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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 ...
Minimally invasive swine experimental model for the in vivo study of liver metabolism of drugs
(2012)
Purpose: To develop a clinically relevant
porcine model for the study of hepatic metabolism of drugs
by means of hepatic vein catheterization.
Materials and Methods: review of literature and
elaboration of a hypothesis, ...
Sepsis-associated encephalopathy
(2012)
Sepsis-associated encephalopathy (SAE) is defined as a diffuse or multifocal cerebral dysfunction induced by the systemic response to the infection without clinical or laboratory evidence of direct brain infection. Its ...