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Competence of intensivists in focused transthoracic echocardiography in intensive care unit: A prospective observational study
Conclusion: Intensivists with requisite training in TTE were able to perform focused echocardiography with comparable accuracy to that of cardiologists. Further studies are required to elucidate the therapeutic implications of fTTE performed by the intensivists.
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - May 17, 2018 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Muthapillai Senthilnathan Pankaj Kundra Sandeep Kumar Mishra Savitri Velayudhan Ajith Ananthakrishna Pillai Source Type: research
Correlation of neutrophil CD64 with clinical profile and outcome of sepsis patients during intensive care unit stay
Conclusion: Monitoring serial nCD64 during ICU stay may be helpful in determining the clinical course of septic patients.
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - August 17, 2018 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Pralay Shankar Ghosh Harshit Singh Afzal Azim Vikas Agarwal Saurabh Chaturvedi Sai Saran Prabhaker Mishra Mohan Gurjar Arvind Kumar Baronia Banani Poddar Ratender Kumar Singh Ravi Mishra Source Type: research
A methodological study to develop a standard operational protocol for nurses on central line catheter care of patients in selected intensive care units
Conclusion: This protocol addresses interventions to enable staff to provide proper care of the central line catheter to prevent CLABSI.
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - August 14, 2017 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Rashmita Devi Sandhya Ghai Neena Vir Singh GD Puri Source Type: research
Fecal carriage of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae in intensive care unit patients
Conclusion: The study revealed high rates of carriage of ESBL producers in patients admitted to the ICU.
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - August 14, 2017 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Shalini Shenoy Mulki Kavya Ramamurthy Sevitha Bhat Source Type: research
Enhancing hospital well-being and minimizing intensive care unit trauma: Cushioning effects of psychosocial care
Conclusions: Although psychosocial care was not a component of hospital well-being and had a negative correlation with ICU trauma, it contributed significantly with a cushioning effect to minimize trauma and helped enhance the feelings and experiences of well-being among patients in ICU.
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - October 17, 2017 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Usha Chivukula Meena Hariharan Suvashisa Rana Marlyn Thomas Asher Andrew Source Type: research
Definition of terms used in limitation of treatment and providing palliative care at the end of life: The Indian council of medical research commission report
Naveen Salins, Roop Gursahani, Roli Mathur, Shivakumar Iyer, Stanley Macaden, Nagesh Simha, Raj Kumar Mani, MR RajagopalIndian Journal of Critical Care Medicine 2018 22(4):249-262Background: Indian hospitals, in general, lack policies on the limitation of inappropriate life-sustaining interventions at the end of life. To facilitate discussion, preparation of guidelines and framing of laws, terminologies relating to the treatment limitation, and providing palliative care at the end-of-life care (EOLC) need to be defined and brought up to date. Methodology: This consensus document on terminologies and definitions of terminol...
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - April 18, 2018 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Naveen Salins Roop Gursahani Roli Mathur Shivakumar Iyer Stanley Macaden Nagesh Simha Raj Kumar Mani MR Rajagopal Source Type: research
Clinical profile and outcome of patients with acute poisoning admitted in intensive care unit of tertiary care center in Eastern Nepal
Conclusion: Organophosphorous poisoning was the most common acute poisoning in young population leading to the ICU admission. Older age, delayed initiation of the resuscitative measures, need for mechanical ventilation, and hepatic failure significantly affected the mortality.
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - October 17, 2018 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Lalit Kumar Rajbanshi Batsalya Arjyal Rakesh Mandal Source Type: research
Anti-voltage-gated potassium channel antibody syndrome: A rare cause of hyponatremia in intensive care unit
Sulakshana Sulakshana, Shashi PrakashIndian Journal of Critical Care Medicine 2018 22(10):746-748Hyponatremia causing seizure is a common cause for admission in the critical care unit. Here, we describe a peculiar case of seizure due to hyponatremia, associated with anti-voltage-gated potassium channel antibody syndrome. This case emphasizes that how a proper workup can unveil unusual but potentially treatable causes of hyponatremia. The hallmark of this syndrome is that neurological symptoms may relapse or progress if the disorder is not recognized in time. This case report emphasizes the point that how a keen observation...
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - October 17, 2018 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Sulakshana Sulakshana Shashi Prakash Source Type: research
Comparison of various severity assessment scoring systems in patients with sepsis in a tertiary care teaching hospital
Conclusions: In our study, APACHE II score was found to be the most sensitive and specific in predicting the severity of sepsis compared to other scores.
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - December 18, 2018 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Keertana Badrinath Monica Shekhar Moturu Sreelakshmi Meenakshi Srinivasan Girish Thunga Sreedharan Nair Karthik Rao Nileshwar Athira Balakrishnan Vijayanarayana Kunhikatta Source Type: research
Bemiparin versus enoxaparin in the prevention of venous thromboembolism among intensive care unit patients
Conclusion: Bemiparin was superior to enoxaparin as a prophylactic anticoagulant for VTE in critically ill patients with less adverse local complications at the injection site. The study was registered on www.clinicaltrials.gov Registration ID: NCT02795065. Registered June 8, 2016.
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - July 14, 2017 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Mohamed Sayed Abbas Source Type: research
External validation of risk prediction scores for invasive candidiasis in a medical/surgical intensive care unit: An observational study
Conclusion: Currently available risk prediction scores have good NPV but poor PPV. They are useful for selecting patients who are not likely to benefit from antifungal therapy.
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - August 14, 2017 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Armin Ahmed Arvind Kumar Baronia Afzal Azim Rungmei S. K Marak Reema Yadav Preeti Sharma Mohan Gurjar Banani Poddar Ratender Kumar Singh Source Type: research
Liraglutide as an alternative to insulin for glycemic control in intensive care unit: A randomized, open-label, clinical study
Conclusion: Liraglutide is a viable alternative to insulin for glycemic control in the ICU. Further studies with a larger number of patients are required to confirm our findings.
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - September 14, 2017 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Vishesh Verma Narendra Kotwal Vimal Upreti Monish Nakra Yashpal Singh K Anand Shankar Amit Nachankar K.V.S. Hari Kumar Source Type: research
An appraisal of mortality in Intensive Care Unit of a Level III military hospital of Bangladesh
Conclusion: Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is remaining as the most important cause of mortality in our community although many countries have succeeded in reducing the IHD mortality by a combination of lifestyle modification and improving the health-care delivery systems.
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - September 14, 2017 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Md Rabiul Alam Mainul Haque Mozibul Haque Source Type: research
Comparison of awareness of patient parameters between two groups of caregivers in intensive care unit
Conclusions: As a group, doctors (SRs and JRs) did not reflect any difference in awareness of patient-related parameters when compared to nurses. However, SRs were more knowledgeable about the patient-related parameters when compared independently with the JRs and the nurses.
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - October 17, 2017 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Mohandeep Kaur Saurav Mitra Mustafi Manila Singh Anupama Gill Sharma Vinod Bala Dhir Jyoti Sharma Source Type: research
Reliability and validity of the checklist for early recognition and treatment of acute illness and injury as a charting tool in the medical intensive care unit
Conclusions: CERTAIN provides a reliable and valid method to evaluate resuscitation events in real time. CERTAIN provided the ability to complete data in real-time.
Source: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine - November 13, 2017 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Alexander Kogan Kelly M Pennington Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula Mikhail Dziadzko Courtney E Bennett Jeffrey B Jensen Ognjen Gajic John C O & #39;Horo Source Type: research
