Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Congenital

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The summit was designed to cater to a diverse audience, including cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiac anesthesiologists, CT residents, perfusionists, and ICU and OR nurses.

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Aortic ICU Cardiothoracic Nursing 52

The New England Journal of Medicine

DECEMBER 4, 2024

A 22-year-old woman with headache and fever was transferred to the ICU for respiratory failure. Head CT was notable for acute subarachnoid hemorrhage; transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography was also performed (shown in a video). A diagnosis was made.

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HCPLive

DECEMBER 14, 2023

mortality rate among patients with cancer and AKI due to a variety of risk factors, ranging from length of ICU stay to sepsis. Results showed a 50.5%

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Risk Factors Cancer ICU 98

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Final models were chosen to optimise area under the curve (AUC) score while ensuring interpretability.ResultsOverall, 128 (6.9%) patients died in hospital, with 292 (15.7%) patients requiring ICU admission and 373 (20.0%) patients with LVEF < 40%. for ICU admission, and 0.74 for in-hospital mortality, 0.78 for LVEF < 40%.

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STEMI Hospital ICU Outcomes 52

Med Page Today

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- A dedicated temperature management machine dampened the risk of fever for stroke patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), though this did not translate into better functional outcomes months later in the INTREPID randomized.

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ICU Strokes Stroke Outcomes 52

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

OCTOBER 13, 2024

BackgroundIn the ICU, patients with acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock (AMI-CS) often face high mortality rates, making timely and precise mortality risk prediction crucial for clinical decision-making. We included ICU patients diagnosed with AMI-CS.

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Cardiogenic Shock Myocardial Infarction ICU 52

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Findings from the first international randomized controlled trial to compare patient outcomes following treatment with large-bore mechanical thrombectomy (LBMT) versus catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) for intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) show that LBMT is superior with respect to the hierarchically-tested aggregated outcome of all-cause (..)

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Embolism Pulmonary Outcomes ICU 52

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Background:The relationship between anion gap (AG) and short-term mortality in intensive care unit (ICU) sepsis patients complicated by pulmonary hypertension (PH) remains unclear.Methods:Retrospective analysis of incident sepsis patients complicated by PH first admitted to ICU in MIMIC database (2008 to 2019) were enrolled.

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Pulmonary ICU Hypertension Hospital 40

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

OCTOBER 8, 2024

ObjectiveApproximately 10%–70% of patients may develop diaphragmatic dysfunction after cardiac surgery, which may lead to delayed weaning from mechanical ventilation, increased ICU stays, postoperative hospitalization stays, and respiratory complications. However, its impact on prognosis and risk factors remain controversy.

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ICU Risk Factors Ultrasound Hospital 52

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

ICU stay for more than 48 hours was defined as prolonged ICU stay.Results:Out of 363 patients, 41.6% (n=151) required a prolonged ICU stay. ICU stay for more than 48 hours was defined as prolonged ICU stay.Results:Out of 363 patients, 41.6% (n=151) required a prolonged ICU stay. vs. 1.9%, p = 0.0109).

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ICU Strokes Stroke Thrombolysis 40

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

MARCH 14, 2024

million expansion for advanced cardiovascular care, including new ICU, operating rooms, and labs. Emory University Hospital completes $87.7

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ICU Hospital 59

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 17, 2024

Results After PSM, the OAC+group had a higher 30-day survival rate compared to the OAC- group (81.59% vs. 58.10%; P  < 0.001) in the ICU. days; P  = 0.15) and ICU LOS (6.93 The sepsis patients using warfarin had a prolonged LOS in ICU and hospital compared with the sepsis patients using NOAC. days vs. 16.66 days vs. 5.92

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Atrial Fibrillation ICU Hospital Arrhythmia 64

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 22, 2024

Additionally, the ICU stay time was shorter, with a significant decrease in neurological complications and 24 h drainage in the branch priority group compared to the classic group. Therefore, it is recommended for use in aortic dissection surgeries.

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Aortic ICU Outcomes Hospital 64

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Analysis of the 2 groups after PSM showed the differences in residual ASD/VSD, peak airway pressure, fraction of inspired oxygen/partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2/FiO2), and partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2) before return to the intensive care unit (ICU) and extubation were not statistically significant between groups, whereas mechanical ventilation (..)

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Congenital Heart Disease Congenital Heart Disease ICU 52

Coronary Artery Disease Journal

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Adverse hospital outcomes included in-hospital mortality, prolonged length of stay (LOS), vasopressor use, mechanical ventilation, and ICU admission. vs. 9.7%, P < 0.001), and ICU admission (33.0% 3.32), and ICU admission (aOR 3.51, 95% CI: 3.12–3.96) Prolonged LOS was defined as any hospital LOS ≥ 75th percentile.

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COVID-19 Myocardial Infarction Hospital ICU 52

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, Volume 3, Issue S2 , November 1, 2023.

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ICU Hemorrhage Outpatient Strokes 40

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Home medications including isosorbide dinitrate, metoprolol, and hydralazine were continued. The patient was briefly placed on inotropic support with dobutamine, which was discontinued due to ectopy.

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Heart Failure Cardiogenic Shock ICU Cardiothoracic 40

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Background:The ‘closed unit model’ is increasingly being adopted as a model for providing critical care to cardiac patients in contemporary intensive care units (ICU), where patients are under the direct care of an intensivist-led primary team. Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4142449-A4142449, November 12, 2024.

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Critical Care ICU Outcomes Circulation 40

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Patients were divided into two cohorts: 85% for training and 15% for testing, with 126 features included in the predictive model.Results:Incorporating top 10 features, LightGBM (AUROC=0.886, 95% CI 0.841-0.930) excelled in predictive accuracy, calibration, and clinical utility, identifying key factors such as ventilation time in ICU, hourly urine output (..)

