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Filter by:Recently, the french societies for critical care (SFAR and SRLF) produced guidelines for anemia treatment in critically ill patients that recommend the use of erythropoietin (EPO) in these patients, but the european society (ESICM) recommended against the use of EPO in this patients, despite recent meta analysis showing a lower mortality in patients treated with EPO. Nevertheless, RCT on EPO in the ICU are quite all, new data are thus needed. Before conducting a large study on EPO in anemic patients in the ICU, we propose to cinduct a feasability RCT to evaluate the feasability of such a study.
Evaluation of the pharmacokinetics of levosimendan and its metabolites in intensive care patients with normal, reduced and dialysis supported renal function.
Peripheral venous catheterization represents the preferential option for term or preterm infant care in order to start drug treatment or hydration, or perform anesthesia. However, the peripheral venous access is associated in approximately 50% of cases with a failure of the insertion on the first attempt in an emergency context. Using a micro-guide may facilitate the peripheral venous catheterization in newborns, by guiding the catheter in the vein and, thereby reduce the risk of transfixion of the vascular lumen.
During major surgery, it is recommended to monitor invasive arterial blood pressure and cardiac output (CO) during hemodynamic interventions (fluid challenge or vasopressors). Esophageal Doppler is currently considered as the reference method for monitoring cardiac output in the operating room. The PRAM method (pressure recording analytical method) with the MostCareUp monitor (Vytech, Padova, Italy) and the LTIA method (long time interval analysis) allow cardiac output estimation derived from non-calibrated arterial pressure waveform analysis. Few studies have looked at relative changes in cardiac output during hemodynamic intervention with these two methods. The aim of this study is to compare the relative changes in cardiac output during hemodynamic interventions as measured using PRAM and LTIA methods, compared to esophageal Doppler.
The EMPIRE study will assess the effect of music listening on patients in critical care. 30 patients from the Adult Intensive Care Unit (AICU) at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital will be recruited to undergo a single 40-minute session of supervised music listening. Before and after the session, patients will be asked to describe their pain and anxiety on a rating of 1-10, and the patient's level of agitation/sedation will also be measured. In addition, physiological data such as heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure and level of sedation (bispectral index score) will be measured throughout the listening session. Finally, a 3-month follow-up interview will be conducted to assess the influence of the music on participants' experience of the Adult Intensive Care Unit.
An increased proportion of deaths occur in the intensive care unit (ICU). Some amenable factors such as end-of-life practices may contribute to complicated grief. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, visitor restrictions in health care facilities have been implemented. Families were also unable to implement usual funerals. The investigators hypothesize that these policies and practices may impact grief during covid-19 pandemic. The aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of complicated grief after death of a relative in the ICU during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Psychological distress is a significant problem for healthcare professionals and students in training. The investigator question the prevalence of this problem in French residents in anaesthesia and intensive care training.
The hospital survival of patients hospitalized after prolonged stay in intensive care unit has improved however there are a loss of functional autonomy and an impaired of peripheral and respiratory muscle performance, what leads to an impairment life's quality. These sequels constitute the Post Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS). The objective of this cohort is to describe the functional autonomy at 6 months of a prolonged stay in intensive care unit and to study the associations between functional autonomy and 1 / the biological data obtained from quadriceps biopsies / the trajectory of post-resuscitation care. The primary endpoint is functional autonomy at 6 months of ICU stay, assessed by the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) score. In order to take into account a rate of loss of sight we propose to include in this cohort 120 subjects during their stay in intensive care unit.
Orotracheal extubation in resuscitation is a situation in which there is an elevated risk of inhalation. In resuscitation, enteral nutrition that is administered in a continuous flow is likely to accumulate in the stomach. Gastric motility in resuscitation patients may be impaired for many reasons: - Iatrogenic: Catecholamines, sedatives and opioids slow down the digestive system and decrease the tone of the lower esophageal sphincter - Shock, polytrauma, sepsis, pain or discomfort, or mechanical ventilation again create an alteration in gastric emptying. Enteral nutrition is commonly discontinued to manage extubation, but it is not systematic. Discontinuation leads to a decrease in caloric intake. Gastric ultrasound is a minimally invasive, reliable and promising means of monitoring that allows the stomach to be visualized directly. Studies on healthy subjects and in anaesthesia have made it possible to validate ultrasound in the context of the study of gastric content using both quantitative (including measurement of the antral area) and qualitative criteria. Measurement of the antral area was also studied in resuscitation. Antral area and gastric volume are closely related, with a correlation coefficient ranging from 0.6 to 0.91. Identifying patients at risk of inhalation by ultrasound could allow individualized enteral nutrition management prior to extubation in the resuscitation unit, and thus optimize nutritional management. The objective of the study is to identify factors associated with greated antral area in patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit. The hypothesis is that continued enteral nutrition before extubation is associated with increased gastric volume as measured by ultrasound.
The objective of the study is to assess the feasibility of early daily occupational therapy intervention within an interdisciplinary team in an intensive care unit of a Swiss university hospital.