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01/Mar/2024
01/Mar/2024
DOI: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2024RW0352
ABSTRACT Objective To review the long-term outcomes (functional status and psychological sequelae) of survivors of critical illnesses due to epidemic viral pneumonia before the COVID-19 pandemic and to establish a benchmark for comparison of the COVID-19 long-term outcomes. Methods This systematic review of clinical studies reported the long-term outcomes in adults admitted to intensive care units who were diagnosed with viral epidemic pneumonia. An electronic search was performed using databases: MEDLINE®, Web of Science™, LILACS/IBECS, and EMBASE. Additionally, complementary searches […]
Keywords: Coronavirus infections; Epidemics; Influenza A virus, H1N1 subtype; Intensive care units; Middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus; Mortality; Pneumonia, viral; Quality of life; Respiratory distress syndrome; Return to work; Treatment outcomes
01/Jan/2011
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-45082011AO1878
ABSTRACT Objective: To verify serum procalcitonin levels of patients with acute respiratory failure secondary to influenza A (H1N1) upon their admission to the Intensive Care Unit and to compare these results to values found in patients with sepsis and trauma admitted to the same unit. Methods: Analysis of records of patients infected with influenza A (H1N1) and respiratory failure admitted to the General Intensive Care Unit during in a period of 60 days. The values of serum procalcitonin and clinical […]
Keywords: Biomarkers, pharmacological; Calcitonin; Infection; Intensive care units; Pneumonia, viral; Sepsis