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    Reintubation after planned extubation in surgical ICU patients: a case-control study

    Objectives. Risk factors of reintubation were studied after planned extubation in a surgical ICU. Methods. A retrospective case-control study was performed in patients ventilated more than 48 h. ...

    Hervé Dupont, Yves Le Port, Catherine Paugam-Burtz, Jean Mantz in Intensive Care Medicine (2001)

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    Bispectral index variations during tracheal suction in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients: effect of an alfentanil bolus

    Objective: To evaluate the impact of an alfentanil dose on bispectral index (BIS) variations during tracheal suction in ICU sedated patients. Design and setting: A prospective open-label pilot st...

    Elsa Brocas, Hervé Dupont, Catherine Paugam-Burtz in Intensive Care Medicine (2002)

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    Variation of infected cell count in bronchoalveolar lavage and timing of ventilator-associated pneumonia

    The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the accuracy of the percentage of infected cells (%IC) in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) diagnosis according to its ons...

    Hervé Dupont, Viviane Chalhoub, Gaëtan Plantefève in Intensive Care Medicine (2004)

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    Successful long-term program for controlling methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in intensive care units

    To evaluate the effectiveness of screening strategy and contact precautions for patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

    Jean-Christophe Lucet, Xavier Paoletti, Isabelle Lolom in Intensive Care Medicine (2005)

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    Frequency and clinical impact of preserved bispectral index activity during deep sedation in mechanically ventilated ICU patients

    Despite an overall correlation between the bispectral index of the EEG (BIS) and clinical sedation assessment, unexpectedly high BIS values can be observed at deep sedation levels. We assessed the frequency, i...

    Pierre Trouiller, Pascal Fangio, Catherine Paugam-Burtz in Intensive Care Medicine (2009)

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    Effect of early postextubation high-flow nasal cannula vs conventional oxygen therapy on hypoxaemia in patients after major abdominal surgery: a French multicentre randomised controlled trial (OPERA)

    High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) oxygen therapy is attracting increasing interest in acute medicine as an alternative to standard oxygen therapy; however, its use to prevent hypoxaemia after major abdominal surg...

    Emmanuel Futier, Catherine Paugam-Burtz, Thomas Godet in Intensive Care Medicine (2016)

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    Early enteral nutrition in critically ill patients: ESICM clinical practice guidelines

    To provide evidence-based guidelines for early enteral nutrition (EEN) during critical illness.

    Annika Reintam Blaser, Joel Starkopf, Waleed Alhazzani in Intensive Care Medicine (2017)

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    Plasmapheresis: better late than never

    Marion Guillouët, Alexis Lemasson, Catherine Paugam-Burtz in Intensive Care Medicine (2020)