No prognostic tools for the prediction of COVID-19 pneumonia severity and mortality are available. We explored whether CURB-65, PSI, APACHE-II could predict mortality. included 167 patients with confirmed in this retrospective study. The 30-day were predicted using scales. Kappa test was performed to compare consistency three There a significant difference distribution scores scales ( P < 0....

conclusions: rsbi and apache ii score in patients with copd exacerbation are of the ability to predict niv requirement, as a predicting factor of non-invasive ventilation requirement. results: patients requiring niv included 43.9 % of all studied patients. rsbi and apache ii score with sensitivity of 94.8 %, (cut off point = 110) and 72 % (cut off point = 14) respectively, had high diagnostic s...

BACKGROUND This prospective study compared clinical characteristics and prognosis between primary (P) and secondary (S) acute gastrointestinal injury (AGI) (P-AGI)/(S-AGI) in critically ill patients. METHODS This was a prospective, single-center observational study. Patients were included if they had been hospitalized for at least 72 h before the AGI diagnosis. Patients were classified accord...

BACKGROUND To assess the associations of biomarkers of intestinal barrier function and other clinical variables with acute gastrointestinal injury (AGI) grade, and of these clinical variables with mortality in critically ill patients. METHODS This was a single-center, observational, prospective study. Patients were included if they were diagnosed with AGI and underwent tests for the measureme...

Background: Opioid poisoning is the most common type of poisoning in intensive care units (ICUs). This group usually includes patients who have been drug abusers for a long time and now require hospitalization either because of acute overdose or due to side effects of routine opioid use. This study aimed to compare the severity and prognosis of patients using common mortality predictors Sequent...

Introduction Patients with cirrhosis who are admitted to the ICU are considered to have a poor prognosis. Previous studies have sought to identify markers of high predictive value in patients who will not survive their critical care stay including the need for mechanical ventilation, vasopressor support, GI bleeding and APACHE III score. These studies have focused upon early prognosis, rather t...