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Comparison of Two Central Venous Pressure Control Strategies to Prevent Atrial Fibrillation After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Arq. bras. cardiol; 108 (4), 2017
Abstract Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) takes place in 10-40% of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), and increases cardiovascular mortality. Enlargement of atrial chambers is associated with increased AF incidence, so patients with higher central venous pressure (CVP) are e...

Intraventricular hemorrhage after dural fistula embolization

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 67 (2), 2017
Abstract Background and objectives: Dural arteriovenous fistulas are anomalous shunts between dural arterial and venous channels whose nidus is located between the dural leaflets. For those circumstances when invasive treatment is mandatory, endovascular techniques have grown to become the mainstay of p...

Colonización por Klebsiella pneumoniae productora de carbapenemasa tipo KPC en un hospital universitario
KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae colonization at a University Hospital

Medicina (B.Aires); 77 (2), 2017
Se realizó un estudio de vigilancia en un Hospital Universitario de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires con el fin de determinar la prevalencia de colonización por cepas de Klebsiella pneumoniae productora de carbapenemasa, bacterias de gran importancia epidemiológica. A tal fin, se investigó su pres...

Preditores, padrão de desmame e desfecho em longo prazo de pacientes com ventilação mecânica prolongada em unidade de terapia intensiva no norte da Índia

RESUMO Objetivo: Examinar as características clínicas, o padrão de desmame e o desfecho de pacientes que necessitaram de ventilação mecânica por tempo prolongado em uma unidade de terapia intensiva em um país com recursos financeiros limitados. Métodos: Estudo prospectivo observacional em centr...

Doença crítica crônica: estamos salvando ou criando vítimas?

RESUMO Os avanços tecnológicos que permitem dar suporte às disfunções de órgãos levaram a um aumento nas taxas de sobrevivência para a maioria dos pacientes críticos. Alguns destes pacientes sobrevivem à condição crítica inicial, porém continuam a sofrer com disfunções de órgãos e perma...

Evidence-based guides in tracheostomy use in critical patients

Med. intensiva; 41 (2), 2017
Objetivos: Proporcionar guías de traqueostomía para el paciente crítico, basadas en la evidencia científica disponible, y facilitar la identificación de áreas en las cuales se requieren mayores estudios. Métodos: Un grupo de trabajo formado con representantes de 10 países pertenecientes a la Fede...

Incidencia del tiempo de internación en la terapia neonatal sobre las interacciones madre-bebé de alto riesgo

Resumen Se consideran como bebés de alto riesgo a aquellos que requieren cuidados especiales, independientemente de su edad gestacional o su peso de nacimiento. Esto implica que las primeras interacciones madre-hijo tendrán lugar en una Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Neonatales. Se presentan los resulta...

Is total lymphocyte count related to nutritional markers in hospitalized older adults?

Arq. gastroenterol; 54 (1), 2017
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Older patients are commonly malnourished during hospital stay, and a high prevalence of malnutrition is found in hospitalized patients aged more than 65 years. OBJECTIVE To investigate whether total lymphocyte count is related to other nutritional markers in hospitalized older adult...

Hospitalization rates, length of stay and in-hospital mortality in a cohort of HIV infected patients from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Braz. j. infect. dis; 21 (2), 2017
Abstract In this study, we evaluated trends in hospitalization rates, length of stay and in-hospital mortality in a cohort of HIV-infected patients in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 2007 through 2013. Among the 3991 included patients, 1861 hospitalizations occurred (hospitalization rate of 10.44/100 person...

Puntaje predictivo de emergencias médicas en un servicio médico quirúrgico, usando variables clínicas y los diagnósticos de ingreso

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (2), 2017
Background: The medical alert system (MAS) was created for the timely handling of clinical decompensations, experienced by patients hospitalized at the Medical Surgical Service (MSS) in a private clinic. It is activated by the nurse when hemodynamic, respiratory, neurological, infectious or metabolic alt...