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Journal articles on the topic "Critically ill – Care"

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Caine, R. M., and P. M. Bufalino. "Critically Ill Adults." Dimensions Of Critical Care Nursing 9, no. 6 (November 1990): 361. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00003465-199011000-00013.

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Hemlatha, S. "Care of Critically Ill Child." GFNPSS GLOBAL NURSING JOURNAL OF INDIA 2, no. I (April 30, 2019): 69. http://dx.doi.org/10.46376/gnji/2.i.2019.69-70.

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Ayres, S. M., R. Schlichtig, M. G. Sterling, and Richard W. Carlson. "Care of the Critically Ill." Critical Care Medicine 17, no. 2 (February 1989): 203. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00003246-198902000-00028.

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Eidelman, Arthur I. "Care of critically ill newborns." Journal of Legal Medicine 16, no. 2 (June 1995): 247–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01947649509510976.

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Reedy, Nancy Jo, John P. Minogue, and Mary Beth Sterk. "The critically ill neonate." Critical Care Nursing Quarterly 10, no. 2 (September 1987): 56–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00002727-198709000-00009.

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Greenawalt, Kim L. "Transporting critically ill patients." Nursing Critical Care 6, no. 5 (September 2011): 38–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.ccn.0000398767.27225.3a.

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Koch, Kathryn A., Henry D. Rodeffer, and Luis Sanchez-Ramos. "CRITICALLY ILL OBSTETRICAL PATIENTS." Critical Care Medicine 16, no. 4 (April 1988): 409. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00003246-198804000-00100.

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Scarpinato, Len, and Dave Gerber. "Critically Ill Obstetrical Patients." Critical Care Medicine 23, no. 8 (August 1995): 1449–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00003246-199508000-00031.

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Lewinsohn, Gavriel, Yuval Leonov, and Elieser Klinowski. "Critically Ill Obstetrical Patients." Critical Care Medicine 23, no. 8 (August 1995): 1450–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00003246-199508000-00032.

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Nichols, David G., and Mark C. Rogers. "The critically ill child." Critical Care Medicine 21, Supplement (September 1993): S306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00003246-199309001-00001.

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Pryse, Yvette. "The impact of the critical care experience as recalled by the spouse : a qualitative study." Virtual Press, 1999. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1125046.

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This phenomenological study was conducted in a rural area serviced by a small community hospital to answer the research question , "what is the lived experience of the spouse of the critically ill patient." The informants were three female spouses who had experienced critical care as the spouse of a critically ill male patient within the past year. Once verbal consent was obtained, written consent was obtained by sending a letter explaining the study, along with a consent form describing the risks and the benefits.Data were collected by means of tape-recorded unstructured forty-five minute interview. The study was strictly voluntary and all tape-recorded data collected were identified by numbers only and destroyed at the completion of the study. The informant was asked the question, "Tell me what it was like for you when your husband was critically ill?" Data were analyzed via the hermaneutical process of Heidegger as outlined by Giorgi.Each informant was provided the opportunity to reflect and recall this lived experience. The informants shared seven common themes even though each experience was individually unique and separate. The seven themes that emerged were (a) fear, (b) educational needs, (c) self-sacrifice, (d) center of focus shift, (e) family event, (f) the need to discuss system contact and, (g) tomorrow.The themes suggest that closure has not occurred for the spouse of the critically ill person. The findings indicate that the event is not limited to the initial hospitalization, but that long term changes and perceptions are apparent from the informants' perspectives.Implications for the nurse clinician, nursing education and research were described. Recommendations for further research include further study on the long term effects of critical illness on the spouse of the critically ill client.
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Ball, Ian. "Predicting Outcomes in Critically Ill Canadian Octogenarians." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/34211.

