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The obese child in the Intensive Care Unit. Update
(Soc. Argentina Pediatria, 2016)
Given that childhood obesity is an epidemic, the frequency of critically-ill patients who are overweight or obese seen at intensive care units has increased rapidly. Adipose tissue is an endocrine organ that secretes a ...
The care of the terminally ill patient (round table) El cuidado del enfermo terminal
(1997)
Drs. Alejandro Goic (internist), Ramón Florenzano (psychiatrist), Bernardino Piñera (physician and Catholic Bishop), Sergio Valdés (internist) and Rodolfo Armas (internist) participated in a round table about the care of ...
No ventilatory complications of ARDS: Difficult weaning and intensive care unit-acquired weakness
(Nova Science, 2017)
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is one of the most frequently studied entities of lung injury due to its prevalence in the Units of critically ill patients, because of their varied etiology and its evolution, ...
Occupational therapy for delirium management in elderly patients without mechanical ventilation in an intensive care unit: A pilot randomized clinical trial
(W.B. Saunders, 2017)
© 2016 Elsevier Inc.Purpose Delirium has negative consequences such as increased mortality, hospital expenses and decreased cognitive and functional status. This research aims to determine the impact of occupational therapy ...
Energy and protein delivery in overweight and obese children in the pediatric intensive care unit
(Sage, 2017-06)
Background: Early and optimal energy and protein delivery have been associated with improved clinical outcomes in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Overweight and obese children in the PICU may be at risk for ...
Prevención y manejo de queratopatía por exposición en pacientes de cuidado intensivo. Revisión de la literatura
(Sociedad de Cirugía de Bogotá, Hospital de San José y Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud, 2016-09-01)
Natural killer cell activity in patients with septic shock
(1991)
Natural killer cell activity (NKCA) was studied in a group of patients (n = 11) with septic shock. When compared with controls (n = 10), these individuals showed a statistically significant reduction in NKCA at each of the ...