Browsing by Subject "Critical care"

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    • Comparison between procalcitonin and C-reactive protein for early diagnosis of children with sepsis or septic shock 

      Fioretto, Jose R.; Martin, Joelma G.; Kurokawa, Cilmery S.; Carpi, Mario F.; Bonatto, Rossano C.; Moraes, Marcos A. de; Ricchetti, Sandra M. Q. (Springer, 2010-08-01)
      The objective of the paper is to examine the behavior of C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT) in the first 12 h of admission and verify which performs better to differentiate children with septic conditions.Septic ...

    • Constipação intestinal em terapia intensiva 

      Azevedo, Rodrigo Palácio De [UNIFESP]; Freitas, Flavio Geraldo Rezende [UNIFESP]; Ferreira, Elaine Maria [UNIFESP]; Machado, Flávia Ribeiro [UNIFESP] (Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira - AMIB, 2009-08-01)
      Constipation is a common complication identified among critically ill patients. Its incidence is highly variable due to lack of definition of such patients. Besides the already known consequences of constipation, in recent ...

    • Critical incidents connected to nurses' leadership in Intensive Care Units 

      Lima, Elaine Cantarella; Bernardes, Andrea; Baldo, Priscila Lapaz; Maziero, Vanessa Gomes; Henriques Camelo, Silvia Helena; Balsanelli, Alexandre Pazetto [UNIFESP] (Assoc Brasileira Enfermagem, 2017)
      Objective: The goal of this study is to analyze nurses' leadership in intensive care units at hospitals in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, in the face of positive and negative critical incidents. Method: Exploratory, ...

    • Gravidez na adolescência; as implicações econômicas dos cuidados neonatais em prematuros e em recém-nascidos de baixo peso em São Paulo, Brasil 

      Mwamakamba, Lutufyo Witson [UNIFESP] (Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2010-11-25)
      INTRODUCTION One in every four births in Brazil is a result of teen pregnacy. Apart of the numerous biological complications associated with these pregnancies, there is an exaggerated financial cost that gets worse in the ...

    • Informações on-line sobre transporte intra-hospitalar de pacientes críticos adultos 

      Nogueira, Valnice De Oliveira; Marin, Heimar de Fatima [UNIFESP]; Cunha, Isabel Cristina Kowal Olm [UNIFESP] (Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2005-12-01)
      OBJECTIVE: This study describes the development of an educational web site about intrahospital transportation of critically ill patients. METHODS: The goal of this Web site is to provide information to health care ...

    • The intensive care medicine research agenda on septic shock 

      Perner, Anders; Gordon, Anthony C.; Angus, Derek C.; Lamontagne, Francois; Machado, Flavia [UNIFESP]; Russell, James A.; Timsit, Jean-Francois; Marshall, John C.; Myburgh, John; Shankar-Hari, Manu; Singer, Mervyn (Springer, 2017)
      Septic shock remains a global health challenge with millions of cases every year, high rates of mortality and morbidity, impaired quality of life among survivors and relatives, and high resource use both in developed and ...

    • Intervenções terapêuticas em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva: análise segundo o Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System-28 (TISS-28) 

      Garcia, Paulo Carlos; Gonçalves, Leilane Andrade; Ducci, Adriana Janzantte [UNIFESP]; Toffoleto, Maria Cecília; Ribeiro, Sandra Cristina; Padilha, Kátia Grillo (Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2005-04-01)
      The present study aimed to identify the therapeutic interventions categories carried out in Intensive Care Units (ICU), finding out their prevalence and identifying their components according to TISS-28. The sample was ...

    • Oral care with 0.12% chlorhexidine for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill children: Randomised, controlled and double blind trial 

      Kusahara, Denise Miyuki [UNIFESP]; Sorgini Peterlini, Maria Angelica [UNIFESP]; Goncalves Pedreira, Mavilde Luz [UNIFESP] (Elsevier B.V., 2012-11-01)
      Purpose: To test the effectiveness of oral care with 0.12% chlorhexidine in decreasing ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill children.Methods: Prospective, randomised, controlled, double-blind clinical trial ...

    • The practice of intensive care in Latin America: a survey of academic intensivists 

      Castro, Ricardo; Nin, Nicolas; Rios, Fernando; Alegria, Leyla; Estenssoro, Elisa; Murias, Gaston; Friedman, Gilberto; Jibaja, Manuel; Ospina-Tascon, Gustavo; Hurtado, Javier; del Carmen Marin, Maria; Machado, Flavia R. [UNIFESP]; Cavalcanti, Alexandre Biasi; Dubin, Arnaldo; Azevedo, Luciano [UNIFESP]; Cecconi, Maurizio; Bakker, Jan; Hernandez, Glenn (Biomed Central Ltd, 2018)
      Background: Intensive care medicine is a relatively young discipline that has rapidly grown into a full-fledged medical subspecialty. Intensivists are responsible for managing an ever-increasing number of patients with ...

    • Transporte intra-hospitalar de pacientes adultos em estado crítico: complicações relacionadas à equipe, equipamentos e fatores fisiológicos 

      Almeida, Ana Carolina Goulardins de; Neves, Ana Lúcia Domingues; Souza, Claudenice Leite Bertoli de; Garcia, Júlia Helena; Lopes, Juliana de Lima [UNIFESP]; Barros, Alba Lucia Bottura Leite de [UNIFESP] (Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2012-01-01)
      OBJECTIVE: To identify in the literature the complications related to physiological changes of the patient, the multidisciplinary team and the use of equipment during the intrahospital transport of critically ill patients. ...