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Resuscitation fluid practices in Brazilian intensive care units: A secondary an...
de Freitas, Flavio Geraldo Rezende; Hammond, Naomi; Li, Yang; de Azevedo, Luciano Cesar Pontes; Cavalcanti, Alexandre Biasi; Taniguchi, LeandroMade available in DSpace on 2022-04-29T08:30:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-04-01; National Health and Medical Research Council; Objective: To describe fluid resuscitation practices in Brazilian intensive care units and to compare them with those of other countries participating in the Fluid-TRIPS. Methods: This was a prospective, international, cross-sectional, observational study in...
Hospital-acquired intestinal toxemia botulism in a newly diagnosed adult colon ...
Fonseca, Lucas José Sá da; Carvalho, Diogo Couto de; Moraes, Helena Providelli de; Feitosa, Izabela Dayany França; Pereira Neto, GilThis manuscript reports a case of intestinal toxemia botulism in an adult with recently diagnosed metastatic colon cancer in whom botulism symptoms began 23 days after hospital admission. Representing the rarest form of botulism presentation in clinical practice, this infectious disease may have developed due to a cluster of predisposing factors that favored Clostridium botulinum colonization and the endogenous...
Factors associated with short and long term cognitive changes in patients with ...
Calsavara, Allan Jefferson Cruz; Costa, Priscila A.; Nobre, Vandack; Teixeira, Antônio LúcioThis study aimed to assess cognition in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock and whether cognitive impairment was associated with clinical and laboratory parameters. We conducted a cohort study of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock evaluated within 24 h and one year after ICU discharge. Demographic, clinical and laboratory data were analyzed, and the following neuropsychological tests were appl...
Post-sepsis cognitive impairment and associated risk factors : a systematic rev...
Calsavara, Allan Jefferson Cruz; Nobre, Vandack; Barichello, Tatiana; Teixeira, Antônio LúcioIntroduction: Post-sepsis cognitive impairment is one of the major sequelae observed in survivors ofsepsis. This cognitive impairment can be global or may affect specific domains. A better understandingof these deficits and associated risk factors could influence the care of patients with sepsis.Objective: To perform a systematic review to investigate the presence of cognitive impairment and itsassociated risk ...
The behavior and diagnostic utility of procalcitonin and five other inflammator...
Paiva, Mariana Benevides Santos; Botoni, Fernando Antônio; Teixeira Jr., Antônio Lúcio; Miranda, Aline Silva de; Oliveira, Clara Rodrigues Alves deOBJECTIVES: During the 2009 influenza A H1N1 pandemic, it became difficult to differentiate viral infections from other conditions in patients admitted to the intensive care unit. We sought to evaluate the behavior and diagnostic utility of procalcitonin, C-reactive protein and four other molecules in patients with suspected 2009 Influenza A H1N1 infection. METHODS: The serum levels of procalcitonin, C-reactive...
Plasma levels of procalcitonin and eight additional inflammatory molecules in f...
Neuenschwander, Letícia Carvalho; Bittencourt, Henrique; Ribeiro, Ana Flávia Tibúrcio; Teixeira, Antônio Lúcio; Teixeira, Mauro M.OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to examine the association between different inflammatory markers and specific clinical endpoints in patients with febrile neutropenia. METHOD: We prospectively evaluated the expression of procalcitonin (PCT), interleukin 8 (IL-8), induced protein-10, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-a), two soluble TNF-a receptors (sTNF-R I and sTNF-R II), monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), mac...
Opportunistic infections in patients with aids admitted to an university hospit...
Nobre, Vandack; Braga, Emanuella; Rayes, Abdunnabi; Serufo, José Carlos; Godoy, Pérsio; Nunes, Nívea; Antunes, Carlos MaurícioOpportunistic diseases in HIV-infected patients have changed since the introduction of highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART). This study aims at evaluating the frequency of associated diseases in patients with AIDS admitted to an university hospital of Brazil, before and after HAART. The medical records of 342 HIV-infected patients were reviewed and divided into two groups: group 1 comprised 247 patient...