Intensive Care - Systemic Diseases

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COVID-19 FAQs in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: 2022 Perspective and Updates

March 29, 2022 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

This timely article addresses the interface between the Covid pandemic and patients with congenital heart diseases. It offers responses to a variety of questions related to: vaccinations, passive immunization, Covid testing, antivirals, immunomodulatory therapy, and...

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COVID-19 FAQs in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: 2022 Perspective and Updates

March 29, 2022 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

This timely article addresses the interface between the Covid pandemic and patients with congenital heart diseases. It offers responses to a variety of questions related to: vaccinations, passive immunization, Covid...

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Editor’s Choice – European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2021 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Venous Thrombosis

January 16, 2021 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A recent European consensus paper. Relatively easily read, and favouring meta-analyses over randomised trials. The bulk of the manuscript is of interest to all healthcare providers. The chapters 2.8.1 and...

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Covid-19 in Critically Ill Patients in the Seattle Region — Case Series

April 1, 2020 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

Useful series from the Pacific North West, main questions: -Why four patients who had a do-not-resuscitate order on admission were included in the dead and, ultimately, why been admitted in...

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A Fasco in the Making? As the Coronavirus Pandemic Takes Hold, We Are Making Decisions Without Reliable Data

March 20, 2020 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

Interesting input from a Stanford expert on the hottest topic on the planet at the moment.

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Developing a New Definition and Assessing New Clinical Criteria for Septic Shock

February 23, 2016 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

This consensus effort provides a new definition for septic shock, which affects a subset of patients with sepsis. The definition requires the presence of circulatory disturbances (BP unresponsive to fluids...

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Long-term Outcomes Following Development of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation During Sepsis

November 10, 2014 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

The authors explored a sample of Medicare patients who survived sepsis during hospitalization to assess the impact of afib developing during sepsis on long-term outcomes. Of nearly 139,000 sepsis survivors,...

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Effect of Fenoldopam on Use of Renal Replacement Therapy Among Patients With Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery

September 29, 2014 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

This randomized double-blind multicenter study involving 667 pts evaluated the utility of IV fenoldopam in reducing the rate of renal replacement therapy for patients undergoing cardiac surgery who exhibit postoperative...

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Factors associated with clinical deterioration shortly after PE

August 11, 2014 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

In an effort to identify clinical findings associated with deterioration and mortality after PE, the authors prospectively monitored 298 pts admitted through the ED with documented PE. 34% of pts...

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Prediction of acute kidney injury within 30 days of cardiac surgery

June 16, 2014 | Benjamin Bidstrup

Using data from the Australian Cardiac Surgical Database, the authors provide further information regarding acute kidney damage after cardiac surgery. This study has added to the evidence that preoperative impairment,...

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Surgery for infective endocarditis complicated by cerebral embolism: A consecutive series of 375 patients

June 16, 2014 | Benjamin Bidstrup

The rate of cerebral embolism in patients with acute infective endocarditis (AIE) was about one quarter on CT scanning, with about one third having silent emboli. This had an adverse...

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