Critical Illness - Therapy
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Intensity of continuous renal-replacement therapy in critically ill patients.

20 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: The optimal intensity of continuous renal-replacement therapy remains unclear. We conducted a multicenter, randomized trial to compare the effect of this therapy, delivered at two different levels of intensity, on 90-day mortality among ... Read more...

Relative adrenal insufficiency.

29 Sep 2009 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This article will review the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of acute adrenal insufficiency and explore the concept of 'relative adrenal insufficiency' in the critically ill. RECENT FINDINGS: Current dogma suggests ... Read more...

The impact of enteral feeding protocols on nutritional support in critically ill children.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that feeding protocols may assist in achieving optimal nutritional care in critically ill children. The present study aimed to assess the impact of enteral feeding protocols on nutritional support practices through a ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Critical Illness - Therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Renal support in acute kidney injury--how much is enough? 20 Oct 2009
• Intensity of continuous renal-replacement therapy in critically ill patients. 20 Oct 2009
• Euthanasia: great heat, little light. 18 Oct 2009
• [Treatment of incurable ill patients at intensive care units] 17 Oct 2009
• Relative adrenal insufficiency. 29 Sep 2009
• The impact of enteral feeding protocols on nutritional support in critically ill children. 29 Sep 2009
• The NICE-SUGAR and RENAL statistical analysis plans. 30 Aug 2009
• Methods and preliminary results for a data linkage project to determine long-term survival after intensive care unit admission. 30 Aug 2009
• Evaluation of a bedside technique for postpyloric placement of feeding catheters. 30 Aug 2009
• Composite outcomes of chronically critically ill patients 4 months after hospital discharge. 30 Aug 2009
• Carbapenems and subsequent multiresistant bloodstream infection: does treatment duration matter? 30 Aug 2009
• Expedited admission of patients decreases duration of mechanical ventilation and shortens ICU stay. 30 Aug 2009
• Comments on nutritional support guidelines. 30 Aug 2009
• Does strict glucose control improve outcome? 30 Aug 2009
• Optimal time for initiating extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. 29 Aug 2009
• WHO warns against using homoeopathy to treat serious diseases. 22 Aug 2009
• [Treatment of incurable patient in intensive care unit] 8 Aug 2009
• [Intensive care patients. Determining daily energy expenditure - a comparison of two methods] 30 Jul 2009
• Sexuality and life-threatening illness: implications for social work and palliative care. 30 Jul 2009
• Acute management of atrial fibrillation. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Critical Illness'

Definition: A disease or state in which death is possible or imminent.

Descriptor UI: D016638

Alternative terms: Critical Illness; Critical Illnesses; Illness, Critical; Illnesses, Critical; Critically Ill;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; epidemiology; mortality; nursing; psychology; rehabilitation; therapy;

Tree Number: C23.550.291.625;

History Note: 92

Technical Notes: IM GEN only; do not index with specific dis of critically ill patient unless particularly discussed & then NIM with no qualif; /ther: consider also CRITICAL CARE