Ventilator-associated pneumonia in adults: a narrative review

L Papazian, M Klompas, CE Luyt - Intensive care medicine, 2020 - Springer
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the most frequent ICU-acquired infections.
Reported incidences vary widely from 5 to 40% depending on the setting and diagnostic …

The Japanese clinical practice guidelines for management of sepsis and septic shock 2020 (J-SSCG 2020)

M Egi, H Ogura, T Yatabe, K Atagi, S Inoue, T Iba… - Journal of intensive …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic
Shock 2020 (J-SSCG 2020), a Japanese-specific set of clinical practice guidelines for sepsis …

GRADE approach to drawing conclusions from a network meta-analysis using a partially contextualised framework

R Brignardello-Petersen, A Izcovich, B Rochwerg… - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
This article describes GRADE (grading of recommendations assessment, development and
evaluation) guidance on how to make conclusions from a network meta-analysis of …

[HTML][HTML] Pantoprazole in patients at risk for gastrointestinal bleeding in the ICU

M Krag, S Marker, A Perner, J Wetterslev… - … England Journal of …, 2018 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Prophylaxis for gastrointestinal stress ulceration is frequently given to patients
in the intensive care unit (ICU), but its risks and benefits are unclear. Methods In this …

Prevention of complications in the cardiac intensive care unit: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

CB Fordyce, JN Katz, CL Alviar, C Arslanian-Engoren… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Contemporary cardiac intensive care units (CICUs) have an increasing prevalence of
noncardiovascular comorbidities and multisystem organ dysfunction. However, little …

Prophylaxis against upper gastrointestinal bleeding in hospitalized patients

D Cook, G Guyatt - New England Journal of Medicine, 2018 - Mass Medical Soc
Preventing Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Hospital Acid suppression is widely used to
lower the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding in critically ill patients, and the practice has spread …

The epidemiology and clinical outcomes of ventilator-associated events among 20,769 mechanically ventilated patients at intensive care units: an observational study

Q He, W Wang, S Zhu, M Wang, Y Kang, R Zhang… - Critical Care, 2021 - Springer
Background Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most common hospital-acquired
infection (HAI) in intensive care units (ICUs). Ventilator-associated event (VAE), a more …

Gastrointestinal bleeding in hospitalized COVID‐19 patients: a propensity score matched cohort study

AJ Trindade, S Izard, K Coppa… - Journal of Internal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding has been observed amongst
patients hospitalized with COVID‐19. Recently, anticoagulation has shown to decrease …

The phylogeny and biological function of gastric juice—microbiological consequences of removing gastric acid

TC Martinsen, R Fossmark, HL Waldum - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Gastric juice is a unique combination of hydrochloric acid (HCl), lipase, and pepsin. Acidic
gastric juice is found in all vertebrates, and its main function is to inactivate microorganisms …

Predictors of gastrointestinal bleeding in adult ICU patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Granholm, L Zeng, JC Dionne, A Perner… - Intensive Care …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose To systematically identify predictors of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in adult
intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Methods We conducted a systematic review and meta …