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Aortic ICU Risk Factors Circulation 74

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

reported roles as Neuroscience ICU nurses, and 39.2% Neuro ICU nurses were most likely to have a patient with an EVD (p=.002). Data analysis included chi-square test for multiple choice responses, and qualitative data was analyzed using a six-step thematic analysis and an inductive approach.Results/Data:Of 219 participants, 42.8%

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Nursing ICU Outcomes Circulation 40

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MARCH 14, 2024

In the present manuscript, we suggest a standardized training phase in preparation of the first ICU rotation, propose a modular CCC core curriculum, and outline how training components could be conceptualized within three sub-specialization tracks for aspiring cardiac intensivists.

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Critical Care ICU Innovation Education 72

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Secondary outcomes were ICU measures and functional outcomes.Results:52 patients were enrolled. LD patients spent fewer days in the ICU (p=0.015), on a ventilator (p=0.004) and had fewer drain days (p=0.003) compared to EVD patients.

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Aneurysm Hemorrhage ICU Ischemia 40

Open Heart

AUGUST 22, 2024

Secondary outcomes included the duration of mechanical ventilation, length of stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) and 30-day in-hospital mortality. There were no significant differences between the two groups regarding CPB time, aortic cross-clamp time, duration of mechanical ventilation and length of stay in ICU (p<0.05).

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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft ICU Risk Factors Aortic 40

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Vital signs, laboratory parameters and comorbidity were collected for all participants to analyze the association between platelet count and 28-day mortality. In order to assess the independent association between platelet count and 28-day mortality, we employed multivariable cox hazard regression analyses and smooth curve fitting.

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ICU Laboratory Hospital Research 52

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

MAY 3, 2024

Sometimes the number of alarms is so many that ICU staff may develop “alarm fatigue” and stop responding to alarms. ICU central monitors are now commonplace in most intensive care units. It can give out alarms if heart rate or any other parameter is beyond the set limits.

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ICU Blood Pressure Pacemaker General Cardiology 40

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Despite medical interventions, her family chose to withdraw treatment and the patient died in ICU at the fourth day following emergency surgery.

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Embolism Cancer ICU Thrombosis 64

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Propensity score (PS) matching was performed for statistical analysis, resulting in 168 pairs.ResultsIn the PS-matched cohorts, the mean age was 62 years; one third had a history of myocardial infarction, 11% were resuscitated, half of the patients were on inotropic support, and 20% received preoperative mechanical circulatory support.

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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Coronary Artery Disease Heart Failure Myocardial Infarction 59

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Different risk factors affect the intensive care unit (ICU) stay after cardiac surgery. This study aimed to evaluate these risk factors. A retrospective analysis was conducted on clinical, operative, and outcome data from 1070 patients (mean age: 59 ± 9.8&

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ICU Atrial Fibrillation Hospital Risk Factors 40

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Secondary endpoints included total weight loss after 72-hours, and ICU and hospital lengths of stay. Lower albumin levels were associated with longer ICU (p=0.034) and hospital (p=0.039) lengths of stay. Secondary endpoints included total weight loss after 72-hours, and ICU and hospital lengths of stay. 95% CI -1558.6,

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Heart Failure ICU Hospital Article 40

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The program achieved multiple milestones over this time, transitioning from a combined ICU-progressive care unit to separate specialized units, and later relocating to a new facility with a dedicated Neuro ICU and two progressive care units.

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Strokes Stroke ICU Document 40

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 14, 2024

Data collected included demographics, surgical details, postoperative complications, length of stay, ICU hours, salvage procedures, intubation duration, and mortality.

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Congenital Heart Disease Congenital Heart Disease ICU 64

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Introduction:Emergency Department Length of Stay (EDLOS) impacts outcomes of critically ill intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) patients with the risk of dying while hospitalized increasing 40% when an intensive care unit (ICU) bed is delayed beyond 4h. The NeuroICU-FastTrack process significantly decreased the EDLOS from a median time of 6.2h

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Hemorrhage ICU Hospital Outcomes 40

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The median ICU, and hospital stays were 1 and 5 days respectively. On the postoperative first day, 96% of foley catheters, 87% of all central venous catheter and 93% of all drainage tubes are removed. The rates of respiratory, infectious, and renal complications were 9%, 3.5%, 3.4% respectively.

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Bicuspid/Mitral ICU Nursing Education 52

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 31, 2024

The median length of stay was 8 (2–35) days, with an ICU stay of 2 (0–30) days. Overall, patients' saturation increased from 58.56 ± 19.03% to 91.03 ± 8.98% ( p  < 0.001), as did their left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) from 64.00 ± 18.21% to 75.09 ± 12.98% ( p  = 0.001).

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Stents Stent Physiology ICU 64

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Our objective is to determine if meth use impacts ICU length of stay/need for sedating agents, and if meth use varies by ethnicity in the ICH population.Methods:This is an IRB approved retrospective review of all patients with acute ICH at a large academic stroke center from 2017 to 2023.

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Hemorrhage ICU Academic Hospital 40

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

APRIL 18, 2024

LNR-AKI was associated with increased mortality, continuous renal replacement therapies, mechanical ventilation, ICU stay, and hospital stay. The assessment of the predictive model was good, with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.73 (95% CI: 0.69–0.76), 0.76), sensitivity of 61.74%, and specificity of 75.15%.

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Aortic ICU Kidney Disease Circulation 52

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

APRIL 11, 2024

Under ICU surveillance, LVFWR occurred 24 h later and was treated by pericardiocentesis and ECMO support followed by immediate uncomplicated surgical repair. Postoperative therapy-refractory vasoplegia and electromechanical dissociation caused fulminant deterioration and the early death of the patient.

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Ischemia Myocardial Infarction ICU Aortic 52