Caring for the critically ill patients over 80: a narrative review

B Guidet, H Vallet, J Boddaert, DW De Lange… - Annals of intensive …, 2018 - Springer
Background There is currently no international recommendation for the admission or treatment
of the critically ill older patients over 80 years of age in the intensive care unit (ICU), and …

The predictive value of early acute kidney injury for long-term survival and quality of life of critically ill patients

IW Soliman, JF Frencken, LM Peelen, AJC Slooter… - Critical care, 2016 - Springer
Background Prognostic factors for the combination of long-term survival and health-related
quality of life (HRQoL) after intensive care unit (ICU) stay have not yet been studied. Our aim …

Characteristics and outcome of COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU: a nationwide cohort study on the comparison between the consecutive stages of the COVID-19 …

F Termorshuizen, DA Dongelmans, S Brinkman… - Annals of Intensive …, 2024 - Springer
Background Previously, we reported a decreased mortality rate among patients with COVID-19
who were admitted at the ICU during the final upsurge of the second wave (February–…

Estimating severity of influenza epidemics from severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) in intensive care units

L van Asten, A Luna Pinzon, DW de Lange, E de Jonge… - Critical Care, 2018 - Springer
Background While influenza-like-illness (ILI) surveillance is well-organized at primary care
level in Europe, few data are available on more severe cases. With retrospective data from …

The performance of acute versus antecedent patient characteristics for 1-year mortality prediction during intensive care unit admission: a national cohort study

MC Kerckhoffs, S Brinkman, N de Keizer, IW Soliman… - Critical Care, 2020 - Springer
Background Multiple factors contribute to mortality after ICU, but it is unclear how the
predictive value of these factors changes during ICU admission. We aimed to compare the …

Beta-2-glycoprotein I as a biomarker for sepsis in critically ill patients in the intensive care unit: a prospective cohort study

IT Schrijver, H Kemperman, M Roest, J Kesecioglu… - Critical Care, 2020 - Springer
To the editor, It is difficult to diagnose sepsis in critically ill patients admitted to the intensive
care unit (ICU). A biomarker could help in sepsis identification and guide antibiotic use. A …

Alcohol and polyphenolic grape extract inhibit platelet adhesion in flowing blood

DW Lange, WLG Scholman… - European journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Background Moderate and prolonged alcohol consumption has been associated with
decreased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Inhibition of platelet function in suspension …

[PDF][PDF] The admission of very old patients to our intensive care units: a review

LEM Haas, MC Kerckhoffs… - … of Critical Care, 2020 - researchinformation.umcutrecht.nl
In this review, we discuss several aspects of the decision to admit very old intensive care
patients (VOPs) and present national as well as international data concerning outcome of VOPs…

Acute occupational exposures reported to the Dutch Poisons Information Center: a prospective study on the root causes of incidents at the workplace

APG Wijnands, I de Vries, T Verbruggen… - Journal of occupational …, 2022 - Springer
Background Hazardous substances at the workplace can cause a wide variety of
occupational incidents. This study aimed to investigate the nature and circumstances of acute …

Impact of reduced antibiotic treatment duration on antimicrobial resistance in critically ill patients in the randomized controlled SAPS-trial

A Shajiei, MS Berends, CF Luz, JA Van Oers… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background In the previously reported SAPS trial ( https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01139489
), procalcitonin-guidance safely reduced the duration of antibiotic treatment in …