Kazım Rollas, G. Ersan, O. Emgin, Taner Çalışkan, T. Yavuz, O. Sarac
{"title":"Evaluation of Microorganisms Isolated from Endotracheal Aspirate Cultures in Patients with and without COVID-19 in the Intensive Care Unit: Single-Centre Retrospective Analysis","authors":"Kazım Rollas, G. Ersan, O. Emgin, Taner Çalışkan, T. Yavuz, O. Sarac","doi":"10.37678/dcybd.2022.3156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37678/dcybd.2022.3156","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40137,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Critical & Intensive Care","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69976539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ozlem Sarac Sandal, E. Ongun, A. Cicek, Seda Aybuke Sari, O. Temel, G. Ceylan
{"title":"Epidemiology and Nature of Suicide Attempts in Children and Adolescents at the Tertiary Care Pediatric Hospitals; a Multicentre Retrospective Study in Turkey","authors":"Ozlem Sarac Sandal, E. Ongun, A. Cicek, Seda Aybuke Sari, O. Temel, G. Ceylan","doi":"10.37678/dcybd.2022.3054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37678/dcybd.2022.3054","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40137,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Critical & Intensive Care","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69976331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mechanical Ventilation Strategies in Patients with Intra-Abdominal Hypertension and Open Abdomen","authors":"F. Yıldırım, I. Karaman, Mehmet Yildirim","doi":"10.37678/dcybd.2022.3236","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37678/dcybd.2022.3236","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40137,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Critical & Intensive Care","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69976752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Çağla Erdoğan, M. Kılınç, Selvinaz Tanriverdi Yuksel, H. Sungurtekin
{"title":"Spontaneous Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum in Covid-19 Pneumonia","authors":"Çağla Erdoğan, M. Kılınç, Selvinaz Tanriverdi Yuksel, H. Sungurtekin","doi":"10.37678/dcybd.2022.3106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37678/dcybd.2022.3106","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40137,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Critical & Intensive Care","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69976366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mahshid Aramesh, Mohammad Amin Valizade Hasanloie, S. Aghlmand, Hamdollah Sharifi
{"title":"Assessment of Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis Pattern in the Intensive Care Unit Patients","authors":"Mahshid Aramesh, Mohammad Amin Valizade Hasanloie, S. Aghlmand, Hamdollah Sharifi","doi":"10.37678/dcybd.2021.2825","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37678/dcybd.2021.2825","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: Stress ulcer prophylaxis (SUP) is often overused in the intensive care unit. Evaluation of the rate of unsuitable stress ulcer prophylaxis upon ICU admission and determine the frequency of overutilization or underutilization of SUP. Study design: This study was performed in Imam Khomeini Hospital of Urmia University of Medical Sciences in Iran. The risk of stress ulcer development was assessed using American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) guideline. Materials and Methods: Patients with at least one major or two minor risk factors had an indication of receiving prophylactic stress ulcer. Stress ulcer prophylaxis was considered as appropriate if patients were in one of these two groups and receiving medication. Results: In total of 200 patients included in this study, 55.5% were male, mean hospitalization in ICU was 17.9±8.7 days. The mean age of patients was 56.1 ±17.4 years. Thirty two percent of patients had at least one major and 47.5% had at least two minor risk factors. The most common major risk factor was coagulopathy and the most minor risk factor was using heparin with therapeutic dose. Seventy-nine and a half percent of patients received stress ulcer prophylaxis based on guideline and forty-one (20.5%) had not any indication for stress ulcer prophylaxis and they received drugs inappropriately. The most commonly, used drug class in the prevention of stress ulcer was H2 blockers. Conclusions: Physicians are familiar with risk factors, but they are not familiar with the importance of rational prescription, and overuse of stress ulcer prophylaxis. So, we are far from ideal conditions.","PeriodicalId":40137,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Critical & Intensive Care","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69975823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Anemia and Red Blood Cell Transfusion Practices in a Medical Intensive Care Unit","authors":"T. Akbaş, O. Balbay","doi":"10.37678/dcybd.2022.3111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37678/dcybd.2022.3111","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40137,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Critical & Intensive Care","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69976418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Impact