Background: Nutritional support has been recognized as an essential part of intensive care
unit management. However, the appropriate caloric intake for critically ill patients remains ill …

Objective: Recent literature showed that development of hypomagnesemia is associated
with higher mortality. The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of magnesium …

Introduction Hyperglycemia represents an independent prognostic factor in critically ill non-diabetic
patients but not in those with diabetes. In this context, there is an ongoing debate on …

Background Clinical effects and outcomes of a single dose etomidate prior to intubation in
the intensive care setting is controversial. The aim of this study is to evaluate the association …

Recent literature showed that development of hypomagnesemia is associated with higher
mortality. The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of magnesium supplementation …

Method: 110mg/dl) underwent conventional or intensive insulin therapy. At 4 time points [admission,
day 3, 5 and 7] plasma concentrations of the following parameters were evaluated: …

Rationale: with debated effects on mortality. Considering that adrenal insufficiency is a well
documented entity in liver cirrhotic patients; we thought to evaluate the association of a …

PURPOSE: to evaluate the efficacy of intensive insulin protocol to control blood sugar in
target of 4.4-6.1 mmol/l. METHODS: Data was abstracted from an ongoing randomized …

Methods: care academic medical center to plan a critical care clinical research course. This
department was staffed by 12 board certified intensivists, 10 critical care registrars and> 150 …

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