Use of acid suppressive therapy in hospitalized non-critically ill patients

Hyperglycemia Management in Non-critically Ill Hospitalized Patients

Nutritional Assessment in Critically Ill Patients

Background: Malnutrition is an important factor in the survival of critically ill patients. The purpose of the present study was to assess the nutritional status of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) on the days of admission and discharge via a detailed nutritional assessment. Methods: Totally, 125 patients were followed up from admission to discharge at 8ICUs in Shiraz, Iran. The patien...

Optimizing antimicrobial therapy in critically ill patients

Critically ill patients with infection in the intensive care unit (ICU) would certainly benefit from timely bacterial identification and effective antimicrobial treatment. Diagnostic techniques have clearly improved in the last years and allow earlier identification of bacterial strains in some cases, but these techniques are still quite expensive and not readily available in all institutions. ...

Insulin therapy in critically ill patients

Hyperglycemia frequently occurs with acute medical illness, especially among patients with cardiovascular disease, and has been linked to increased morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients. Even patients who are normoglycemic can develop hyperglycemia in response to acute metabolic stress. An expanding body of literature describes the benefits of normalizing hyperglycemia with insulin...

Antioxidant therapy in critically ill patients

The increased oxidative stress in critically ill patients could exert pathophysiological role in the pathogenesis of multiple organ failures, as suggested by recent clinical trials of antioxidant therapies. Prophylactic administration of antioxidant vitamins or glutamine, incorporated in the nutritional support or given as sepasituation and could be influenced by several current therapeutic int...