Post-intubation tracheal laceration. Over-insufflation of the cuff as risk factor
Publication date: Available online 23 January 2020Source: Medicina Intensiva (English Edition)Author(s): F.P. Delgado Moya, M. Valiente Fernández, A. Lesmes González de Aledo (Source: Medicina Intensiva)
Source: Medicina Intensiva - January 24, 2020 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
In reply to «Veteran or novice in end-of-life decision-making in intensive care medicine? Promote ethical deliberation»
Publication date: Available online 21 January 2020Source: Medicina Intensiva (English Edition)Author(s): V. Blazquez, A. Rodríguez, A. Sandiumenge, M. Bodí (Source: Medicina Intensiva)
Source: Medicina Intensiva - January 22, 2020 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
To reduce the current rates of catheter-related bacteremia after the implementation of the Zero programs: This is the challenge
Publication date: Available online 21 January 2020Source: Medicina Intensiva (English Edition)Author(s): L. Lorente (Source: Medicina Intensiva)
Source: Medicina Intensiva - January 22, 2020 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
Veteran or novice in end-of-life decision-making in intensive care medicine? Promote ethical deliberation
Publication date: Available online 21 January 2020Source: Medicina Intensiva (English Edition)Author(s): Á. Estella (Source: Medicina Intensiva)
Source: Medicina Intensiva - January 22, 2020 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
Alveolar hemorrhage due to cardiac massage
Publication date: January–February 2020Source: Medicina Intensiva (English Edition), Volume 44, Issue 1Author(s): Á. Vidal, N. Arias, J.A. Rubio (Source: Medicina Intensiva)
Source: Medicina Intensiva - January 11, 2020 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
Evaluation of two intensive care models in relation to successful extubation after cardiac surgery
ConclusionsThe intensivist-directed care model showed improved rates of successful extubation and shorter MV durations after cardiac surgery.ResumenObjetivoComparar el manejo entre intensivistas y cirujanos de pacientes de cirugía cardíaca en la unidad de cuidados intensivos.DiseñoEste estudio de control retrospectivo se llevó a cabo con una cohorte de pacientes adultos de cirugía cardíaca. Durante la primera fase (de marzo a agosto de 2015), los cirujanos cardíacos estuvieron a cargo del manejo médico en la unidad; y durante la segunda fase (septiembre de 2015 a junio de 2016), lo hicieron intensivistas. Comparamo...
Source: Medicina Intensiva - January 11, 2020 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
Massive Pericardial Effusion with Cardiac Tamponade
Publication date: January–February 2020Source: Medicina Intensiva (English Edition), Volume 44, Issue 1Author(s): Ching-Hui Sia, Marjorie Arong, William Kok-Fai Kong (Source: Medicina Intensiva)
Source: Medicina Intensiva - January 11, 2020 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
Predictive ability of the CardShock score in patients with profound cardiogenic shock undergoing venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support
Publication date: Available online 20 December 2019Source: Medicina Intensiva (English Edition)Author(s): J.C. Sánchez-Salado, V. Lorente, O. Alegre, I. Llaó, L. Blázquez, A. Ariza-Solé (Source: Medicina Intensiva)
Source: Medicina Intensiva - December 21, 2019 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
Third liver transplant: How far should we go?
Publication date: Available online 18 December 2019Source: Medicina Intensiva (English Edition)Author(s): J. Gutiérrez Gutiérrez, J. Czapka Mital, T. Grau Carmona (Source: Medicina Intensiva)
Source: Medicina Intensiva - December 20, 2019 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
Perioperative Period Of Reconstructive And Burn Surgery In Intensive Care Medicine
Publication date: Available online 19 December 2019Source: Medicina Intensiva (English Edition)Author(s): M. Sánchez-Sánchez, J.R. Martínez, B. Civantos, Pablo MillánAbstractBurned patients may need prolonged admissions in the Intensive Care Service, both for initial care and for the pre and postoperative treatment of the multiple surgeries they require. The initial resuscitation of critically burned patients requires adequate monitoring to calculate the fluid therapy necessary to replenish the losses and ensure tissue perfusion, but without excesses that increase interstitial edema. In addition, monitoring can evaluat...
Source: Medicina Intensiva - December 20, 2019 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
Lung overdistension monitorization by ultrasound in a patient with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Publication date: Available online 17 December 2019Source: Medicina Intensiva (English Edition)Author(s): A. Alonso-Ojembarrena (Source: Medicina Intensiva)
Source: Medicina Intensiva - December 18, 2019 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
Association between obesity and mortality in adult patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation: A systematic review and meta-analysis
ConclusionNo relationship was found between the subgroup of obese adult patients receiving IMV and the mortality variable in the ICU.ResumenObjetivoEvaluar si existe asociación entre obesidad y mortalidad en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos (UCI) en pacientes adultos que reciben ventilación mecánica invasiva.DiseñoRevisión sistemática con metaanálisis.ÁmbitoUCI.Fuente de datosSe realizó una búsqueda en las bases de datos MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, CINAHL y Global Health sin restricción de lenguaje, hasta el 21 de febrero del año 2017.Selección de estudiosSe incluyeron estudios que informaron mortalidad en UCI ...
Source: Medicina Intensiva - December 14, 2019 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
Identification of Senior At Risk scale predicts 30-day mortality among older patients with acute heart failure
Conclusionsscale is a brief and easy tool that should be considered for frailty screening during initial assessment of older patients attended with AHF for predicting 30-day mortality.ResumenObjetivoEvaluar la utilidad de la escala de cribado de la fragilidad (Identification of Senior at Risk [ISAR]) para predecir la mortalidad a los 30 días en los pacientes mayores atendidos por insuficiencia cardiaca aguda (ICA) en los servicios de urgencias hospitalarios (SUH).DiseñoEstudio multicéntrico observacional de cohorte multipropósito.ÁmbitoRegistro OAK-3.ParticipantesPacientes ≥ 65 años atendidos por ICA en 16 SUH espa...
Source: Medicina Intensiva - December 13, 2019 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
Complications of tuberculous meningitis in magnetic resonance imaging in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus
Publication date: Available online 11 December 2019Source: Medicina Intensiva (English Edition)Author(s): F.G. Márquez-Villegas, A. Elizalde-Figueroa, J.P. Venzor-Castellanos (Source: Medicina Intensiva)
Source: Medicina Intensiva - December 11, 2019 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
In reply to: «The diagnosis of delirium in pediatric intensive care: A burdensome yet essential task»
Publication date: Available online 7 December 2019Source: Medicina Intensiva (English Edition)Author(s): C. Ricardo Ramírez, M. Álvarez Gómez, J.G. Franco Vásquez (Source: Medicina Intensiva)
Source: Medicina Intensiva - December 8, 2019 Category: Intensive Care Source Type: research
