Journal of critical care
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Journal of critical care · Feb 2020
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyGender differences in mortality and quality of life after septic shock: A post-hoc analysis of the ARISE study.
To assess the impact of gender and pre-menopausal state on short- and long-term outcomes in patients with septic shock. ⋯ This post-hoc analysis of a large multi-center trial in early septic shock has shown no short- or long-term survival effect for women overall as well as in the pre-menopausal age-group.
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Journal of critical care · Feb 2020
Multicenter StudyAssessment of the current capacity of intensive care units in Uganda; A descriptive study.
To describe the organizational characteristics of functional ICUs in Uganda. ⋯ This study shows limited accessibility to critical care services in Uganda. With a high variability in the ICU operational characteristics, there is a need for standardization of ICU care in the country.
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Journal of critical care · Feb 2020
Multicenter StudyMachine learning to predict 30-day quality-adjusted survival in critically ill patients with cancer.
To develop and compare the predictive performance of machine-learning algorithms to estimate the risk of quality-adjusted life year (QALY) lower than or equal to 30 days (30-day QALY). ⋯ Except for basic decision trees, predictive models derived from different machine-learning algorithms discriminated the QALY risk at 30 days well. Regarding calibration, artificial neural network model presented the best ability to estimate 30-day QALY in critically ill oncologic patients admitted to ICUs.
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Journal of critical care · Feb 2020
Multicenter StudyChanges in frailty among ICU survivors and associated factors: Results of a one-year prospective cohort study using the Dutch Clinical Frailty Scale.
Frailty is an important predictor for the prognosis of intensive care unit (ICU) patients. This study examined changes in frailty in the year after ICU admission, and its associated factors. ⋯ ClinicalTrials.gov database (NCT03246334).
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Journal of critical care · Feb 2020
Multicenter StudyTHAI-ICU score as a simplified severity score for critically ill patients in a resource limited setting: Result from SEA-AKI study group.
To create a simplified ICU scoring system to predict mortality in critically ill patients that can be feasibly applied in resource limited setting with good performance of predicting hospital mortality. ⋯ The THAI-ICU score is a new simplified severity score for predicting hospital mortality. The simplicity of the score will increase the possibility to apply in resource limited settings.