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Filter by:A large body of evidence has accumulated showing that n-3 PUFAs exert extensive cardiac effects. The development of commercial solutions of FO opens perspectives for therapeutic applications in patients with acute cardiac conditions.the 3 following hypotheses will be addressed in patients requiring cardiac surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass or after myocardial infarction:perioperative /post-PTCA intravenous fish oil modifies the composition of membrane phospholipids in platelets and cardiac cells, blunts the physiological response to cardiac surgery/myocardial infarction, and reduces the incidence of arrhythmias, and reduces the occurrence of systolic dysfunction.
Critically ill patients are generally exposed to an increased oxidative stress, which is proportional to the severity of their condition. Endogenous antioxidant (AOX) defenses are depleted particularly in those patients with intense inflammatory response. The hypothesis tested is that early I:V: administration of a combination of AOX micronutrient supplements (Se, Zn, Vit C, Vit E, Vit B1) would improve clinical outcome in selected critically ill patients, by reinforcing the endogenous AOX defenses and reducing organ failure.
Corneal damage in critically ill patients is common. There are currently two popular methods of treatment in the UK; hydrogel dressings and lubricating ointment. We propose to randomise patients to have a different treatment for each eye and see which one is more effective.
In critically ill patients, a strategy aimed at an early delivery of full caloric support, with a combination of Enteral Nutrition (EN) and Parenteral Nutrition (PN) (in conditions preventing hyperglycemia and overfeeding), results in shorter ICU and hospital stay and less morbidity as compared to a strategy using only EN.
This is a single-center, open, non-controlled clinical investigation in 10 patients at the Medical University Graz including a treatment visit (V1)and a follow up visit(V2). In the treatment visit (V1) after admittance to the ICU arterial blood glucose values will be monitored and either the software-algorithm eMPC will be used to adjust the infusion rate of intravenously administered human soluble insulin to normalise arterial blood glucose. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the performance of the already developed and tested algorithm in combination with a newly developed bed-side, touch screen user interface (CS-1 decision support system) in patients at the medical ICU for a period of 72 hours. Follow up information(V2) will be acquired at hospital discharge or at the latest one week after visit 1.
The purpose of this study is the evaluation of the success rate of jejunal tube placement comparing the endoscopic versus the electromagnetic method in a comparative ICU patient population. The investigators hypothesized that success rate of the electromagnetic jejunal tube placement will be lower than the success rate of the endoscopic method.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether subcutaneous continuous glucose monitoring in critically ill patients is clinically feasible accurate and reliable.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether, real-time continuous glucose monitoring in critically ill patients with intensive insulin therapy would increase the percentage of time of normoglycemia, defined as glucose levels below 110 mg/dl.
The purpose of the study is to determine the role of new biomarkers in the diagnosis of sepsis in critically-ill patients with liver failure and to correlate the prognosis of these patients with parameters of endothelial function and lipid metabolism.
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the addition of omega-3 and antioxidants to nutritional support in critically ill patients in the intensive care unit influences the immune and anti-inflammatory systems and so improves wound healing.