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Background: Based on survey data from both Canada and abroad, most people would prefer to be cared for and to die in their own homes. Although 70% of elderly patients state a preference for comfort care over high technology life prolonging treatment in an inpatient setting, 54% are still admitted to intensive care units (ICUs). Understanding their wishes regarding end-of-life care, and being able to engage in evidence informed end-of-life discussions has never been so important, in order to empower patients, and to optimize scarce resource management. For the purpose of this thesis, “very old” patients will be defined as those eighty years of age and older. All three manuscripts will be based on data from the Realistic 80 study, a prospective cohort trial of 1671 critically ill very old patients admitted to 22 Canadian ICUs. Objectives: Manuscript 1: To describe the hospital outcomes of the entire cohort of Realistic 80 patients, including their ICU mortality and length of stay, their hospital mortality and length of stay, and their ultimate dispositions. Manuscript 2: To derive a clinical prediction rule for hospital mortality in the medical patient cohort. Manuscript 3: To derive a clinical prediction rule for hospital mortality in the emergency surgical patient cohort. Data Source: A prospective, multicenter cohort study of very elderly medical and surgical patients admitted to 22 Canadian academic and non-academic ICUs. Methods: Clinical decision rule methodology was used to analyze the data set and to create two separate clinical prediction tools, one for critically ill elderly medical patients, and one for critically ill surgical emergency patients. A third manuscript describing general clinical outcomes was also produced. Results of Manuscript 1: A total of 1671 patients were included in this section of the “Realities, Expectations and Attitudes to Life Support Technologies in Intensive Care for Octogenarians: The Realistic 80 Study (a prospective cohort of nearly 2000 critically ill Canadian patients over eighty years old enrolled from 22 ICUs across Canada) that will provide the data for this thesis. The Realistic 80 cohort had a mean age of 84.5, a baseline Apache II score of 22.4, a baseline SOFA score of 5.3, an overall ICU mortality of 21.8%, and an overall hospital mortality of 35%. The cohort had a median ICU length of stay of 3.7 days, and an overall median hospital length of stay of 16.6 days. Only 46.4% of the survivors were able to return home to live. Results of Manuscript 2: Age, renal function, level of consciousness, and serum pH were the important predictors of hospital mortality in critically ill elderly medical patients. Our clinical prediction tool is very good, particularly at the all-important extremes of prognosis, and ready for external validation. Results of Manuscript 3: Renal function and serum pH were the important predictors of hospital mortality in critically ill elderly surgical patients. Our model’s performance is very good, and will serve to inform clinical practice once validated. Conclusions: Very old medical patients have longer ICU stays and higher mortality than their surgical counterparts. Premorbid health status and severity of illness are associated with mortality. Our medical patient clinical prediction tool is very good and ready for external validation. Our surgical emergency clinical prediction tool shows promise, but will require the incorporation of more patients and a repeat derivation phase prior to external validation or clinical implementation.
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Burk, Ruth. "Predictors of agitation in the critically ill." VCU Scholars Compass, 2013. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2985.

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BACKGROUND: Agitation is a common complication in the intensive care unit (ICU) manifested in behavior and actions that range from simple apprehension or anxiety to frankly combative behavior.5 Agitation is associated with significant adverse outcomes.1-3 Studies report up to 71% of ICU patients have some degree of agitation during their ICU stay and that agitation is observed 32% of the time.3;4 Potential causes of agitation in critically ill patients are numerous; however, data about factors that predict agitation are limited. OBJECTIVE: The specific aim of this study was to identify predictors of agitation on admission to the ICU as well as within 24 hours prior to the first agitation event. DESIGN: Retrospective medical record review. SETTING: Two adult critical care units, Medical Respiratory ICU (MRICU) and Surgical Trauma ICU (STICU) in an urban university medical center. SUBJECTS: A convenience sample of 200 critically ill adult patients, all older than 18 years of age, consecutively admitted to a MRICU and STICU, admitted for longer than 24 hours, over a two month period. METHODS: Risk factors for agitation were identified from literature review as well as from expert consultation. Data were collected during the first 5 days of ICU stay. Agitation was identified using the documented Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale or notation of “agitation” in the medical record. RESULTS: Of the sample 56.5% were male, 51.5% Euro-American, with mean age 55.5 years (±16.4). Independent predictors of agitation on admission to the ICU were: past medical history of illicit substance use, height, both the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment respiratory and central nervous system subscores, and use of restraints. Predictors of agitation within 24 hours prior to the first agitation event were: percent of hours using restraints, percent of hours using mechanical ventilation, number of genitourinary catheters, and blood pH and albumin. CONCLUSIONS: Use of these empirically based data may allow care providers to identify those at risk as well as predict agitation. Elimination or reduction of agitation in the ICU would improve patient safety and reduce hospitalization resulting in significant savings to healthcare. Reference List (1) Woods JC, Mion LC, Connor JT et al. Severe agitation among ventilated medical intensive care unit patients: frequency, characteristics and outcomes. Intensive Care Med 2004;30:1066-1072. (2) Jaber S, Chanques G, Altairac C et al. A prospective study of agitation in a medical-surgical ICU: incidence, risk factors, and outcomes. Chest 2005;128:2749-2757. (3) Fraser GL, Prato BS, Riker RR, Berthiaume D, Wilkins ML. Frequency, severity, and treatment of agitation in young versus elderly patients in the ICU. Pharmacotherapy 2000;20:75-82. (4) Gardner K, Sessler CN, Grap MJ. Clinical factors associated with agitation. Am J Crit Care 2006;15:330-331. (5) Riker RR, Picard JT, Fraser GL. Prospective evaluation of the Sedation-Agitation Scale for adult critically ill patients. Crit Care Med 1999;27:1325-1329.
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Ullman, Amanda. "The oral health of critically ill children." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2009. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/31765/1/Amanda_Ullman_Thesis.pdf.

