Critical care medicine
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Critical care medicine · Jan 2014
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyEffect of Oropharyngeal Povidone-Iodine Preventive Oral Care on Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Severely Brain-Injured or Cerebral Hemorrhage Patients: A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial.
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of oral care with povidone-iodine on the occurrence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in a high-risk population. ⋯ There is no evidence to recommend oral care with povidone-iodine to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in high-risk patients. Furthermore, this strategy seems to increase the rate of acute respiratory distress syndrome.
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Critical care medicine · Jan 2014
Multicenter Study Observational StudyPercutaneous Coronary Intervention for Nonculprit Vessels in Cardiogenic Shock Complicating ST-Segment Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction.
We investigated the clinical impact of multivessel percutaneous coronary intervention in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock with multivessel disease. ⋯ Multivessel percutaneous coronary intervention could not reduce the prevalence of mortality in patients with cardiogenic shock complicating ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and multivessel disease during primary percutaneous coronary intervention.