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| Auxiliadora-Martins,M.; Menegueti,M.G.; Nicolini,E.A.; Alkmim-Teixeira,G.C.; Bellissimo-Rodrigues,F.; Martins-Filho,O.A.; Basile-Filho,A.. |
| Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) remains one of the major causes of infection in the intensive care unit (ICU) and is associated with the length of hospital stay, duration of mechanical ventilation, and use of broad-spectrum antibiotics. We compared the frequency of VAP 10 months prior to (pre-intervention group) and 13 months after (post-intervention group) initiation of the use of a heat and moisture exchanger (HME) filter. This is a study with prospective before-and-after design performed in the ICU in a tertiary university hospital. Three hundred and fourteen patients were admitted to the ICU under mechanical ventilation, 168 of whom were included in group HH (heated humidifier) and 146 in group HME. The frequency of VAP per 1000 ventilator-days... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Heat and moisture exchanger; Ventilator-associated pneumonia; Quality improvement; Nosocomial infection; Critically ill patients. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2012001200027 |
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| Levi,T.M.; Rocha,M.S.; Almeida,D.N.; Martins,R.T.C.; Silva,M.G.C.; Santana,N.C.P.; Sanjuan,I.T.; Cruz,C.M.S.. |
| Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in critically ill patients. Diuretics are used without any evidence demonstrating a beneficial effect on renal function. The objective of the present study is to determine the incidence of AKI in an intensive care unit (ICU) and if there is an association between the use of furosemide and the development of AKI. The study involved a hospital cohort in which 344 patients were consecutively enrolled from January 2010 to January 2011. A total of 132 patients (75 females and 57 males, average age 64 years) remained for analysis. Most exclusions were related to ICU discharge in the first 24 h. Laboratory, sociodemographic and clinical data were collected until the development of AKI, medical discharge or patient death. The... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Acute renal failure; Critically ill patients; Furosemide; Septic shock. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2012000900006 |
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