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Andrea Morelli

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Abdominal infections in the intensive care unit: characteristics, treatment and determinants of outcome

2014

Background: Abdominal infections are frequent causes of sepsis and septic shock in the intensive care unit (ICU) and are associated with adverse outcomes. We analyzed the characteristics, treatments and outcome of ICU patients with abdominal infections using data extracted from a one-day point prevalence study, the Extended Prevalence of Infection in the ICU (EPIC) II.Methods: EPIC II included 13,796 adult patients from 1,265 ICUs in 75 countries. Infection was defined using the International Sepsis Forum criteria. Microbiological analyses were performed locally. Participating ICUs provided patient follow-up until hospital discharge or for 60 days.Results: Of the 7,087 infected patients, 1,…

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Effect of gender and obesity on electrical current thresholds

2011

Introduction: In this study we investigated the influence of gender and obesity on electrical current thresholds in an attempt to optimize the application of skeletal muscle electrical stimulation (ES) in clinical practice. Methods: Thirty- two obese and 35 age-matched, non-obese men and women received graded ES to the quadriceps muscle for sensory (detection) and motor (contraction) threshold assessment. Con- comitant pain and tolerance to ES were recorded. Results: Sen- sory threshold was lower in women than in men (P < 0.001), both obese and non-obese. Sensory and motor thresholds were higher in obese than in non-obese subjects (P < 0.05), and body mass index was a strong predictor of mo…

medicine.medical_specialtyPhysiologybusiness.industrySkeletal musclePoison controlPulse durationSensory systemStimulationNerve fiberTranscutaneous electrical nerve stimulationlaw.inventionCellular and Molecular NeurosciencePhysical medicine and rehabilitationmedicine.anatomical_structurelawPhysiology (medical)Internal medicinemedicineCardiologyNeurology (clinical)businessBody mass indexMuscle &amp; Nerve
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Candida bloodstream infections in intensive care units: Analysis of the extended prevalence of infection in intensive care unit study

2011

Objectives: To provide a global, up-to-date picture of the prevalence, treatment, and outcomes of Candida bloodstream infections in intensive care unit patients and compare Candida with bacterial bloodstream infection. Design: A retrospective analysis of the Extended Prevalence of Infection in the ICU Study (EPIC II). Demographic, physiological, infection-related and therapeutic data were collected. Patients were grouped as having Candida, Gram-positive, Gram-negative, and combined Candida/bacterial bloodstream infection. Outcome data were assessed at intensive care unit and hospital discharge. Setting: EPIC II included 1265 intensive care units in 76 countries. Patients: Patients in partic…

Candida albicanMaleAntifungal AgentsIron metabolism Pathogenesis and modulation of inflammation [IGMD 7]Settore MED/41 - AnestesiologiaCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicinelaw.inventionEchinocandinschemistry.chemical_compound0302 clinical medicineRetrospective StudieCaspofunginlawCandida albicansPrevalenceAntifungal Agent030212 general & internal medicineCandida albicansFluconazoleMESH: SepsisFungemiaintensive careMedicine(all)MESH: AgedCross Infection0303 health scienceseducation.field_of_studyMESH: Middle AgedfungemiabiologyCandidiasisMiddle AgedIntensive care unitMESH: Candidiasisbacteremia; epidemiology; fungemia; intensive care; outcome assessment (health care); Aged; Antifungal Agents; Candida albicans; Candidiasis; Cross Infection; Echinocandins; Female; Fluconazole; Humans; Intensive Care Units; Lipopeptides; Male; Middle Aged; Prevalence; Retrospective Studies; Sepsis; Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine3. Good healthIntensive Care Unitsbacteremia epidemiology fungemia intensive care outcome assessment (health care)CandidiasiMESH: FluconazoleepidemiologyFemaleHumanmedicine.drugmedicine.medical_specialtySepsiIntensive Care UnitPopulationLipopeptides03 medical and health sciencesSepsisIntensive caremedicineHumansEchinocandinbacteremiaIntensive care medicineeducationMESH: PrevalenceAgedRetrospective Studiesoutcome assessment (health care)MESH: Humans030306 microbiologybusiness.industryMESH: Candida albicansMESH: EchinocandinsMESH: Cross InfectionMESH: Retrospective Studies[SDV.MHEP.HEG]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Hépatology and GastroenterologyMESH: Antifungal Agentsmedicine.diseasebiology.organism_classificationMESH: MalechemistryBacteremiaMESH: Intensive Care UnitsCaspofunginbusinessMESH: FemaleFluconazole
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Comparison between doppler-echocardiography and uncalibrated pulse contour method for cardiac output measurement. a multicenter observational study

2016

Objectives: Echocardiography and pulse contour methods allow, respectively, noninvasive and less invasive cardiac output estimation. The aim of the present study was to compare Doppler echocardiography with the pulse contour method MostCare for cardiac output estimation in a large and nonselected critically ill population. Design: A prospective multicenter observational comparison study. Setting: The study was conducted in 15 European medicosurgical ICUs. Patients: We assessed cardiac output in 400 patients in whom an echocardiographic evaluation was performed as a routine need or for cardiocirculatory assessment. Interventions: None. Measurements and Main Results: One echocardiographic car…

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