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Introduction. In adults, oral health has been shown to worsen during critical illness as well as influence systemic health. There is a paucity of paediatric critical care research in the area of oral health; hence the purpose of the Critically ill Children’s Oral Health (CCOH) study is to describe the status of oral health of critically ill children over time spent in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU). The study will also examine the relationship between poor oral health and a variety of patient characteristics and PICU therapies and explore the relationship between dysfunctional oral health and PICU related Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI). Method. An observational study was undertaken at a single tertiary-referral PICU. Oral health was measured using the Oral Assessment Scale (OAS) and culturing oropharyngeal flora. Information was also collected surrounding the use of supportive therapies, clinical characteristics of the children and the occurrence of PICU related HAI. Results. Forty-six participants were consecutively recruited to the CCOH study. Of the participants 63% (n=32) had oral dysfunction while 41% (n=19) demonstrated pathogenic oropharyngeal colonisation during their critical illness. The potential systemic pathogens isolated from the oropharynx and included Candida sp., Staphylococcus aureus, Haemophilus influenzae, Enterococcus sp. and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The severity of critical illness had a significant positive relationship (p=0.046) with pathogenic and absent colonisation of the oropharynx. Sixty-three percent of PICU-related HAI involved the preceding or simultaneous colonisation of the oropharynx by the causative pathogen. Conclusion. Given the prevalence of poor oral health during childhood critical illness and the subsequent potential systemic consequences, evidence based oral hygiene practices should be developed and validated to guide clinicians when nursing critically ill children.
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Rund, Joy E. J. "Investigation of diarrhoea in critically ill patients receiving enteral nutrition." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25541.

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The incidence and causes of diarrhoea among critically ill patients receiving enteral tube feeding were investigated. Sixty acutely ill surgical or medical intensive care patients who had had a minimum of 48 hrs bowel rest were entered into the study. They were randomly assigned to receive one of two lactose free liquid formula diets - "Ensure", a commercially available feed containing 825 kCal/L and 34 g/L of protein with an osmolality of 441mOsm/1 or "Casilan Oil", a home-made feed containing 840 kCal /L and 45g/L of protein with an osmolality of 383 mOsm/1. The feeds were administered by constant nasogastric infusion. Patients received 1000ml at a rate of 40ml per hour for the first day and up to 2000ml at 80 ml per hour for the remainder of the study period. Investigations included documentation of medical history, medications administered and clinical details for each patient. Serum albumin was measured and the nutritional status of each patient was assessed using anthropometric measurements. Feeds were tested for bacterial contamination on the three days following the start of feeding and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth was assessed by the 1 g-¹⁴C Xylose breath test of Toskes and King. Twelve of the sixty patients had to be withdrawn from the trial within 24 hours of the start of enteral feeding for medical reasons. The remaining forty eight patients completed at least three days on enteral feeding and thereby became eligible for analysis. In 10/48 patients (21%) diarrhoea was present before enteral feeding began. Four of these 1 O patients continued to pass loose stools when enteral feeding was started while the remaining 6 settled. Diarrhoea developed in a further 10 patients (21%) after enteral feeding began. The overall incidence of diarrhoea in the group of critically ill patients studied was therefore 42% (20/48). However, of the fourteen patients who experienced diarrhoea during enteral feeding four had diarrhoea before feeding began. Therefore, the true incidence of diarrhoea related to enteral feeding was only 10/38 (26%). Furthermore, in 7 of these 10 patients, another possible cause of diarrhoea was present. There was no significant association between diarrhoea and nutritional status, hypoalbuminaemia, sepsis, length of bowel rest, sucralfate and antibiotic therapy other than amikacin. Twenty one patients received Ensure and 27 received Casilan Oil. Despite the differences in the composition of the feeds, the incidence of diarrhoea was similar on the Ensure and the Casilan Oil. No particular factor pertaining to the composition of the feeds was associated with diarrhoea. Significant contamination of feeds was universal but there was no constant relationship between bacterial counts, or types, and the occurrence of diarrhoea. Certain other factors were found to be significantly associated with diarrhoea. Abdominal injury was positively associated with the occurrence of diarrhoea (p<0.05). Diarrhoea could have been attributed to the underlying disease state in 7 of the patients. All three patients who were receiving lactulose as treatment for liver failure developed diarrhoea. While no association was noted between diarrhoea and antibiotic therapy in general, treatment with the antibiotic, amikacin, correlated significantly, albeit marginally, with the occurrence of diarrhoea (p<0.05). Twenty six patients were tested for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. Only one patient, with an elevated excretion of ¹⁴CO₂, indicative of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, developed diarrhoea. There was, however, a positive association between diarrhoea and decreased excretion of ¹⁴CO₂. It would appear that the bacterial flora was suppressed in patients with diarrhoea. Amikacin therapy was also associated with decreased excretion of ¹⁴CO₂. This may suggest that amikacin could have altered the bowel flora with resultant development of diarrhoea. While abdominal injury and disease were associated with the development of diarrhoea and amikacin was a possible factor associated with diarrhoea, the results of the present study indicate that enteral tube feeding with either the commercial feed, Ensure or the home-made feed, Casilan Oil was not a cause of diarrhoea in the majority of critically ill patients assessed. Furthermore, in most patients who commenced the trial with diarrhoea, improvement was noted on enteral feeding.
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Suurdt, Jeanette. "Surrogate decision making for the critically ill intensive care unit patient." Thesis, Kingston, Ont. : [s.n.], 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/1126.

