We examined the value of serum procalcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP), soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (sTREM-1) for predicting the survival of patients with early-onset stroke associated pneumonia (EOP). A total of 207 stroke patients were enrolled, and 91 developed EOP. Upon admission, serum PCT, CRP, sTREM-1 levels, clinical pulmonary infection score, and Acut...

Background and Aims: To identify the severity of pancreatitis in patients diagnosed with acute biliary pancreatitis, it also seeks to assess congruence between revised Atlanta classification clinical laboratory findings prognostic scoring systems. Materials Methods: A total sixty-six were evaluated classification. Ranson score, Glasgow-Imrie Bedside Index Severity Acute Pancreatitis, Harmless P...

Results: Non-invasive mechanical ventilation was successful in 62 (66.7%) patients. In 25 (26.9%) patients a late failure was observed. There was no difference between groups 1 and 2 in terms of pretreatment pH, PaCO2 and PaO2/FiO2. However, serum C-reactive protein level, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) score and frequency of bronchiectasis and pneumonia were si...

Methods We retrospectively screened the data of 173 consecutive adult liver transplant recipients who received their grafts at Başkent University Transplant Center from January 2005 through March 2015. Among them patients admitted to ICU were included for the analysis. ARF was defined as severe dyspnea, respiratory distress, decreased oxygen saturation (< 92%), hypoxemia (PaO2< 60mmHg) or hyper...

BACKGROUND The predictive accuracy of scores on the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) for in-hospital mortality among critically ill cancer patients varies. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the predictive accuracy of APACHE II scores for severity of illness in critically ill cancer patients and to find clinical indicators to improve the accuracy. METHODS Actual hospital mor...

PURPOSE This study was designed to validate the usefulness of the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II for predicting hospital mortality of critically ill Korean patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS We analyzed data on 826 patients who had been admitted to nine intensive care units and were included in the Fever and Antipyretics in Critical Illness Evaluation study cohort. ...

Clinical protocols of 28 cases of cryptococcemia studied between April 1995 and November 2002 were reviewed. The varieties of Cryptococcus neorformans, the underlying disease, and the severity and outcome of the disease were emphasized. Most patients were immunossupressed (89.3% with AIDS) and Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii was the main recovered variety (92.8%). Regardless of antifungal t...

In this paper we describe APACHE (Airport Parking Assignment in a Constrain[ Handling Environment), an automated stand allocation system for large airports with several terminals. Different types of constraints, e.g. parking restrictions, safety/security requirements, preferred terminals ind resource allocation for ground movements can be combined and are taken automatically into account. Const...