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Last name: DELLAMONICA
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Our objective was to assess current practices about the administration ă (intermittent, extended, or continuous infusions) and therapeutic drug ă monitoring (TDM) of beta-lactam antibiotics and vancomycin in France. We ă conducted a nationwide cross-sectional survey in May August 2015, using ă an online questionnaire, sent as an e-mail link to...
OBJECTIVES: The study's objective was to assess the impact of a professional multifaceted intervention designed to improve the quality of inpatient empirical therapeutic antibiotic courses at the time of their reassessment, i.e. 24 to 96 hours after treatment initiation. DESIGN: We conducted a 5-month prospective pre- and post-intervention...
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BACKGROUND: Non-invasive ventilation has never been compared with high-flow oxygen to determine whether it reduces the risk of severe hypoxaemia during intubation. We aimed to determine if preoxygenation with non-invasive ventilation was more efficient than high-flow oxygen in reducing the risk of severe hypoxaemia during intubation. METHODS:...
INTRODUCTION: In intensive care unit (ICU), the decision of extubation is a critical time because mortality is particularly high in case of reintubation. To reduce that risk, guidelines recommend to systematically perform a spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) before extubation in order to mimic the postextubation physiological conditions. SBT is...
BACKGROUND: Studies describing the clinical features and short-term prognosis of patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for menstrual toxic shock syndrome (m-TSS) are lacking. METHODS: This was a multicenter retrospective cohort study of patients with a clinical diagnosis of m-TSS admitted between January 1, 2005 and December 31,...