Facial appearance associates with longitudinal multi-organ failure: an ICU cohort study

EGM Cox, BCT van Bussel, N Campillo Llamazares… - Critical Care, 2024 - Springer
Background Facial appearance, whether consciously or subconsciously assessed, may
affect clinical assessment and treatment strategies in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) …

Patterns of organic dysfunction in severe sepsis and septic shock patients admitted to the ICU from the emergency department: a 4-year retrospective cohort

AF Sakai, LL Rocha, CM Souza Pessoa, TD Corrêa… - Critical Care, 2015 - Springer
Objective To assess the pattern of organic dysfunction as described by the Sequential Organ
Failure Assessment (SOFA) score in a 4-year period. Methods Retrospective cohort study …

Significance of body temperature in elderly patients with sepsis

T Shimazui, T Nakada, KR Walley, T Oshima, T Abe… - Critical care, 2020 - Springer
Background Elderly patients have a blunted host response, which may influence vital signs
and clinical outcomes of sepsis. This study was aimed to investigate whether the …

Describing organ dysfunction in the intensive care unit: a cohort study of 20,000 patients

A Soo, DJ Zuege, GH Fick, DJ Niven, LR Berthiaume… - Critical Care, 2019 - Springer
Background Multiple organ dysfunction is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in
intensive care units (ICUs). Original development of the Sequential Organ Failure …

Evolutive analysis of the SOFA score in critically ill massive burn patients during their stay in the ICU

EV de Campos, LC P Azevedo, M Park - Critical Care, 2015 - Springer
Objective Our aim was to analyze and characterize organ dysfunction by the Sequential
Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score in massive burn patients during their stay in the …

ICU admission body composition: skeletal muscle, bone, and fat effects on mortality and disability at hospital discharge—a prospective, cohort study

A Jaitovich, CL Dumas, R Itty, HC Chieng, MMHS Khan… - Critical care, 2020 - Springer
Background Reduced body weight at the time of intensive care unit (ICU) admission is
associated with worse survival, and a paradoxical benefit of obesity has been suggested in …

Clinical assessment of peripheral perfusion to predict postoperative complications after major abdominal surgery early: a prospective observational study in adults

ME van Genderen, J Paauwe, J de Jonge… - Critical Care, 2014 - Springer
Introduction Altered peripheral perfusion is strongly associated with poor outcome in
critically ill patients. We wanted to determine whether repeated assessments of peripheral …

Organizational factors associated with target sedation on the first 48 h of mechanical ventilation: an analysis of checklist-ICU database

AP Nassar, FG Zampieri, JI Salluh, FA Bozza… - Critical Care, 2019 - Springer
Background Although light sedation levels are associated with several beneficial outcomes
for critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation, the majority of patients are still deeply …

A randomized controlled proof-of-concept trial of early sedation management using Responsiveness Index monitoring in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients

M Kaila, K Everingham, P Lapinlampi, P Peltola… - Critical Care, 2015 - Springer
Introduction Deep sedation is associated with adverse patient outcomes. We recently
described a novel sedation-monitoring technology, the Responsiveness Index (RI), which …

[PDF][PDF] Relationship between change of RBC shape and multi-organ failure in sepsis

HC Kim, YJ Cho, HJ Kim, JD Lee, YS Hwang… - Acute and Critical …, 2005 - accjournal.org
Ho Cheol Kim, MD, Yoo Ji Cho, MD, Hwi Jong Kim, MD, Jong Deok Lee, MD, Young Sil
Hwang, MD and Me-Ae Kim, MD.* Departments of Internal Medicine and* Laboratory …