Selected article for: "care unit and mechanical ventilation"

Author: Teke, Turgut; Coskun, Ramazan; Sungur, Murat; Guven, Muhammed; Bekci, Taha T; Maden, Emin; Alp, Emine; Doganay, Mehmet; Erayman, Ibrahim; Uzun, Kursat
Title: 2009 H1N1 Influenza and Experience in Three Critical Care Units
  • Document date: 2011_4_7
  • ID: yz5rr9wn_8
    Snippet: We defined critically ill patients as those admitted to an adult intensive care unit (ICU); requiring mechanical ventilation or receiving intravenous infusion of inotropic or vasopressors during the hospitalization. Severity of illness was assessed in adults using the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II within 24 hours of ICU admission. We recorded co-morbidities and prior defined major co-morbidities as the presence of one.....
    Document: We defined critically ill patients as those admitted to an adult intensive care unit (ICU); requiring mechanical ventilation or receiving intravenous infusion of inotropic or vasopressors during the hospitalization. Severity of illness was assessed in adults using the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II within 24 hours of ICU admission. We recorded co-morbidities and prior defined major co-morbidities as the presence of one or more of the following chronic medical conditions: asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), congestive heart failure, malignancy, neuromuscular disorders, cerebral palsy, diabetes mellitus, coronary artery diseases, heart diseases, chemotherapy, malnutrition, immunosuppressive status or renal failure.

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