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Filter by:Despite the known benefits of geriatric care models among hospitalized older adults outside the intensive care unit (ICU), few studies have addressed the needs of older adults in the ICU; for example, sensory impairment, functional decline, and de-prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) are rarely addressed in routine ICU practice. This pilot study will evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and barriers to implementation of a geriatrics bundle (occupational therapy, assessment and treatment of hearing impairment, and de-prescribing PIMs) in the ICU.
It has been reported in several studies that ionized hypomagnesemia is associated with higher morbidity and mortality rates. During continuous renal replacement therapy with regional citrate anticoagulation (CRRT-RCA), the loss of magnesium has been reported to not be covered by magnesium concentration in ordinary dialysis fluid. This may lead to ionized hypomagnesemia. However the incidence of ionized hypomagnesemia in patients requiring CRRT-RCA remains unclear and need to be estimated to determine if ionized magnesium monitoring could be of interest. This study aim to assess the incidence of ionized hypomagnesemia induced by CRRT-RCA.
While international guidelines have indicated that use of a routine invasive strategy was favored for high-risk patients with NSTE-ACS and for all STE- ACS, the lower risk patients successfully reperfused and carrefully selected may perhaps not benefit of this systematic strategy. Evaluation of complications occurring in a contemporary population of ACS may help to evaluate the need of ICU strategy. Coupled with favorable outcomes in many patients, these data may be an opportunity for testing of strategies to refine triage to less costly hospital care units. The investigators thus want to compare, through an observational and prospective study, the event rate of two groups of patients with ACS admitted to ICU . Patients are classified as "high risk" and "low risk" according to specific medical criteria validated in the literature. The study will include all consecutive patients admitted for NSTACS and STACS admitted to the intensive care department of the Montpellier university hospital with the diagnosis of ACS confirmed by coronary angiography. Our primary goal is to compare the percentage of patients with at least one serious clinical event between the high and low risk groups. A serious event is defined by the occurrence within 7+/-5 days of one of the following criteria: death all causes, serious neurological or hemorrhagic complications, hemodynamic instability and severe heart failure, rhythm or sustained or poorly tolerated conduction disorders requiring therapeutic intervention, painful recurrence requiring new coronary angiography, secondary transfer to intensive care for any reason. Our hypothesis is that low-risk patients will have very few events and no fatal events and that they could not require intensive care unit admission .
Hypercapnia is a frequent clinical situation defined as an elevation of the partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2) above 45 mmHg. Several physiopathological parameters such as respiratory minute volume, dead space volume or CO2 production influence the PaCO2. Therefore, hypercapnia can affect the time of various diseases. Available epidemiological data regarding hypercapnia are from studies investigating the efficacy of non-invasive ventilation (NIV), with different population cohorts. However, their interpretation must be cautious given the heterogeneity in patient case-mix and results. Then, whether hypercapnia is a common reason for intensive care unit (ICU) admission, epidemiological data is scarce and heterogeneous. The aim of this study is to investigate the epidemiological, clinical determinants and outcomes of patients admitted to ICU with hypercapnic respiratory failure.
Objectives: To characterize textural ultrasonographic biomarkers of the brachial biceps musculature, wrist flexors, quadriceps and anterior tibial muscle that allow the recognition of the muscular and functional status of patients undergoing programmed cardiovascular surgery and relate them to mortality, hospital stay and functionality results after the intervention. Design: A first phase of cross-sectional observational study and a second phase of longitudinal observational prospective study. Participants: Patients with programmed cardiovascular surgery to aortic valve replacement Outcomes: Sociodemographic and anthropometric variables, severity and clinical risk scales, disability, fragility and quality of life scales, nutritional status and textural muscular biomarkers with ultrasonography. Expected results: strong association between ultrasound muscle biomarkers and ICU and hospital stay, disability, fragility and quality of life after the surgery.
Many patients in intensive care units (ICUs) rely on family members or surrogates to make medical decisions on their behalf. One of the recommended ways to improve a surrogate's experience is to invite him or her to participate in daily, multidisciplinary ICU rounds. In practice, this is often a challenging way for clinicians to engage with the patient's surrogates. Surrogates of non-decisional ICU patients will be randomized to receive a written rounding summary every day or every other day that the patient is in the ICU. The summary will be organized as follows for each of the most important ICU problems: 1) Description of the problem, 2) Ways the ICU team is addressing the problem i.e. consultations, diagnostic tests, and treatments. 3) An assessment of whether the problem is improving or worsening. The investigators hypothesize that surrogates who receive written rounding summaries will be more satisfied with ICU care than surrogates who receive usual care. Satisfaction will be measured by the Critical Care Family Needs Inventory (CCFNI) questionnaire.
This study aims to describe adult patients' patterns of Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at discharge, 3, and 12 months after intensive care.
The prevalence of and risk factors for pressure ulcers (PUs) in critically ill patients have been poorly studied. The main objective of this study was to describe the prevalence of PUs in critically ill patients. Secondary objectives were to describe PUs, means of prevention of PUs, and factors associated with occurrence of PUs in the ICU.
This project will test whether the individualized music-enhanced exercise playlist (Exercise with Music intervention) can prevent further physical and psychological deterioration and motivate ICU survivors to more actively participate in their rehabilitation.
The MIRUS system (TIM, Andernach, Germany) as well as the AnaConDa uses a reflector to conserve volatile anaesthetics (VA). Both systems can be paired with ICU ventilators, but MIRUS features an automated control of end-tidal VA concentrations (etVA). We compare depth of 0.5 MAC inhalational long-term sedation with Isoflurane (ISO), Sevoflurane (SEVO) or Desflurane (DES).