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Joel Starkopf
Emergency Medicine
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Open AccessThe incidences of acute mesenteric ischaemia vary greatly depending on the population and diagnostic activity
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Open AccessIncidence, diagnosis, management and outcome of acute mesenteric ischaemia: a prospective, multicentre observational study (AMESI Study)
The aim of this multicentre prospective observational study was to identify the incidence, patient characteristics, diagnostic pathway, management and outcome of acute mesenteric ischaemia (AMI).
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Open AccessDiagnostic accuracy of biomarkers to detect acute mesenteric ischaemia in adult patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Acute mesenteric ischaemia (AMI) is a disease with different pathophysiological mechanisms, leading to a life-threatening condition that is difficult to diagnose based solely on clinical signs. Despite widely ...
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Acute abdominal pain at referral emergency departments: an analysis of performance of three time-dependent quality indicators
Abdominal pain is one of the most frequent causes for emergency department (ED) visits. The quality of care and outcomes are determined by time-dependent interventions with barriers to implementation at crowde...
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Associations between elevated high-sensitive cardiac troponin t and outcomes in patients with acute abdominal pain
The purpose of this study was to determine outcomes in patients presenting to emergency department (ED) with acute abdominal pain and suspected occult myocardial injury [OMI (high-sensitive cardiac troponin T,...
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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 AccessGastrointestinal dysfunction in the critically ill: a systematic sco** review and research agenda proposed by the Section of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
Gastrointestinal (GI) dysfunction is frequent in the critically ill but can be overlooked as a result of the lack of standardization of the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. We aimed to develop a research...
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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 AccessRisk factors for intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome among adult intensive care unit patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Although intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) and abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality among critically ill adults, it remains unknown if prevention or tre...
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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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Erratum to: Gastrointestinal Failure score in critically ill patients: a prospective observational study
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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...
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Open AccessGastrointestinal Failure score in critically ill patients: a prospective observational study
There are no universally accepted diagnostic criteria for gastrointestinal failure in critically ill patients. In the present study we tested whether the occurrence of food intolerance (FI) and intra-abdominal...
