scholarly journals Severe Acidemia, Leukocytosis and Low Hematocrit Levels at Admission as Mortality Predictors of Elderly Intensive Care Unit Patients

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Türkay Akbaş ◽  
Elif Şenocak Taşcı ◽  
Hafize Titiz Yılmaztepe ◽  
Feruze Turan Sönmez ◽  
Durdu Mehmet Kös ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Mortality Predictors

scholarly journals Intelligent Management of Sepsis in the Intensive Care Unit

2012 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Vicent J. Ribas ◽  
Juan Carlos Ruiz-Rodríguez ◽  
Alfredo Vellido
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Svm Model ◽  
Intelligent Management ◽  
Alternative Techniques ◽  
Research Challenge ◽  
Mortality Predictors

Sepsis is a transversal pathology and one of the main causes of death in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). It has in fact become the tenth most common cause of death in western societies. Its mortality rates can reach up to 60% for Septic Shock, its most acute manifestation. For these reasons, the prediction of the mortality caused by Sepsis is an open and relevant medical research challenge. This problem requires prediction methods that are robust and accurate, but also readily interpretable. This is paramount if they are to be used in the demanding context of real-time decision making at the ICU. In this brief contribution, three different methods are presented. One is based on a variant of the well-known support vector machine (SVM) model and provides and automated ranking of relevance of the mortality predictors while the other two are based on logistic-regression and logistic regression over latent Factors. The reported results show that the methods presented outperform in terms of accuracy alternative techniques currently in use in clinical settings, while simultaneously assessing the relative impact of individual pathology indicators.

Low insulin-like growth factor-1 and hypocholesterolemia as mortality predictors in acute kidney injury in the intensive care unit*

2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (12) ◽  
pp. 3165-3170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sérgio M. Guimarães ◽  
Emerson Q. Lima ◽  
José P. Cipullo ◽  
Suzana M. Lobo ◽  
Emmanuel A. Burdmann
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Acute Kidney Injury ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Growth Factor ◽  
Kidney Injury ◽  
Insulin Like Growth Factor ◽  
Mortality Predictors

scholarly journals Sepsis and septic shock – an observational study of the incidence, management, and mortality predictors in a medical intensive care unit

2020 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 429-439
Author(s):  
Vesna Vucelić ◽  
Iva Klobučar ◽  
Branka Đuras-Cuculić ◽  
Ana Gverić Grginić ◽  
Carmen Prohaska-Potočnik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Septic Shock ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Observational Study ◽  
Medical Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Medical Intensive Care ◽  
Sepsis And Septic Shock ◽  
Mortality Predictors

scholarly journals Mortality Predictors After Liver Transplant in the Intensive Care Unit

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 1424-1427 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.P. Ragonete dos Anjos Agostini ◽  
I. de Fatima Santana Boin ◽  
R. Martins Tonella ◽  
A.M. Heidemann dos Santos ◽  
A.L. Eiras Falcão ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Liver Transplant ◽  
Mortality Predictors

The Psychosocial Aspects of Feeding in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Beyond

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 1507-1515
Author(s):  
Lauren L. Madhoun ◽  
Robert Dempster
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Hospital Discharge ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Oral Feeding ◽  
Medical Attention ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
The Family

Purpose Feeding challenges are common for infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). While sufficient oral feeding is typically a goal during NICU admission, this can be a long and complicated process for both the infant and the family. Many of the stressors related to feeding persist long after hospital discharge, which results in the parents taking the primary role of navigating the infant's course to ensure continued feeding success. This is in addition to dealing with the psychological impact of having a child requiring increased medical attention and the need to continue to fulfill the demands at home. In this clinical focus article, we examine 3 main areas that impact psychosocial stress among parents with infants in the NICU and following discharge: parenting, feeding, and supports. Implications for speech-language pathologists working with these infants and their families are discussed. A case example is also included to describe the treatment course of an infant and her parents in the NICU and after graduation to demonstrate these points further. Conclusion Speech-language pathologists working with infants in the NICU and following hospital discharge must realize the family context and psychosocial considerations that impact feeding progression. Understanding these factors may improve parental engagement to more effectively tailor treatment approaches to meet the needs of the child and family.

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