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Chiew, Yeong Shiong. "Model-Based Mechanical Ventilation for the Critically Ill." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Mechanical Engineering, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/8311.

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Mechanical ventilation (MV) is the primary form of therapeutic support for patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF) or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) until the underlying disease is resolved. However, as patient disease state and response to MV are highly variable, clinicians often rely on experience to set MV. The result is more variable care, as there are currently no standard approaches to MV settings. As a result of the common occurrence of MV and variability in care, MV is one of the most expensive treatments in critical care. Thus, an approach capable of guiding patient-specific MV is required and this approach could potentially save significant cost. This research focuses on developing models and model-based approaches to analyse and guide patient-specific MV care. Four models and metrics are developed, and each model is tested in experimental or clinical trials developed for the purpose. Each builds the understanding and methods necessary for an overall approach to guide MV in a wide range of patients. The first model, a minimal recruitment model, captures the recruitment of an injured lung and its response to positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP). However, the model was only previously validated in diagnosed ARDS patients, and was not proven to capture behaviours seen in healthy patients. This deficiency could potentially negate its ability to track disease state, which is crucial in providing rapid diagnosis and patient-specific MV in response to changes in patient condition. Hence, the lack of validation in disease state progression monitoring from ARDS to healthy, or vice-versa, severely limits its application in real-time monitoring and decision support. To address this issue, an experimental ARDS animal model is developed to validate the model across the transition between healthy and diseased states. The second model, a single compartment linear lung model, models the lung as a conducting airway connected to an elastic compartment. This model is used to estimate the respiratory mechanics (Elastance and Resistance) of an ARDS animal model during disease progression and recruitment manoeuvres. This model is later extended to capture high resolution, patient-specific time-varying respiratory mechanics during each breathing cycle. This extended model is tested in ARDS patients, and was used to titrate patient-specific PEEP using a minimum elastance metric that balances recruitment and the risk of lung overdistension and ventilation-induced injury. Studies have revealed that promoting patients to breathe spontaneously during MV can improve patient outcomes. Thus, there is significant clinical trend towards using partially assisted ventilation modes, rather than fully supported ventilation modes. In this study, the patient-ventilator interaction of a state of the art partially assisted ventilation mode, known as neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA), is investigated and compared with pressure support ventilation (PS). The matching of patient-specific inspiratory demand and ventilator supplied tidal volume for these two ventilation modes is assessed using a novel Range90 metric. NAVA consistently showed better matching than PS, indicating that NAVA has better ability to provide patient-specific ventilator tidal volume to match variable patient-specific demand. Hence, this new analysis highlights a critical benefit of partially assisted ventilation and thus the need to extend model-based methods to this patient group. NAVA ventilation has been shown to improve patient-ventilator interaction compared to conventional PS. However, the patient-specific, optimal NAVA level remains unknown, and the best described method to set NAVA is complicated and clinically impractical. The Range90 metric is thus extended to analyse the matching ability of different NAVA levels, where it is found that response to different NAVA levels is highly patient-specific. Similar to the fully sedated MV case, and thus requiring models and metrics to help titrate care. More importantly, Range90 is shown to provide an alternative metric to help titrate patient-specific optimal NAVA level and this analysis further highlights the need for extended model-based methods to better guide these emerging partially assisted MV modes. Traditionally, the respiratory mechanics of the spontaneously breathing (SB) patient cannot be estimated without significant additional invasive equipment and tests that interrupt normal care and are clinically intensive to carry out. Thus, respiratory mechanics and model-based methods are rarely used to guide partially assisted MV. Thus, there is significant clinical interest to use respiratory mechanics to guide MV in SB patients. The single compartment model is extended to effectively capture the trajectory of time-varying elastance for SB patients. Results show that without additional invasive equipment, the model was able estimate unique and clinically useful respiratory mechanics in SB patients. Hence, the extended single compartment model can be used as ‘a one model fits all’ means to guide patient-specific MV continuously and consistently, for all types of patient and ventilation modes, without interrupting care. Overall, the model-based approaches presented in this thesis are capable of capturing physiologically relevant patient-specific parameters, and thus, characterise patient disease state and response to MV. With additional, larger scale clinical trials to test the performance and the impact of model-based methods on clinical outcome, the models can aid clinicians to guide MV decision making in the heterogeneous ICU population. Hence, this thesis develops, extends and validates several fundamental model-based metrics, models and methods to enable standardized patient-specific MV to improve outcome and reduce the variability and cost of care.
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Szabo, Christina. "The Effect of Oral Care on Intracranial Pressure in Critically Ill Adults." VCU Scholars Compass, 2012. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/330.

