Medicina intensiva
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study Observational Study
Comparative analysis of patients admitted to Spanish Intensive Care Units due to medical and surgical disease.
To describe the characteristics of the patients case-mix admitted to ICUs due to medical and surgical disease, and to compare both groups. ⋯ The mortality rate is higher in non-coronary medical patients, though resource use per patient is greater in the urgent surgery cases. The APACHE II scale underestimates mortality in emergency surgery patients.
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Renal replacement therapy in Intensive Care Units in Catalonia (Spain).
To assess the indications, settings and techniques used in renal replacement therapy (RRT) in Intensive Care Units (ICUs). ⋯ The ICU physicians in this study followed current RRT guidelines. CRRT was preferred over intermittent renal replacement therapy, regardless of patient hemodynamic status.