ADULTSDifficult diagnose, to sepsis is a life-threatening condition in which the body's extreme response to an infection damages vital organs and often causes death. There are almost 250,000 cases of sepsis in
However, it should be noted that the addition of levosimendan to the standard treatment in adults with sepsis was associ- ated with a lower likelihood of successful weaning from mechanical ventilation and a higher risk of supraven- tricular tachyarrhythmias [93]. Therefore, its efficacy and ...
2 Three additional minor criteria are used to diagnose SCAP: respiratory rate 30 breaths/minute or higher, Pao2/Fio2 ratio 250 or less, multilobar infiltrates, confusion or disorientation, blood urea nitrogen (BUN) 20 mg/dL or higher, leukopenia (white blood cell count < 4000 cells/mm3), ...
13 In the current article, we discuss 3 commonly encountered case scenarios of VTE in SCD in our practices to illustrate how we diagnose and manage this problem. Our goal is to enable hematologists caring for SCD patients to be able to: (1) understand the hypercoagulable state in SCD and...
Denault AY, Aldred MP, Hammoud A, Zeng YH, Beaubien-Souligny W, Couture EJ, Jarry S, Gebhard CE, Langevin S, Lamarche Y et al (2020) Doppler interrogation of the femoral vein in the critically ill patient: the fastest potential acoustic window to diagnose right ventricular dysfunction?
Helps prevent sepsis (blood infections) In addition to the benefits of vitamin C discussed above, vitamin C appears to be beneficial for those admitted to a hospital, specifically, the intensive care unit. A 2019 meta-analysis study in Nutrients, which looked at more than 18 studies and over...
Conclusions Fungal infections, although of great importance, are not easy to diagnose and treat in the critical care setting. To limit the mortality toll of such infections, increased clinical vigilance and a multifaceted diagnostic approach is mandatory. The therapeutic armamentarium, although not very...
suffer from UTIs, but they often experience symptoms different than those in older children and adults. Fever, irritability, poor feeding, and loose stools may occur in babies who have UTIs. Since these symptoms may occur with many other conditions, it can be difficult to diagnose UTIs in ...
Although D-dimer levels are not routinely measured to diagnose arterial thrombosis, some evidence suggests they may be useful as an indicator of arterial thromboembolic risk. A study that followed 7,863 subjects with a history of heart attack or unstable angina for six years found higher D-dimer...
Fungal infectionscan affect any organ system. Often a physician can identify these infections through a physical examination. Sometimes further testing is required and in rare instances, fungal fevers may require a biopsy to diagnose the infection. An antifungal medication will usually treat the infecti...