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Thursday 27 January 2011

Paradoxical ventilator associated pneumonia incidences

Paradoxical ventilator associated pneumonia incidences among selective digestive decontamination studies versus other studies of mechanically ventilated patients: benchmarking the evidence base. Critical Care 2011, 15:R7.

Hurley, J.C.

Selective digestive decontamination (SDD) appears to have a more compelling evidence base than non-antimicrobial methods for the prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP). However, the striking variability in ventilator associated pneumonia-incidence proportion (VAP-IP) among the SDD studies remains unexplained and a postulated contextual effect remains untested for.

Anxiety and depression symptoms in critically ill patients

Early intra-intensive care unit psychological intervention promotes recovery from post traumatic stess disorders, anxiety and depression symptoms in critically patients. Critical Care 2011, 15:R41.

Peris, A., et al.

http://ccforum.com/content/pdf/cc10003.pdf

Critically ill patients who required intensive care unit (ICU) treatment may experience psychological distress, with increasing development of psychological disorders and related morbidity. Our aim was to determine whether intra-ICU clinical psychologist interventions decrease the prevalence of anxiety, depression and post traumatic stress disorder after 12 months from ICU discharge.