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Patient-Specific Classification of ICU Sedation Levels From Heart Rate Variability.

OBJECTIVE: To develop a personalizable algorithm to discriminate between sedation levels in ICU patients based on heart rate variability.

PREDICTIVE MODELING OF HOSPITAL READMISSION RATES USING ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD-WIDE MACHINE LEARNING: A CASE-STUDY USING MOUNT SINAI HEART FAILURE COHORT.

Reduction of preventable hospital readmissions that result from chronic or acute conditions like stroke, heart failure, myocardial infarction and pneumonia remains a significant challenge for improving the outcomes and decreasing the cost of healthcare delivery in the United States. Patient readmission rates are relatively high for conditions like heart failure (HF) despite the implementation of h...

Gastric Volume and Its Relationship to Underlying Pathology or Acid-suppressing Medication.

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary aspiration during sedation is a major concern for sedation providers, making identifying high-risk patients a priority. Gastric ...

Development of Tolerance to Chronic Intermittent Furosemide Therapy in Pediatric Patients.

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study is to describe whether tolerance develops in pediatric patients receiving chronic intermittent furosemide therap...

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Prolonged Infusion Aztreonam for Multi-Drug Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa: A Case Report.

Aztreonam, a broad-spectrum monobactam, is typically reserved for multidrug resistant (MDR) infections. Pharmacokinetic (PK) data to guide dosing in c...

A Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing the Effect of Neostigmine and Metoclopramide on Gastric Residual Volume of Mechanically Ventilated ICU Patients.

BACKGROUND: In critically ill patients, enteral feeding through the nasogastric tube is the method of choice for nutritional support. Gastrointestinal...

Cell Free DNA and Procalcitonin as Early Markers of Complications in ICU Patients with Multiple Trauma and Major Surgery.

BACKGROUND: Cell free DNA (cfDNA) was recently suggested as a new marker of sepsis and poor outcome in ICU patients. Procalcitonin has also been the f...

Level of adrenomedullin in cases with adrenal defficiency and its relation to mortality in patients with sepsis.

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to determine the prognostic value of adrenomedullin, after evaluation of adrenal function in sepsis patients. ...

[Effect of prone position ventilation on respiratory mechanics and prognosis in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome concurrent with interstitial lung disease].

OBJECTIVE: To explore the effect of prone position ventilation (PPV) on respiratory mechanics and prognosis in patients with acute respiratory distres...

[Reproduction of a model of "two-hit" sepsis model with complication of pneumonia in rat].

OBJECTIVE: To reproduce a clinically relevant "two-hit" model of sepsis complicated by pneumonia and to explore the correlation between "two-hit" and ...

[The influence of the sedation based on remifentanil analgesia on the occurrence of delirium in critically ill patients].

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the influence of the midazolam sedation based on remifentanil analgesia on the occurrence of delirium in critically ill pati...

[The value of passive leg raising test in predicting fluid responsiveness in patients with sepsis-induced cardiac dysfunction].

OBJECTIVE: To assess the value of passive leg raising (PLR) test in predicting fluid responsiveness in patients with sepsis-induced cardiac dysfunctio...

Patient-specific early classification of multivariate observations.

Early classification of time series has been receiving a lot of attention recently. In this paper we present a model, which we call the Early Classifi...

Vasopressin and its copilot copeptin in sepsis and septic shock.