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Obstetric admission to intensive care units in Japan: a cohort study using the Japanese Intensive care PAtient Database
PurposeThis study aimed to describe the epidemiology and annual trends of obstetric patients using a multicenter intensive care database.
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Association between intensive care unit nursing grade and mortality in patients with cardiogenic shock and its cost-effectiveness
BackgroundDespite the high workload of cardiac intensive care unit (ICU), there is a paucity of evidence on the association between nurse workforce...
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Trends in COVID-19 diagnoses and outcomes in infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit
ObjectiveCharacterize the prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) diagnosis among mothers with infants hospitalized in 294 neonatal...
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Plasma protein biomarkers reflective of the host response in patients develo** Intensive Care Unit-acquired pneumonia
BackgroundImmune suppression has been implicated in the occurrence of pneumonia in critically ill patients. We tested the hypothesis that Intensive...
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Impact of Dexmedetomidine Infusion on Opioid and Benzodiazepine Doses in Ventilated Pediatric Patients in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
IntroductionDexmedetomidine (DEX) is frequently used as an adjunct agent for prolonged sedation in the intensive care unit (ICU), though its effect...
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Alarm fatigue and perceived stress among critical care nurses in the intensive care units: Palestinian perspectives
ObjectiveThe frequency of alarms generated by monitors and other electro-medical devices is undeniably valuable but can simultaneously escalate the...
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Intensive care unit mortality and cost-effectiveness associated with intensivist staffing: a Japanese nationwide observational study
BackgroundJapan has four types of intensive care units (ICUs) that are divided into two categories according to the management fee charged per day:...
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Staff perspectives on the influence of patient characteristics on alarm management in the intensive care unit: a cross-sectional survey study
BackgroundHigh rates of clinical alarms in the intensive care unit can result in alarm fatigue among staff. Individualization of alarm thresholds is...
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Role of lactate level in predicting admission need to intensive care unit and short term outcomes in patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding
BackgroundOne of the most common emergencies seen in emergency departments is acute gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB). It’s associated with more...
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Routine postoperative admission to the neurocritical intensive care unit after microvascular decompression: necessary or can it be abandoned?
Postoperative neurocritical intensive care unit (NICU) admission of patients who underwent craniotomy for close observation is common practice. In...
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Intensive care unit length of stay and mortality comparison between on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass graft: a retrospective study
BackgroundRecently, coronary artery bypass graft ( CABG) techniques, both on-pump (ONCABG) and off-pump (OPCABG), were compared to seek the most...
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Association of hyperglycemia ratio and ventricular arrhythmia in critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit
IntroductionThe relationship between relative hyperglycemia and ventricular arrhythmia (VA) in critically ill patients admitted to intensive care...
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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Intensive Care Unit Delirium After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Retrospective Cohort Study
BackgroundDelirium remains understudied after traumatic brain injury (TBI). We sought to identify independent predictors of delirium among intensive...
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Risk factors associated with acute kidney injury in a pediatric intensive care unit in Addis Ababa Ethiopia: case-control study
BackgroundAcute kidney injury (AKI) is a serious health problem in critically ill children. It is associated with poor treatment outcomes and high...
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Epidemiologic features and outcomes associated with caustic ingestion among adults admitted in intensive care unit from 2013 to 2019: a French national observational study
PurposeCaustic ingestion is a potential life-threatening condition associated with high morbidity and mortality. Data on patients admitted to...
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Electroencephalogram in the intensive care unit: a focused look at acute brain injury
Over the past decades, electroencephalography (EEG) has become a widely applied and highly sophisticated brain monitoring tool in a variety of...
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Effect of antimicrobial de-escalation strategy on 14-day mortality among intensive care unit patients: a retrospective propensity score-matched cohort study with inverse probability-of-treatment weighting
PurposeThis study aimed to investigate the prevalence of antimicrobial de-escalation (ADE) strategy and assess its effect on 14-day mortality among...
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Neonatal intensive care unit occupancy rate and probability of discharge of very preterm infants
ObjectiveTo assess the association of NICU occupancy with probability of discharge and length of stay (LOS) among infants born <33 weeks gestational...
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The role of imaging in detecting and monitoring COVID-19 complications in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) setting
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Most people...
