Laboratory data on ICU admission

Several studies have attempted to define nutritional parameters that can be used to select undernourished hospitalized patients and identify those who present higher risk of postoperative septic complications. Nevertheless, the majority of these studies do not take into consideration the severity of infectious episodes. Systems for scoring the severity of illness are of critical importance in hospital practice and clinical research. In fact, they could be used for the following purposes: (a) a more correct stratification of patients in clinical studies; (b) monitoring the evolution of the infectious complication; (c) prediction of survival; (d) optimization of the criteria for admission to and discharge from intensive care units; and (e) evaluation of quality, quantity, and costs of nutritional therapy in critically ill patients. In this article, the authors present a critical review on the clinical relevance of the methods of nutritional assessment more commonly used in clinical practice; and, moreover they discuss the more recently proposed systems for scoring the severity of illness.

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Nutritional assessment and severity of illness classification systems: A critical review on their clinical relevance

Dionigi

Cremaschi

Jemos

et al. 1986

World j. surg.

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Anions and the anaesthetist

2002

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SummaryAnions are the negative components of most chemical structures and play many important physiological and pharmacological roles that are of interest to the anaesthetist. Their relevance is reviewed with a particular emphasis on the inorganic anions (halides, bicarbonate, phosphate and sulphate) and the significance and limitations of the anion gap. Organic anions (albumin, lactate) are also discussed, albeit briefly. The suitability of anions for their role in neurotransmission and acid2base balance is outlined.

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Laboratory data on ICU admission

Abstract: SummaryOne hundred and seventeen patients admitted to an intensive care unit were studied. to determine whether there is any relationship between laboratory data taken on admission to the unit and thejinal outcome (survival or non-survival)

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Nutritional assessment and severity of illness classification systems: A critical review on their clinical relevance

Nutritional assessment and severity of illness classification systems: A critical review on their clinical relevance

Anions and the anaesthetist

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