Guidelines for perioperative care in elective abdominal and pelvic surgery at primary and secondary hospitals in low–middle-income countries (LMIC's): enhanced …

R Oodit, BM Biccard, E Panieri, AO Alvarez… - World Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background This is the first Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society guideline
for primary and secondary hospitals in low–middle-income countries (LMIC's) for elective …

Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2021

L Evans, A Rhodes, W Alhazzani, M Antonelli… - Critical care …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Sepsis is life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to
infection (1). Sepsis and septic shock are major healthcare problems, impacting millions of …

Management of sepsis and septic shock: what have we learned in the last two decades?

S Kamath, H Hammad Altaq, T Abdo - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Sepsis is a clinical syndrome encompassing physiologic and biological abnormalities
caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. Sepsis progression into septic shock is …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound-facilitated, catheter-directed thrombolysis vs anticoagulation alone for acute intermediate-high-risk pulmonary embolism: Rationale and design of …

FA Klok, G Piazza, ASP Sharp, FN Ainle, MR Jaff… - American Heart …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Due to the bleeding risk of full-dose systemic thrombolysis and the lack of major
trials focusing on the clinical benefits of catheter-directed treatment, heparin …

A comparison of the quick sequential (sepsis-related) organ failure assessment score and the national early warning score in non-ICU patients with/without infection

OC Redfern, GB Smith, DR Prytherch… - Critical care …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: The Sepsis-3 task force recommended the quick Sequential (Sepsis-Related)
Organ Failure Assessment score for identifying patients with suspected infection who are at …

Sepsis performance improvement programs: from evidence toward clinical implementation

M Schinkel, PWB Nanayakkara, WJ Wiersinga - Critical Care, 2022 - Springer
This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and
Emergency Medicine 2022. Other selected articles can be found online at https://www …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of the discrimination and absolute mortality predicted by the National Early Warning Scores according to different cut-off values and …

M Holland, J Kellett - European Journal of Internal Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Although early warning scores were intended to simply identify patients in need
of life-saving interventions, prediction has become their commonest metric. This review …

Comparison of different scoring systems for prediction of mortality and ICU admission in elderly CAP population

C Lv, Y Chen, W Shi, T Pan, J Deng… - Clinical Interventions in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background The incidence and mortality rate of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in
elderly patients were higher than the younger population. Different scoring systems …

A fuller picture of COVID-19 prognosis: the added value of vulnerability measures to predict mortality in hospitalised older adults

MJR Aliberti, KE Covinsky, FB Garcez, AK Smith… - Age and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Although coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disproportionally affects older
adults, the use of conventional triage tools in acute care settings ignores the key aspects of …

[HTML][HTML] A practical approach to establishing a critical care outreach service: An expert panel research design

G Williams, A Pirret, N Credland, M Odell, C Raftery… - Australian Critical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background For over two decades, nurse-led critical care outreach services have improved
the recognition, response, and management of deteriorating patients in general hospital …