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Cardiovascular SOFA score may not reflect current practice
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Gastrointestinal Failure, Clinical Presentations, and Treatment
Gastrointestinal (GI) dysfunction is thought to be a motor of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), but not included in scoring systems commonly used for MODS. One of the reasons for this contradiction i...
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Open AccessEarly enteral nutrition in critically ill patients: ESICM clinical practice guidelines
To provide evidence-based guidelines for early enteral nutrition (EEN) during critical illness.
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Open AccessSpace GlucoseControl system for blood glucose control in intensive care patients - a European multicentre observational study
Glycaemia control (GC) remains an important therapeutic goal in critically ill patients. The enhanced Model Predictive Control (eMPC) algorithm, which models the behaviour of blood glucose (BG) and insulin sen...
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Open AccessGastrointestinal symptoms during the first week of intensive care are associated with poor outcome: a prospective multicentre study
The study aimed to develop a gastrointestinal (GI) dysfunction score predicting 28-day mortality for adult patients needing mechanical ventilation (MV).
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Open AccessShould we measure intra-abdominal pressures in every intensive care patient?
Intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) is seldom measured by default in intensive care patients. This review summarises the current evidence on the prevalence and risk factors of intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) to ...
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Open AccessModerate intra-abdominal hypertension is associated with an increased lactate-pyruvate ratio in the rectus abdominis muscle tissue: a pilot study during laparoscopic surgery
The development of intra-abdominal hypertension [IAH] in critically ill patients admitted to the ICU is an independent predictor of mortality. In an attempt to find an early, clinically relevant metabolic sign...
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Open AccessGastrointestinal function in intensive care patients: terminology, definitions and management. Recommendations of the ESICM Working Group on Abdominal Problems
Acute gastrointestinal (GI) dysfunction and failure have been increasingly recognized in critically ill patients. The variety of definitions proposed in the past has led to confusion and difficulty in comparin...
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Primary and secondary intra-abdominal hypertension—different impact on ICU outcome
To investigate the differences in incidence, time course and outcome of primary versus secondary intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH), and to evaluate IAH as an independent risk factor of mortality in a presumab...
