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View article: Bacteremia in Patients with Sepsis in the ICU: Does It Make a Difference?
Bacteremia in Patients with Sepsis in the ICU: Does It Make a Difference? Open
Sepsis (and septic shock) is on of the most common causes of death worldwide. Bacteremia often, but not necessarily, occurs in septic patients, but the impact of true bacteremia on a patient’s clinical characteristics and outcome remains u…
View article: Effect of Convalescent Plasma Therapy on Mortality and Viral Load in Severely Ill Patients with COVID-19
Effect of Convalescent Plasma Therapy on Mortality and Viral Load in Severely Ill Patients with COVID-19 Open
The use of convalescent plasma (CP) appeared to be a promising, easily available and safe way of treatment of severe COVID-19 at the onset of the pandemic in early 2020. Conducted in 2020 and 2021, our study of 52 severely to critically il…
View article: Myristic Acid Serum Levels and Their Significance for Diagnosis of Systemic Inflammatory Response, Sepsis, and Bacteraemia
Myristic Acid Serum Levels and Their Significance for Diagnosis of Systemic Inflammatory Response, Sepsis, and Bacteraemia Open
Myristic acid is identified as a metabolite with the highest diagnostic sensitivity and specificity in the metabolome of patients with bacteraemia. Its significant decrease has been observed in patients with septic shock not responding to …
View article: COVID-19 severe pneumonia: Prospective multicentre study on demands on intensive care capacities
COVID-19 severe pneumonia: Prospective multicentre study on demands on intensive care capacities Open
Sufficient number of intensive care beds, organ support equipment and well-trained staff is a decisive factor in managing the COVID-19 epidemic. The study focused on the needs of intensive care in the COVID-19 patients. Advanced age and ac…
View article: Kinetics of Myristic Acid Following Accidentally Induced Septic Response
Kinetics of Myristic Acid Following Accidentally Induced Septic Response Open
Myristic acid was identified as a metabolite with the highest diagnostic sensitivity and specificity in the metabolome of patients with bacteraemia. Subsequently, its significant decrease was observed in patients in septic shock not respon…
View article: Epidemiology of hospital-acquired pneumonia: Results of a Central European multicenter, prospective, observational study compared with data from the European region
Epidemiology of hospital-acquired pneumonia: Results of a Central European multicenter, prospective, observational study compared with data from the European region Open
The present study was the first to collect multicenter data on the epidemiology of HAP in the Central European Region, with respect to the incidence of etiologic agents causing HAP. It was concerned with relationships between 30-day patien…