Acute and Critical Care

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Review Article

August 31, 2019

Management of post-cardiac arrest syndrome

Youngjoon Kang

Acute Crit Care. 2019;34(3):173-178.

■ Management of post-cardiac arrest syndrome needs multimodality treatments of several systems.
■ These include hemodynamic instability, myocardial dysfunction, coronary artery obstruction, airway and ventilator support, hypoxic-ischemic brain injury, targeted temperature therapeutic hypothermia, and prediction of neurologic outcome.

Original Article

July 1, 2019

Characteristics, management and clinical outcomes of patients with sepsis: a multicenter cohort study in Korea

Kyeongman Jeon, Soo Jin Na, Dong Kyu Oh, Sunghoon Park, Eun Young Choi, Seok Chan Kim, Gil Myeong Seong, Jeongwon Heo, Youjin Chang, Won Gun Kwack, et al.

Acute Crit Care. 2019;34(3):179-191.

 The prevalence of sepsis in adult patients visiting an emergency department during a 1-month period in Korea was 1.5% (15.2/1,000 patients).
 Overall in-hospital mortality was 27.5% in adult patients with sepsis who were admitted to hospitals through emergency departments in Korea.
 Patients with sepsis were more commonly referred to step-down facilities rather than discharged to home, even after acute sepsis care

Original Article

April 8, 2019

The quality of dying and death for patients in intensive care units: a single center pilot study

Yanghwan Choi, Myoungrin Park, Da Hyun Kang, Jooseon Lee, Jae Young Moon, Heejoon Ahn

Acute Crit Care. 2019;34(3):192-201.

■ The survey participation rate from the relatives of the intensive care group was lower (50.0%) than that of the hospice group (76.5%), with the reason of avoiding painful memories.
■ The total score of the quality of dying and death (QODD) from the family members of the intensive care group was statistically significantly lower than that of the hospice group.
■ This study implies that there are unmet needs for the care of dying patients and for the quality of dying and death in intensive care units.

Original Article

August 31, 2019

Reduction of PaCO₂ by high-flow nasal cannula in acute hypercapnic respiratory failure patients receiving conventional oxygen therapy

Hyun Woo Lee, Sun Mi Choi, Jinwoo Lee, Young Sik Park, Chang-Hoon Lee, Chul-Gyu Yoo, Young Whan Kim, Sung Koo Han, Sang-Min Lee

Acute Crit Care. 2019;34(3):202-211.

■ After switching from conventional oxygen therapy with facial mask to high-flow nasal cannula, decrease in arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2), consequent pH normalization, and recovery of respiratory rate were found during 48 hours among patients with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure.
■ The amount of CO2 washout in the hypercapnia group was significantly related to the initial PaCO2 level but not to the respiratory rate or O2 flow rate.
■ In propensity score-matched population, in-hospital mortality and mean survival time did not differ significantly between the hypercapnia and nonhypercapnia groups.

Original Article

August 31, 2019

Risk factors associated with inpatient cardiac arrest during emergency endotracheal intubation at general wards

Chul Park

Acute Crit Care. 2019;34(3):212-218.

■ Risk factors of peri-intubation cardiac arrest (PICA) for inpatients were intubation-related shock index, number of intubation attempts, pre-endotracheal tube intubation vasopressor use, and neuromuscular blocking agent use.
■ Among the four independent risk factors for PICA, preintubation hemodynamic stabilization and avoidance of neuromuscular blocking agent were modifiable to decrease the risk of PICA.
■ Clinical outcomes of intensive care unit and hospital length of stay, survival to discharge, and neurologic outcome at hospital discharge were similar between PICA and other types of inpatient cardiac arrest.

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Management of post-cardiac arrest syndrome Youngjoon Kang Acute Crit Care. 2019;34(3):173-178. Review Article August 31, 2019 Full text PubReader ePub PDF	Characteristics, management and clinical outcomes of patients with sepsis: a multicenter cohort study in Korea Kyeongman Jeon, Soo Jin Na, Dong Kyu Oh, Sunghoon Park, Eun Young Choi, Seok Chan Kim, Gil Myeong Seong, Jeongwon Heo, Youjin Chang, Won Gun Kwack, et al. Acute Crit Care. 2019;34(3):179-191. Original Article July 1, 2019 Cited By 1 Full text PubReader ePub PDF
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