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Critically ill patient mortality by age: long-term follow-up (CIMbA-LT)

Background The past years have witnessed dramatic changes in the population admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). Older and sicker patients are now commonly treated in this setting due to the newly available sophisticated life support. However, the short- and long-term benefit of this strategy is scarcely studied. Methods The Critically Ill patients’ mortality by age: Long-Term follow-up (CIMbA-LT) was a m...

The benefit of macrolide therapy in patients with pneumococcal pneumonia is onl...

Critically ill patient mortality by age

Funding Information: Collaborators of the CIMBA-LT study: Hospital Vila Franca de Xira: André Oliveira; João Gonçalves-Pereira; Joaquim Lima. Centro Hospitalar de Médio Tejo (Abrantes): Rui Assis; Joana Monteiro. Hospital Nélio Mendonça (Funchal): André Simões; Catarina Lume. Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Vila Real): Maria João Pinto. Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia: Sara Pipa. Hospit...

Critically ill patient mortality by age: long-term follow-up (CIMbA-LT)

BackgroundThe past years have witnessed dramatic changes in the population admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). Older and sicker patients are now commonly treated in this setting due to the newly available sophisticated life support. However, the short- and long-term benefit of this strategy is scarcely studied.MethodsThe Critically Ill patients' mortality by age: Long-Term follow-up (CIMbA-LT) was a mult...

Prognostic value of hyperlactatemia in infected patients admitted to intensive ...

Objective: To evaluate the influence of patient characteristics on hyperlactatemia in an infected population admitted to intensive care units and the influence of hyperlactatemia severity on hospital mortality. Methods: A post hoc analysis of hyperlactatemia in the INFAUCI study, a national prospective, observational, multicenter study, was conducted in 14 Portuguese intensive care units. Infected patients admi...

Clinical nutrition issues in 2022: What is missing to trust supplemental parent...

A multidisciplinary group of international physicians involved in the medical nutrition therapy (MNT) of adult critically ill patients met to discuss the value, role, and open questions regarding supplemental parenteral nutrition (SPN) along with oral or enteral nutrition (EN), particularly in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting. This manuscript summarizes the discussions and results to highlight the importan...

The PALliative MUlticenter Study in Intensive Care (PalMuSIC). Results From a M...

Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2021.; Introduction: Frailty is a clinically recognizable state of increased vulnerability common in critical medicine. When underrecognized, it may lead to invasive treatments that do not serve the patients’ best interest. Our aim was to evaluate the use of both palliative care consultation and invasive interventions in frail patients admitted to Intensive Care Units in Por...

The PALliative MUlticenter Study in Intensive Care (PalMuSIC). Results From a M...

Objective: Frailty is a clinically recognizable state of increased vulnerability common in critical medicine. When underrecognized, it may lead to invasive treatments that do not serve the patients’ best interest. Our aim was to evaluate the use of both palliative care consultation and invasive interventions in frail patients admitted to Intensive Care Units in Portugal. Methods: This was a prospective, observa...

Pneumonia: Diferenças da história natural de acordo com o agente

Introdução: É conhecida a associação entre a morbilidade e mortalidade da pneumonia adquirida na comunidade (PAC) com a idade e as múltiplas comorbilidades. Menos documentada é a influência do agente da infeção na evolução clínica da PAC. No entanto, tanto o Streptococcus pneumoniae como a Legionella pneumophila estão associadas a elevada taxa de mortalidade na PAC. Objetivos: Comparar a apresentação clínica e ...

Infection at The End Of Life: Is Antimicrobial Therapy of Benefit?

Palliative care includes comprehensive strategies to optimize the quality of life for patients and families confrontingterminal illness. Clinical manifestations and symptoms maybe difficult to interpret. Although inflammation may prevail,the state of immunosenescence makes the infectious disease pauci-symptomatic and different from usual. Adynamia,fever, and cough, are often interpreted and medicated as infecti...