Abstract

Endotoxin scattering photometry (ESP) is a newly developed endotoxin assay. The mechanism of ESP is the same as for the turbidimetric method, which is a conventional endotoxin assay in Japan; however, ESP enables one to detect a very small amount of endotoxin within 1 hour. This is because ESP can detect the clotting enzyme product coagulin, which is the first appearance of limulus amebocyte lysate cascade evoked by endotoxin [1].

Highlights

  • The aim of this study was to elucidate the impact of ICU-acquired infection on ICU and hospital mortality

  • The goal from this study is to evaluate weaning predictor indexes in patients during weaning from mechanical ventilation (MV)

  • This study aims to evaluate the effects of the threshold in such situations

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Introduction

The aim of this study was to elucidate the impact of ICU-acquired infection on ICU and hospital mortality. Methods A total of 48 community patients (36 men, 11 women, age 50.17 ± 17.974 years, APACHE II score 13.51 ± 6.153) who were expected to stay in the ICU for >5 days were included in this study. Specific examples of feedback are as follows: ‘good update of management plan reinforces need for taking into account concurrent medication when resuscitating patients’, ‘nice simple messages with good starting points for trying to deal with these complicated patients’, ‘useful data on risk of recurrence as this is a question often asked by patients’ This feedback was encouraging as it showed how the primary care professionals planned to change their practice to improve patient outcomes as a result of the learning. The course was considered excellent by 63% of the participants and good by 36%

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