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Filter by:This study evaluates the diagnostic performances of Point of Care P. gingivalis test in saliva with serum IgG P. gingivalis, in reference to dental examination as a gold standard in patients hospitalised in intensive care unit (ICU)
Current clinical prediction scores for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) have limited positive predictive value. No studies have evaluated predictive kinetics of plasma biomarkers and receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) polymorphisms in a broad population of critically ill patients or as an adjunct to clinical prediction scores. The main objective of the investigators study is to evaluate the predictive values of plasma soluble RAGE levels for the onset of ARDS in a high risk population of patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). One of the investigators goals is to improve early identification of patients at risk for ARDS in order to better implement preventive stategies prior to ARDS development. The primary outcome is the occurrence of ARDS during the first week after admission to the ICU.
Study Hypothesis Generalized Convulsive Status Epilepticus (GCSE) is a medical emergency associated with an increased morbidity and a prolonged length of hospital stay. Only 50% of patients are discharged from the hospital within the first month after GCSE. Recent Guidelines from Experts highlight the necessity to improve the efficiency of the first line anti-epileptic (AE) therapy. Intravenous Sodium Valproate (SV) might be an adjuvant AE drug to the recommended first line AEs. Intravenous SV is available, well tolerated and easily injectible but also has pharmacologic properties for reducing the risk of seizures relapses and for being neuroprotective. However, efficacy of intravenous as an adjuvant therapy in GCSE has never been properly assessed. Primary Purpose The primary purpose is to assess if the association of intravenous Sodium Valproate with the recommended treatment for Generalized Convulsive Status Epilepticus increases to 20 % the number of living patients, discharged from the hospital at day 15.
This study will carry out in the ICU. Objectives of the study are to determine the frequency of HAP and the effect of isolated rooms on the frequency of pneumonia in the ICU.
The objective of this study is to characterize the hemodynamic effects of Precedex (dexmedetomidine (DEX)) during 3 loading-dose paradigms in mechanically ventilated post-surgical subjects in an intensive care setting.
Canadian Critical Care Nutrition Guidelines assist health practitioners in identifying best practices for feeding critically ill patients. However, guidelines have resulted in little change in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) practices, possibly because barriers to change differ between ICUs. Change may be facilitated if strategies specifically address identified barriers. The investigators hypothesize that barriers are inversely related to nutrition performance. Tailoring change strategies to overcome barriers to change will reduce the presence of these barriers and lead to improvements in nutrition practice.
The hypothesis of the study is: Does the Surgical Stress Index (SSI) correlate with the Behavioral Pain Scale (BPS), the Ramsay Sedation Scale (RSS)and/or the Behavioral Pain Scale(BPV) and can therefore be used to monitor the quality of analgosedation in noncommunicative intensive care unit patients?
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether neuromuscular electrostimulation (NMES) will decrease ICU-associated weakness. The investigators believe that 60 minutes of daily NMES will improve strength and function in those who have had extended ICU stays, as well as decrease critical illness myopathy as an etiology of weakness in the critically ill.