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Open AccessEuropean Network for ICU-Related Respiratory Infections (ENIRRIs): a multinational, prospective, cohort study of nosocomial LRTI
Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) are the most frequent infectious complication in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). We aim to report the clinical characteristics of ICU-admitted pati...
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Weaning Outcomes in Patients with Brain Injury
Despite the need for specific weaning strategies in neurological patients, evidence is generally insufficient or lacking. We aimed to describe the evolution over time of weaning and extubation practices in pat...
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Early-Onset Scoliosis Treatment in an Outreach Setting
Early-onset scoliosis (EOS) is one of the most challenging conditions in pediatric orthopedics. Whether it is on the private or public sector, treating EOS in areas of limited resources represents even more ch...
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Open AccessMachine learning predicts mortality based on analysis of ventilation parameters of critically ill patients: multi-centre validation
Mechanical Ventilation (MV) is a complex and central treatment process in the care of critically ill patients. It influences acid–base balance and can also cause prognostically relevant biotrauma by generating...
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Mission Trips: How Outreach Changed My Life
In this chapter, Dr. Rios and Dr. Mundis discuss neurosurgical mission trips. Surgical volunteerism has become increasingly popular. The impact that outreach has on volunteers exceeds expectations. Surgical mi...
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Open AccessCharacteristics of resuscitation, and association between use of dynamic tests of fluid responsiveness and outcomes in septic patients: results of a multicenter prospective cohort study in Argentina
Resuscitation of septic patients regarding goals, monitoring aspects and therapy is highly variable. Our aim was to characterize cardiovascular and fluid management of sepsis in Argentina, a low and middle-inc...
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Inter-country variability over time in the mortality of mechanically ventilated patients
Variations in clinical characteristics and management and in the mortality of mechanically ventilated patients have not been sufficiently evaluated. We hypothesized that mortality shows a variability associate...
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Open AccessInternational Analgesia, Sedation, and Delirium Practices: a prospective cohort study
While understanding of critical illness and delirium continue to evolve, the impact on clinical practice is often unknown and delayed. Our purpose was to provide insight into practice changes by characterizing...
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Gesture Recognition Using an EEG Sensor and an ANN Classifier for Control of a Robotic Manipulator
In recent years, electroencephalography (EEG) has gained popularity in the field of brain-computer interface (BCI). Current applications of BCI include control of prosthetics and robotic systems. In this proje...
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Open AccessThe practice of intensive care in Latin America: a survey of academic intensivists
Intensive care medicine is a relatively young discipline that has rapidly grown into a full-fledged medical subspecialty. Intensivists are responsible for managing an ever-increasing number of patients with co...
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Severe hypercapnia and outcome of mechanically ventilated patients with moderate or severe acute respiratory distress syndrome
To analyze the relationship between hypercapnia develo** within the first 48 h after the start of mechanical ventilation and outcome in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
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Open AccessManagement and outcome of mechanically ventilated patients after cardiac arrest
The aim of this study was to describe and compare the changes in ventilator management and complications over time, as well as variables associated with 28-day hospital mortality in patients receiving mechanic...
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Impact of sedation and analgesia during noninvasive positive pressure ventilation on outcome: a marginal structural model causal analysis
There are limited data available about the role of sedation and analgesia during noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV). The objective of study was to estimate the effect of analgesic or sedative dru...
