Acute and Critical Care

Original Article

January 29, 2019

Application of Sepsis-3 Criteria to Korean Patients with Critical Illnesses

Jae Yeol Kim, Hwan Il Kim, Gee Young Suh, Sang Won Yoon, Tae-Yop Kim, Sang Haak Lee, Jae Young Moon, Jae-Young Kwon, Sungwon Na, Ho Geol Ryu, et al.

Acute Crit Care. 2019;34(1):30-37.

▪ The concordance rates for sepsis between Sepsis-2 and Sepsis-3 criteria were low, which might be associated with the weak performance of quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA).
▪ The mortality rate of Korean patients with septic shock was consistent with estimates by the 2016 Society of Critical Care Medicine/European Society of Intensive Care Medicine task force.
▪ Not only SOFA but also systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) was better than qSOFA in predicting intensive care unit (ICU) and 28-day mortality in Korean ICU patients.

Original Article

January 30, 2019

Prognostic Implication of Adrenocortical Response during the Course of Critical Illness

Jin Hwa Song, Jung Hee Kim, Sang-Min Lee, Jinwoo Lee

Acute Crit Care. 2019;34(1):38-45.

▪ Adrenocortical dissociation in critically ill patients was related to the worse clinical outcome.

Original Article

February 28, 2019

Characteristics and Outcomes of Potentially Inappropriate Admissions to the Intensive Care Unit

Sooim Sin, Sang-Min Lee, Jinwoo Lee

Acute Crit Care. 2019;34(1):46-52.

▪ About 10% of patients admitted to the medical intensive care unit (ICU) were considered as potentially inappropriate for ICU care.
▪ Despite higher mortality, the amount of medical resources used for patients considered as potentially inappropriate for intensive care did not differ from the resources used for patients considered appropriate for ICU care.

Original Article

February 28, 2019

Association of Immediate Postoperative Temperature in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit with 1-Year Mortality: Retrospective Analysis Using Digital Axillary Thermometers

Jiwook Kim, Tak Kyu Oh, Jaebong Lee, Saeyeon Kim, In-Ae Song

Acute Crit Care. 2019;34(1):53-59.

▪ One-year mortality increases when body temperature increases or decreases (vs. 36.6°C) among postoperative patients after intensive care unit (ICU) admission.
▪ This trend was not observed among patients who underwent cardiovascular surgery.
▪ The results suggest that postoperative temperature is associated with long-term mortality among patients admitted to the surgical ICU in the postoperative period.

Original Article

February 28, 2019

Protecting Postextubation Respiratory Failure and Reintubation by High-Flow Nasal Cannula Compared to Low-Flow Oxygen System: Single Center Retrospective Study and Literature Review

Minhyeok Lee, Ji Hye Kim, In Beom Jeong, Ji Woong Son, Moon Jun Na, Sun Jung Kwon

Acute Crit Care. 2019;34(1):60-70.

▪ In high-risk patients, no difference was found in occurrence of postextubation respiratory failure (PERF) and reintubation between the high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) and low-flow oxygen system groups.
▪ Physicians preferred applying HFNC in riskier patients. It is worth noting that similar PERF and reintubation ratios were shown in the HFNC patients with more risk factors versus less.
▪ When implementing HFNC in high-risk patients, caution is needed due to the possibility of delayed reintubation.

Original Article

February 28, 2019

The RAP Index during Intracranial Pressure Monitoring as a Clinical Guiding for Surgically Treated Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Consecutive Series of Single Surgeon

Sung-Chul Jin, Byung Sam Choi, Jung-Soo Kim

Acute Crit Care. 2019;34(1):71-78.

▪ Intracranial pressure (ICP) mean pulse amplitude and/or RAP index is detected through ICP monitoring as patients begin to present with worsening subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) symptoms.
▪ These markers can provide clinicians with adequate data for quick responses to changing SAH patient conditions over time, making it possible to respond quickly and reduce irreversible damage to brain tissue, thus improving subsequent patient outcomes.

Current Issue: Volume 34(1); Feb 2019

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