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1. Demographics data; 2. Nutritional evaluation data; 3. All biochemical monitoring data during the study period; 4. All nutritional treatment data will be recorded daily during the study period, including actual calorie intake, protein intake, and the proportion of calorie/protein administered by EN and/or PN route. The nutritional treatment protocol will be decided by the attending physician, the investigator will not intervene. 5. A blood sample (5 ml) will be drawn from every patient immediately after they enroll into the study, and the metabolomics of the samples will be analyzed analysis using a combined 800 MHz 1H-NMR-UPLC-MS system. The data will then be used to establish metabolic profile baseline. 6. We will establish a sub-group that contains 20 patients (chosen from enrolled patients according to APACHE II scores: 10 patients are APACHE II scores in 21-30). We will take one blood sample daily during the whole study period. The plasma sample will be used for metabolomics analysis using an 800 MHz 1H-NMR-UPLC-MS system. And the data will be used for metabolic dynamic modeling. 7. Clinical outcomes data, which include: 1) Complications after the operation (intestinal fistula, pancreatic fistula, biliary fistula and sepsis, bleeding, nosocomial infection); 2) death event; 3) ICU-stay; 4) Length of hospitalization
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the environmental simulation of daytime and night time alternation as well as by the nutrition protocol corresponding to the daily rhythm are beneficially affect the recovery of patients treated in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) requiring mechanical ventilation.
Background: Glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) has been linked to poor outcomes in the cardiac surgery, septic and critically ill patient population. It is a promising test to understand the complex relationship between glycemia, diabetes and outcomes in patients admitted to the intensive care unit. Hypothesis: An elevated HbA1c value on admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) is associated with poor outcomes.
The purpose of this study is to analyze the PK/PD of AvyCaz in critically ill patients in the Intensive Care Unit (12). This study will include medical and post-surgical patients who develop an infection where Avycaz can be utilized. Since these patients will have variable PK parameters, the investigators will also analyze (time-kill) these serum concentrations (ex vivo) against relevant clinical isolates (e.g. GNR with ESBL or KPC) from the ICU to determine microbiologic activity of Avycaz in critically ill patients with variable characteristics. Monte-Carlo simulations will also be conducted against clinical ICU isolates (JMI labs) to help determine appropriate dosing schedules based upon these PK parameters.
The purpose of this randomized clinical trial is to test the efficacy of dexmedetomidine for the self-management of sedative therapy (SMST) in a sample of critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilator support. The investigators hypothesis is that self-management of sedative therapy by mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), tailored to their individual needs will be more efficacious than nurse-administered sedative therapy in reducing anxiety, which may reduce duration of mechanical ventilator support and occurrence of delirium.
This study evaluates the feasibility of a high whey-protein enteral nutrition formula in 20 ventilated ICU patients. The primary endpoint of study is the feasibility to attain the individualized protein target (≥1.2 g/kg ideal body weight/day) 96-hours after ICU admission. Secondary endpoints include tolerance and efficacy in terms of the amino acid response in blood.
This study compared two methods of insulin infusion by syringe pumps to assess the impact of medical devices on the glycaemic variability in patients under IIT in ICU. The main objective of the study was to show the superiority of the infusion system which permitted to dedicate a line for the insulin administration on the "standard" installation in terms of control of glycaemic variability.
The purpose of this study is to collect a large amount of data that may assist in addressing the gap in knowledge of understanding pupillometer readings using a pupillometer device. The aim of this project is to establish normative values for pupillometer data. Measures of central tendency will be developed for the variables provided by automated pupillary exams, which will provide an enhanced understanding of clinically appropriate pupil values for size, reactivity, and neurological pupil index.
The main purpose of the study is to compare two ultrasound-guided arterial cannulation procedures: in-plane infraclavicular axillary artery cannulation and out-of-plane femoral artery cannulation.