Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Patients with Respiratory Failure:...
When a ventilated patient with respiratory failure (not receiving antibiotics) has the triad of fever, new pulmonary infiltrates, and purulent tracheal aspirates develop, initiating empiric...
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If a patient has sepsis syndrome with evidence of systemic involvement characterized by a drop in blood pressure or in peripheral vascular resistance or a persistent metabolic acidosis, initiating...
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A significant growth, on the other hand, may represent either a pneumonia resistant to the present regimen or lower airway colonization in the absence of infection. Bronchoscopic specimens (PSB and...
View ArticleIntensive Care in Patients With HIV Infection in the Era of Highly Active...
The use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has led to a dramatically improved prognosis for people infected with HIV. Advances in the treatment of HIV infection and improving survival...
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Data were collected on the following: gender; race; age; HIV transmission category; medical history (including opportunistic infections); CD4+ lymphocyte count; HIV load; intubation history; CBC count;...
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Twenty-eight patients (52%) received HAART at some time before admission to the ICU. Of the 25 patients who never received HAART, 15 patients (60%) fulfilled the criteria for receiving this treatment...
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CD4+ lymphocyte count was obtained in 49 patients (92%) during the hospital admission associated with the ICU admission, and there was no significant relationship between the degree of reduction in...
View ArticleIntensive Care in Patients With HIV Infection in the Era of Highly Active...
Despite ample evidence of favorable outcomes associated with the use of HAART, we saw the same number of ICU admissions in the first half of 2001 as in an entire year approximately 10 years previously....
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Throughout the AIDS epidemic, respiratory failure has been the most common reason for ICU admission. This still seems to be true in the era of HAART. In the current series, 14 patients (22%) were...
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In contrast with the SFGH investigators, who found that patients receiving HAART had better ICU outcomes than those who did not, we found no survival advantage in patients using HAART. However, it was...
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