[Routine computed tomography body composition analysis-experience in intensive care patients].

The assessment of the nutritional status of patients in the intensive care unit is recommended in current guidelines and should include the assessment of muscle status. A suitable method is the analysis of routine computed tomography (CT) scans, which are frequently performed in critically ill patients. With the help of special software, individual CT slices are processed and various parameters such as muscle area, muscle density or even the percentage of adipose tissue are displayed and quantified.

Green tea extract-associated acute liver injury: Case report and review.

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Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections in Intensive Care.

Background: Necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs) are typically characterized by extensive soft tissue destruction with systemic signs of toxicity, ranging from sepsis to septic shock. Our aim was to analyze the clinical characteristics, microbiological results, laboratory data, therapies, and outcome of patients with NSTIs admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU).

Methods: A monocentric observational study of patients admitted to the ICU of a university hospital between January 2009 and December 2017.