Publications by authors named "A A Constan"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates fluid intake in ICU patients at risk of negative outcomes due to excessive fluid balance, highlighting the need for fluid optimization beyond traditional resuscitation.
- Conducted across multiple ICUs in France and Spain, it recorded the types and volumes of fluids administered to patients needing vasopressors or invasive ventilation over a 24-hour period.
- Results indicate that only 36% of the total fluid volume was essential for body fluid homeostasis, with significant variations in fluid administration based on the specific ICU, suggesting a strong center effect on fluid management practices.
Background: Hand hygiene (HH) compliance among health-care workers is important for preventing transmission of infectious diseases.
Aim: To describe health-care worker hand hygiene activity in ICU and non-ICU patients' rooms, using an automated monitoring system (AMS), before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: At the Intercommunal Hospital of Créteil, near Paris, France, alcohol-based hand sanitizer (ABHS) consumption in the Department of Medicine (DM) and ICU was recorded using an AMS during four periods: before, during, and after the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and during its second wave.
The COVD-19 wave of spring 2020 had a major impact on French intensive care departments. The intense activity, the support of reinforcements in the acquisition of the necessary skills and their capacity to adapt made intensive care nurses key players in this crisis. Grouped together within the French National Federation of Intensive Care Nurses, they are campaigning to have the specificity of their practice to be recognised and for the creation of certified training in order to meet public healthcare needs not currently fulfilled.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To assess the role of advanced age on survival and dialysis dependency after initiation of renal replacement therapy for acute kidney injury.
Design: Retrospective pooled analysis of prospectively collected data.
Setting: ICUs of two teaching hospitals in Paris area, France.