Abstract
Scoring systems can be used to predict mortality in patients admitted to the ICU. They are produced using variables that are associated with an increased risk of mortality such as patient demographics, physiological measurements and coexisting conditions and can be used to evaluate ICU performance, to stratify patients in clinical trials and to assist in-hospital and healthcare decisions such as resource allocation. The aim of the project was to determine whether a general score derived from routine laboratory parameters could be used to predict mortality rates in patients admitted to the ICU in the UK.
Highlights
To assess cerebral hemodynamics in an experimental sepsis model
Healthy bowel function is an important factor when judging the advisability of early enteral nutrition in critically ill patients
Sepsis is defined as the presence of infection with systemic signs of infection, and severe sepsis as sepsis plus sepsis-induced organ dysfunction or tissue hypoperfusion [1]
Summary
We evaluated platelet activation markers as potential predictive markers of sepsis and of mortality among four commonly encountered populations of patients admitted to ICUs. Methods Ninety-nine non-infected ICU patients were prospectively screened at day 1 (T1) and day 3 (T2) of admission after elective cardiac surgery, trauma, acute neurologic dysfunction or prolonged ventilation (>48 hours). The present study was performed with the aim of assessing whether nursing and physician staff were able to identify patients in need of critical care using only clinical judgment and to compare this with the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) Methods This was a prospective cohort study of all adult patients with a first-time admission to a medical admission unit at a 450-bed regional teaching hospital over a 3-month period in 2010.
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