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Vaptans and hyponatremia in critical patients
(2012)
Hyponatremia is the most frequent fluid and electrolyte disorder in hospitalized patients (20%), particularly in ICU, associated with an increase in morbility and mortality. While hypovolaemic hyponatremia needs to be ...
Dopamine use in intensive care: are we ready to turn it down?
(2012)
Dopamine is still frequently used as a first line
vasopressor agent in hypotensive patients, when physicians
are afraid of noradrenaline and believe that dopamine, with
its β and α, inotrope and vasopressor effects, ...
Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage in pregnancy: a case series
(2012)
Pregnancy is a recognized risk factor for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Headache is very frequent in normal pregnancy and it is a common sign shared between several intracranial diseases. We present a case ...
Prognostic differences between VAP caused by Acinetobacter baumannii and VAP caused by other microorganisms
(2012)
Nosocomial infection, in particular pneumonia, is an important risk factor for hospital mortality and morbidity. Acinetobacter baumannii is a common multi-resistant microorganism responsible of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia ...
Pharmacokinetics of remifentanil: a three-compartmental modeling approach
(2013)
Remifentanil is a new opioid derivative drug characterized by a fast onset and by a short time of action, since it is rapidly degraded by esterases in blood and other tissues. Its pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics ...
Perioperative anaphylactic risk score for risk-oriented premedication
(2013)
Basing on the current knowledge, this paper is aimed to review the core characteristics of the most relevant therapeutic agents (steroids and antihistamines), administered to prevent perioperative anaphylaxis. Moreover, ...