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A major goal in the care of patients with neurological problems is to prevent or minimize episodes of increased intracranial pressure (ICP). Elevations in ICP in response to nursing interventions have been acknowledged since the 1960’s when ICP monitoring was first introduced in the clinical setting. Until recently few studies have specifically examined the effect of oral care on ICP and oral care and other hygiene measures were combined or not specified, prohibiting a direct interpretation of the influence of oral care alone on ICP. The purpose of this study was to describe the relationship between routine oral care interventions and the changes in ICP specifically focusing on the effect of intensity and duration of this intervention. Twenty-three patients with a clinical condition requiring ICP monitoring were enrolled over a 12 month period. Oral care provided by neuroscience intensive care nurses was observed and videotaped. Characteristics of the intervention were documented including products used, patient positioning, and duration of the intervention. A 1-5 subjective scale was used to score intensity of oral care. Wrist actigraphy data were collected from the nurses to provide an objective measure of intensity. Patient physiologic data were collected at 12 second epochs 5 minutes before, during and 5 minutes after oral care. The mixed effect repeated measures ANOVA model indicated that there was a statistically significant increase in ICP in response to oral care (p=0.0031). There was, however, no clinically significant effect on ICP. This study provides evidence that oral care is safe to perform in patients in the absence of pre-existing elevated ICP.
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Engström, Åsa. "Close relatives of critically ill persons in intensive and critical care : the experiences of close relatives and critical care nurses." Licentiate thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Omvårdnad, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-18362.

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The aim of the licentiate thesis was to describe close relatives of critically ill persons within intensive and critical care from the perspective of close relatives and of critical care nurses. The data were collected by means of qualitaive research interviews with seven partners of persons who had been critically ill and cared for in an intensive care unit, and with focus groups discussions with 24 critical care nurses. The data were then analysed using a qualitative thematic content analysis.This study shows it was a frightening experience to see the person critically ill in an unknown environment. It was important to be able to be present; nothing else mattered. Showing respect, confirming the integrity and dignity of the ill person were also essential. recieving support from family and friends was important, as were understanding what had happened, obtaining information and the way in which this was given. The uncertainty concerning the outcome of the ill person was hard to cope with. Close relatives wanted to feel hope, even though the prognosis was poor.The presence of close relatives was taken for granted by critical care nurses and ut was frustrating if the ill person did not have any. Information from close relatives made it possible for critical care nurses to create personal care for the critically ill person. Critical care nurses supported clsoe relatives by giving them information, being near and trying to establish good relationships with them.Close relatives were described as an important and demanding part of the critical care nurses' work something that took time and enegy to deal with, and the critical care nurses missed forums for discussions about the care given.The discussion of this study show the importance for close relatives to be near and advocate for the ill person. Feeling that staff care about the ill person and close relatives make close relatives to feel safe. Recieving explanations to understand what as happening is significant.
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Ryder-Lewis, Michelle. "Reliability study of the sedation-agitation scale in an intensive care unit : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (Applied) Nursing /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-Thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/59.

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Books on the topic "Critically ill – Care"

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Meador, Billie C. The critically ill. Oradell, N.J: Medical Economics Books, 1985.

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Robert, Schlichtig, and Sterling Michael J, eds. Care of the critically ill. 3rd ed. Chicago: Year Book Medical Publishers, 1988.

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Jevon, Philip. Treating the critically ill patient. Edited by Pooni Jagtar Singh. Oxford: Blackwell Pub., 2007.

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Beverley, Ewens, ed. Monitoring the critically ill patient. 3rd ed. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.

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Nursing the critically ill adult. 3rd ed. Menlo Park, Calif: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., Health Sciences Division, 1988.

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1947-, Holloway Nancy Meyer, ed. Nursing the critically ill adult. 4th ed. Redwood City, Calif: Addison-Wesley Nursing, 1993.

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Philip, Jevon, and Ewens Beverley, eds. Monitoring the critically ill patient. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 2002.

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Brooks, David K. Resuscitation: Care of the critically ill. 2nd ed. London: Edward Arnold, 1986.

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Tinker, Jack, and Warren M. Zapol, eds. Care of the Critically Ill Patient. London: Springer London, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3400-8.

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Comfort and care for the critically ill. Grand Rapids, Mich: Baker Books, 1993.

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Book chapters on the topic "Critically ill – Care"

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Woodrow, Philip. "Transferring critically ill patients." In Intensive Care Nursing, 461–67. Fourth edition. | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.: Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315231174-47.

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Carson, Shannon S., and Kathleen Dalton. "The Chronically Critically Ill." In The Organization of Critical Care, 197–216. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0811-0_13.

