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Sleep Disturbances in Hospitalized and Intensive Care Unit Patients
Sleep disturbance is a commonly overlooked complication of hospitalized and intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Sleep in critically ill patients is...
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Congenital CMV infection in a Brazilian neonatal intensive care unit: high prevalence among twin newborns
BackgroundCytomegalovirus (CMV) is one of the most important pathogens associated with congenital infection worldwide. Most congenital CMV-infected...
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Tissue perfusion pressure enables continuous hemodynamic evaluation and risk prediction in the intensive care unit
Treatment of circulatory shock in critically ill patients requires management of blood pressure using invasive monitoring, but uncertainty remains as...
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The prevalence of multidrug resistance in uropathogens of patients admitted in the intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common bacterial infections, posing significant public health challenges due to increasing...
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Risk Factors Associated with Suboptimal Tobramycin Levels in the Medical Intensive Care Unit
BackgroundOptimal aminoglycoside dosing in critically ill patients represents a challenge for practitioners, especially in the medical intensive care...
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Influence of arterial blood gases on the renal arterial resistive index in intensive care unit
BackgroundRenal artery Doppler sonography with resistive index (RI) determination is a noninvasive, fast, and reliable diagnostic tool increasingly...
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Healthcare‑associated infections in intensive care unit patients with and without COVID-19: a single center prospective surveillance study
BackgroundThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to a global increase in healthcare-associated infections (HAI) among intensive care...
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Longitudinal genomic surveillance of carriage and transmission of Clostridioides difficile in an intensive care unit
Despite enhanced infection prevention efforts, Clostridioides difficile remains the leading cause of healthcare-associated infections in the United...
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Neurological monitoring and sedation protocols in the Liver Intensive Care Unit
Patients with liver disease often have alteration of neurological status which requires admission to an intensive care unit. Patients with acute...
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Evolution, control and success of combination therapy with Ampicilin-sulbactam/Ceftazidime-Avibactam during a Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak in burn Intensive Care Unit
We present our findings on interpatient transmission, epidemic control measures, and the outcomes of a series of ten critically ill burn patients who...
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Outbreak of Candida parapsilosis fungemia in an intensive care unit during a COVID surge: an epidemic within a pandemic
We sought to investigate epidemiology, risk factors, clinical features, and outcome of the C. parapsilosis blood stream infection (BSI) outbreaks...
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Effectiveness of tailored screening for multidrug-resistant organisms upon admission to an intensive care unit in the United Arab Emirates
BackgroundMultidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) screening may identify high-risk patients for MDRO infection and curb the spread of these resistant...
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The feasibility of using mouthpiece ventilation in the intensive care unit for post-extubation breathing support after acute tetraplegia
Study designA prospective cohort of patients with acute tetraplegia.
ObjectivesThis study aimed to determine the feasibility of using mouthpiece...
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Risk factors for progression to bacteremia among patients with nosocomial carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit
Antibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii ( A. baumannii ) is a common cause of hospital-acquired infections. This study aimed to identify...
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Artificial Intelligence in Intensive Care Medicine: Toward a ChatGPT/GPT-4 Way?
Although intensive care medicine (ICM) is a relatively young discipline, it has rapidly developed into a full-fledged and highly specialized...
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Multimodal assessment of intensive care unit-acquired weakness in severe stroke patients
BackgroundIntensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICUAW) defines generalized muscle weakness seen in critically ill patients in the absence of other...
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Investigating environmental transmission to resolve a Bacillus cereus group outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit using core genome multilocus sequence ty**
BackgroundWe analyzed an outbreak of Bacillus cereus group (Bcg) at a single-center neonatal intensive care unit level IV by conducting...
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Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections and associated factors in a Kenyan intensive care unit: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundPatients admitted to intensive care units (ICU) are at risk of Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) infections, especially those caused by...
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Gram-negative bacterial infections in surgical intensive care unit patients following abdominal surgery: high mortality associated with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection
BackgroundStenotrophomonas maltophilia , a multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria (GNB), is an emerging nosocomial pathogen. This study assessed...
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Implementation of a PCR-based strategy to control an outbreak by Serratia marcescens in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
ObjectivesTo evaluate the clinical and epidemiological impact of a new molecular surveillance strategy based on qPCR to control an outbreak by Serrati...