of Body Mass Index on Intensive Care Unit Outcomes of Critically ill Patients","authors":"Z. Cinar, Burcu Ozturk, M. Aydoğdu","doi":"10.37678/dcybd.2022.3209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37678/dcybd.2022.3209","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40137,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Critical & Intensive Care","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69976565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Determinants of Mortality in Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Unit Due to COVID-19 Pneumonia","authors":"M. Tosun, H. Olmez","doi":"10.37678/dcybd.2021.2783","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37678/dcybd.2021.2783","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-2019), which originated in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and became a global pandemic in March 2020, is a viral infectious condition. This study was planned due to the novel character of the virus, unexpected clinical course of the disease as well as due to the relative lack of data on determinants of severe disease. Methods: This retrospective study was carried out with the inclusion of 80 patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Medical Faculty of Erzincan Binali Yildirim University between 1st April 2020 and 1st October 2020 due to the diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia. Demographic, clinical, and laboratory data, as well as treatments complications, length of ICU stay and mortality rate were compared between patients who had survive or not. Results: Of the 80 patients, 18 were died, and 62 were discharged. The mean age was 69.7 +/- 14.7 years, with a female to male ratio of approximately 1:2. Systolic blood pressure and mean arterial pressure on admission were significantly lower in non-survivors (p=0.002, and p=0.026, respectively). Also, non-survivors had significantly higher levels of CRP, procalcitonin, D-dimer, urea, LDH, INR, lactate, and neutrophil count and significantly lower lymphocyte counts as compared to survivors. The predictors of mortality were determined as the need for mechanical ventilation, presence of complications, higher CRP and urea levels in a multivariate regression analysis. Conclusion: Early estimation of patients with a high likelihood of severe illness, assessment of the intensive care unit admission, and convenient treatment strategies are important. This is a precious study that detects an early need for ICU admission and dose follow-up of patients.","PeriodicalId":40137,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Critical & Intensive Care","volume":"68 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69976200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of Predictive Scoring Systems in Assessing Risk for Intensive Care Unit Admission and In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Urinary Tract Infections","authors":"S. Bae, Jae Hee Lee, Y. Choi","doi":"10.37678/dcybd.2022.2941","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37678/dcybd.2022.2941","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: We aimed to investigate the effectiveness of confusion, respiratory rate, blood pressure (CRB), CRB65, and quick sequential organ failure assessment (qSOFA) in predicting intensive care unit (ICU) admission and in-hospital mortality of patients with urinary tract infections (UTI) compared with Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS). Methods: Data of patients with UTI who visited the emergency department of a single centre between February 2018 and March 2020 were retrospectively analysed. Baseline characteristics were compared with the prevalence of ICU admission and in-hospital mortality. The effectiveness of CRB, CRB-65, qSOFA, and SIRS as indicators of ICU admission and in-hospital mortality were evaluated using the area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) curve. Results: Overall, 1151 patients were included, of whom 132 (11.5%) were admitted to the ICU and 30 (2.6%) succumbed to in-hospital mortality. AUROC values of CRB, CRB-65, and qSOFA as predictors of ICU admission and in-hospital mortality were similar. CRB score ≥1 had a sensitivity and specificity of 71.3% and 73.5%, respectively, for ICU admission; 66.7% and 69.2%, respectively, for in-hospital mortality. CRB-65 score ≥2 had a sensitivity and specificity of 61.2% and 80.9%, respectively, for ICU admissions; 60% and 76.9%, respectively, for in-hospital mortality. A qSOFA score ≥1 had a sensitivity and specificity of 71.3% and 79.6%, respectively, for ICU admission; 66.7% and 74.8%, respectively, for in-hospital mortality. AUROC values of SIRS were 0.580 and 0.617 respectively for ICU admission and in-hospital mortality, which showed lower predictive performance than those of the other three scoring systems. Conclusion: In ICU admission, CRB, CRB-65, and qSOFA have better predictive performance than SIRS. CRB-65 and qSOFA have superior performance compared to CRB and SIRS in predicting mortality.","PeriodicalId":40137,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Critical & Intensive Care","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69976390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}