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Moreno, R., P. G. H. Metnitz, and R. Matos. "Discharging the Critically Ill Patient." In Intensive Care Medicine, 937–41. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5551-0_82.

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Ridley, S. A., and I. McA Ledingham. "Transporting the Critically Ill." In Care of the Critically Ill Patient, 817–30. London: Springer London, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3400-8_50.

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Cordova, Francis C., Maria Roselyn Lim, and Gerard J. Criner. "Neuromyopathies in the Critically Ill." In Critical Care Study Guide, 381–405. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3927-5_24.

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Schartel, Scott A., and Ernest L. Yeh. "Transport of Critically Ill Patients." In Critical Care Study Guide, 239–55. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77452-7_14.

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Cordova, Francis C., Maria Roselyn C. Lim, and Gerard J. Criner. "Neuromyopathies in the Critically Ill." In Critical Care Study Guide, 541–70. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77452-7_29.

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Nasr, Viviane G., Anam Pal, Mario Montealegre-Gallegos, and Robina Matyal. "Echocardiography in the Critically Ill." In Surgical Intensive Care Medicine, 771–85. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19668-8_56.

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Piscioneri, Francesco. "Critically Ill Surgical Patients." In Hot Topics in Acute Care Surgery and Trauma, 25–29. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68099-2_4.

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Cioffi, William G., Michael D. Connolly, Charles A. Adams, Mechem C. Crawford, Aaron Richman, William H. Shoff, Catherine T. Shoff, et al. "Thrombocytopenia in Critically Ill Patients." In Encyclopedia of Intensive Care Medicine, 2223–26. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00418-6_345.

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Conference papers on the topic "Critically ill – Care"

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Schar, M., T. Omari, R. J. Fraser, A. D. Bersten, and S. Bihari. "Predictors for Disordered Swallowing in Critically Ill Intensive Care Unit Patients." In American Thoracic Society 2019 International Conference, May 17-22, 2019 - Dallas, TX. American Thoracic Society, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2019.199.1_meetingabstracts.a6681.

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Kirk, R., and A. Gite. "G222(P) Family-centred care prior to transfer of the critically ill child." In Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Abstracts of the RCPCH Conference–Online, 25 September 2020–13 November 2020. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2020-rcpch.190.

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Villacres, Sindy, and Chhavi Katyal. "Response Time in the Transport of Critically Ill Pediatric Patients to a Tertiary Critical Care Unit." In Selection of Abstracts From NCE 2015. American Academy of Pediatrics, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.140.1_meetingabstract.144.

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Jeon, Kyeongman, Jae-Uk Song, Gee Young Suh, and O. Jung Kwon. "Early Intervention And Outcomes In Critically Ill Cancer Patients Admitted To Intensive Care Units." In American Thoracic Society 2012 International Conference, May 18-23, 2012 • San Francisco, California. American Thoracic Society, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2012.185.1_meetingabstracts.a1653.

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Williams, NM, S. Riphagen, M. McDougall, and M. Fine-Goulden. "G365(P) Sharing best practice in the care of critically ill children across a paediatric critical care network: education, innovation & dissemination." In Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Abstracts of the RCPCH Conference and exhibition, 13–15 May 2019, ICC, Birmingham, Paediatrics: pathways to a brighter future. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2019-rcpch.352.

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Garcia Frade, L. J., L. Landin, A. Garcia Avello, J. L. Bavarro, L. J. Creighton, and P. J. Gaffney. "FIBRIIOLYTIC ACTIVITY II THE IITBISIVE CARE PATIEIT." In XIth International Congress on Thrombosis and Haemostasis. Schattauer GmbH, 1987. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1644885.

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Critically ill patients have been described to have blood coagulation abnormalities that predispose to bleeding and thrombosis.We have studied plasminogen activators (fibrin plate, enzyme-linked Immunosorbent assay using polyclonalantibodies for t-PA), X-oligomers fibrin fragments (using monoclonal antibodies in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay), octant i pi asmin, antithrombtai III and fibronectin (Laurel1 innaunoeleetrophoretic technique), fibrinogen (thrombin timeassay), plateLets count, kaolln-cephalin clotting time and prothrombin time on admission to the intensive care unit and sequentially after 24 and 48 hours in 39 adult patients: Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) (n:6), Trauma (n:12), Sepsis (n:8), and Miscellanea (n:13).A decrease in tissue plasminogen activator (ng/ml)(p<0.001, p<0.05, p<0.01, p<0.05, respectively in the four groups), associated to an increase in the earliest form of cross-linked fibrin degradation products, X-Oligomers concentration (ng/ml) (p<0.01), indicatethat fibrindeposition and fibrinolytic exhaustion is a widespread situation in the ICU patients. Fibronectin was significantly reduced (p<0.001) in ARDS and Sepsis patients, low fibronectin levels were related to prognosis (p<0.01).These findings suggest.that critically ill patients, must be evaluated in respect to fibrinolysis and supported when necessary with prophylactic treatment.
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Hill, Melissa, Jennifer Hammond, Celine Lewis, Rhiannon Mellis, Emma Clement, and Lyn Chitty. "56 Parent and health professional experiences and views of genome sequencing for rapid diagnosis in critically ill children." In GOSH Conference 2019, Care of the Complex Child. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2019-gosh.56.

