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Open AccessICU survival and need of renal replacement therapy with respect to AKI duration in critically ill patients
Transient and persistent acute kidney injury (AKI) could share similar physiopathological mechanisms. The objective of our study was to assess prognostic impact of AKI duration on ICU mortality.
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Open AccessESICM LIVES 2016: part three
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Early Cooling in Cardiac Arrest: What is the Evidence?
Cardiac arrest is a major cause of unexpected death in developed countries, with survival rates ranging from less than 5% to 35% [1, 2]. In patients who are initially resuscitated, anoxic neurological injury is a...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Early Cooling in Cardiac Arrest: What is the Evidence?
Cardiac arrest is a major cause of unexpected death in developed countries, with survival rates ranging from less than 5 % to 35 % [1, 2]. In patients who are initially resuscitated, anoxic neurological injury is...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Influence of Gender on Outcome of Severe Sepsis
Whether gender influences the outcome of severe sepsis remains a matter of debate. Because many confounding variables may affect observed associations between gender and mortality, high-quality statistical ana...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Influence of Gender on Outcome of Severe Sepsis
Whether gender influences the outcome of severe sepsis remains a matter of debate. Because many confounding variables may affect observed associations between gender and mortality, high-quality statistical ana...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Thrombotic Microangiopathies
Since the first description in 1925, thrombotic microangiopathies (TMA) have led to one of the most exciting fields of ongoing research to elucidate the pathophysiologic mechanisms responsible for this disorde...
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Chapter
Thrombotic Microangiopathies
Since the first description in 1925, thrombotic microangiopathies (TMA) have led to one of the most exciting fields of ongoing research to elucidate the pathophysiologic mechanisms responsible for this disorde...
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Article
Predictors of short-term mortality in critically ill patients with solid malignancies
Admission of cancer patients with serious medical complications to the ICU remains controversial primarily because of the high short-term mortality rates in these patients. However, the cancer patient populat...
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The inflammatory balance in human sepsis
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Effects of Inhaled Nitric Oxide on Circulating Blood Cells
Endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF), an endogenous vasodilator released from vascular endothelium, was identified as nitric oxide (NO) in 1987 [1]. Subsequent studies have demonstrated that exogenous ni...
