mortality and hypoglycemia, both relative (>30% below average preadmission glycemia) and absolute (blood glucose (BG) <70 mg/dL (<10 mmol/L)) requires further definition. ⋯ Relative hypoglycemia represented by excursions below GR 0.7 in those with HbA1c ≥ 8% occurred commonly and was independently associated with mortality. Absolute hypoglycemia had similar association with mortality regardless of HbA1c.
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Journal of critical care · Feb 2024
Comparation of the outcomes between ProGlide based post-closure technique and arteriotomy repair for veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation decannulation.
To compare outcomes between post-closure technique based on ProGlide and arteriotomy repair for veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) decannulation in this study. ⋯ Our study showed the post-closure technique based on ProGlide for VA-ECMO decannulation is feasible, safe and effective.
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Journal of critical care · Feb 2024
Impact of missing values on the ability of the acute physiology and chronic health evaluation III and Japan risk of death models to predict mortality.
This study assessed model performance of the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) III and Japan Risk of Death (JROD) when degraded by the number and category of missing variables. We also examined the impact of missing data on predicted mortality for facilities with missing physiological variables. ⋯ An increased number of missing physiological variables resulted in falsely low predicted mortality rates and high SMRs.