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Saidy, S. O., J. Bahgat, F. Ilyas, K. Kashinsky, A. Wardhere, and F. C. Hastrup. "A Thrombus in Transit: The Power of Point of Care Ultrasonography in Critically Ill Patients." In American Thoracic Society 2022 International Conference, May 13-18, 2022 - San Francisco, CA. American Thoracic Society, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2022.205.1_meetingabstracts.a1823.

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Qiao, Qiao. "Inspiratory muscle training may improve extubation outcome in critically ill patients in the intensive care units." In ERS International Congress 2020 abstracts. European Respiratory Society, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/13993003.congress-2020.580.

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Reenberg, Asbjorn Thode, Dimitri Boiroux, Tobias Kasper Skovborg Ritschel, and John Bagterp Jorgensen. "Model Predictive Control of the Blood Glucose Concentration for Critically Ill Patients in Intensive Care Units." In 2019 IEEE 58th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC). IEEE, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/cdc40024.2019.9029651.

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Reports on the topic "Critically ill – Care"

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Maloney, Dr G., Dr M. J. White, Dr K. Bailey, Dr A. Bergin, Dr D. Corcoran, Dr I. Lambert, and Dr D. Doherty. Care of the critically ill child in Irish hospitals. The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, June 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.21466/g.cotcici.2015.

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Jalil, Yorschua, and Ruvistay Gutierrez. Myokines secretion and their role in critically ill patients. A scoping review protocol. INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols, September 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2021.9.0048.

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Review question / Objective: 1-How and by which means stimulated muscle from critically ill patients can liberate myokines?, 2-Which are the main characteristics of the critically ill population studied and if some of these influenced myokine´s secretion?, 5-Can myokines exert local or distant effects in critically ill patients?, 5-Which are the potential effects of myokines in critically ill patients? Eligibility criteria: Participants and context: We will include primary studies (randomized or non-randomized trials, observational studies, case series or case report) that consider hospitalized critically ill adult patients (18 years or older) in risk for developing some degree of neuromuscular disorders such as ICU-AW, diaphragmatic dysfunction, or muscle weakness, therefore the specific setting will be critical care. Concept: This review will be focused on studies regarding the secretion or measure of myokines or similar (exerkines, cytokines or interleukin) by any mean of muscle activation or muscle contraction such as physical activity, exercise or NMES, among others. The latter strategies must be understood as any mean by which muscle, and there for myocytes, are stimulated as result of muscle contraction, regardless of the frequency, intensity, time of application and muscle to be stimulated (upper limb, lower limb, thoracic or abdominal muscles). We also will consider myokine´s effects, local or systemic, over different tissues in terms of their structure or function, such as myocytes function, skeletal muscle mass and strength, degree of muscle wasting or myopathies, among others.
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Yao, Yan, Yi-He Zhao, Hui-Bin Huang, and Yuan Xu. Subcutaneous continuous glucose monitoring compared tofrequent point-of-care measurement in critically ill patients: a systemic review and meta-analysis. INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols, December 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2021.12.0102.

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James-Scott, Alisha, Rachel Savoy, Donna Lynch-Smith, and tracy McClinton. Impact of Central Line Bundle Care on Reduction of Central Line Associated-Infections: A Scoping Review. University of Tennessee Health Science Center, November 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21007/con.dnp.2021.0014.

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Purpose/Background Central venous catheters (CVC) are typical for critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Due to the invasiveness of this procedure, there is a high risk for central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI). These infections have been known to increase mortality and morbidity, medical costs, and reduce hospital reimbursements. Evidenced-based interventions were grouped to assemble a central line bundle to decrease the number of CLABSIs and improve patient outcomes. This scoping review will evaluate the literature and examine the association between reduced CLABSI rates and central line bundle care implementation or current use. Methods A literature review was completed of nine critically appraised articles from the years 2010-2021. The association of the use of central line bundles and CLABSI rates was examined. These relationships were investigated to determine if the adherence to a central line bundle directly reduced the number of CLABSI rates in critically ill adult patients. A summary evaluation table was composed to determine the associations related to the implementation or current central line bundle care use. Results Of the study sample (N=9), all but one demonstrated a significant decrease in CLABSI rates when a central line bundle was in place. A trend towards reducing CLABSI was noted in the remaining article, a randomized controlled study, but the results were not significantly different. In all the other studies, a meta-analysis, randomized controlled trial, control trial, cohort or case-control studies, and quality improvement project, there was a significant improvement in CLABSI rates when utilizing a central line bundle. The extensive use of different levels of evidence provided an excellent synopsis that implementing a central line bundle care would directly affect decreasing CLABSI rates. Implications for Nursing Practice Results provided in this scoping review afforded the authors a diverse level of evidence that using a central line bundle has a direct outcome on reducing CLABSI rates. This practice can be implemented within the hospital setting as suggested by the literature review to prevent or reduce CLABSI rates. Implementing a standard central line bundle care hospital-wide helps avoid this hospital-acquired infection.
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Wang, Xiao, Hong Shen, Yujie Liang, Yixin Wang, Meiqi Zhang, and Hongtao Ma. Effects of physical activity interventions for post-COVID-19 patients: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis. INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols, May 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2022.5.0036.

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Review question / Objective: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which has caused a huge impact in many countries and has attracted great attention from countries around the world. However, since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, most attention has focused on containing transmission and addressing the surge of critically ill patients in acute care settings. As we enter the second phase of the pandemic, emphasis must evolve to post care of COVID-19 survivors. A variety of persistent symptoms, such as severe fatigue, shortness of breath, and attention disorder have been reported at several months after the onset of the infection. We urgently need to identify safe and effective COVID-19 rehabilitative strategies. Overwhelming evidence exists that physical activity produces short-, middle- and long-term health benefits that prevent, delay, mitigate and even reverse a large number of metabolic, pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of physical activity interventions for rehabilitation of post-covid-19 patient and provide a reliable method and credible evidence to improve the prognosis of post-COVID-19 patients via systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Candrilli, Sean D., and Samantha Kurosky. The Response to and Cost of Meningococcal Disease Outbreaks in University Campus Settings: A Case Study in Oregon, United States. RTI Press, October 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.3768/rtipress.2019.rr.0034.1910.

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Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a contagious bacterial infection that can occur sporadically in healthy individuals. Symptoms are typically similar to other common diseases, which can result in delayed diagnosis and treatment until patients are critically ill. In the United States, IMD outbreaks are rare and unpredictable. During an outbreak, rapidly marshalling the personnel and monetary resources to respond is paramount to controlling disease spread. If a community lacks necessary resources for a quick and efficient outbreak response, the resulting economic cost can be overwhelming. We developed a conceptual framework of activities implemented by universities, health departments, and community partners when responding to university-based IMD outbreaks. Next, cost data collected from public sources and interviews were applied to the conceptual framework to estimate the economic cost, both direct and indirect, of a university-based IMD outbreak. We used data from two recent university outbreaks in Oregon as case studies. Findings indicate a university-based IMD outbreak response relies on coordination between health care providers/insurers, university staff, media, government, and volunteers, along with many other community members. The estimated economic cost was $12.3 million, inclusive of the cost of vaccines ($7.35 million). Much of the total cost was attributable to wrongful death and indirect costs (e.g., productivity loss resulting from death). Understanding the breadth of activities and the economic cost of such a response may inform budgeting for future outbreak preparedness and development of alternative strategies to prevent and/or control IMD.
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Zhu, Yi-Bing, Yan Yao, Yuan Xu, and Hui-Bin Huang. Nitrogen balance and Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols, May 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2022.5.0134.

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Review question / Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of Nitrogen balance (NB) on prognosis in such a patient population. Condition being studied: Nitrogen balance and Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients. Eligibility criteria: 1) The study focused on the association between NB level and the mortality risk in adult (≥18 years old) patients; 2) The outcome data included any reporting form of survival data that could be extracted; and 3) The study design was limited to cohort, case-control, or RCT design.
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Yang, Hui, Xi-Xi Wan, Hui Ma, Zhen LI, Li Weng, Ying Xia, and Xiao-Ming Zhang. Prevalence and mortality risk of low skeletal muscle mass in critically ill patients: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis. INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols, November 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2022.11.0132.

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Review question / Objective: The PICOS principle was adopted when we confirmed the study eligibility. The inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) patients were critically ill, which was defined as adult patients who were from the ICU department; (2) exposure: patients had a clear definition of LSMM based on CT scans, anthropometric methods and ultrasound; (3) presented the prevalence of LSMM or could be calculated by the available data from the article; and (4) study design: observational study (cohort study or cross-sectional study). Articles that were reviews, case reports, comments, correspondences, letters or only abstracts were excluded. Condition being studied: Critical illness often results in low skeletal muscle mass for multiple reasons. Multiple studies have explored the association between low skeletal muscle mass and mortality. The prevalence of low skeletal muscle mass and its association with mortality are unclear. This systematic review and meta-analysis aim to identify the prevalence and mortality risk of low skeletal muscle mass among critically ill patients.
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Parents are meaningfully involved in decisions on the care of their critically ill baby when they are given options not recommendations. National Institute for Health Research, March 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.3310/alert_45227.

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