Publications by authors named "Anne Laure Fedou"
Purpose: To assess the role of left ventricular overload and cumulated fluid balance in the development weaning-induced pulmonary edema (WIPO).
Methods: Ventilated patients in sinus rhythm with COPD and/or heart failure (ejection fraction ≤ 40%) were studied. Echocardiography was performed immediately before and during a 30-min spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) using a T-tube.
Purpose: Mechanisms of circulatory failure are complex and frequently intricate in septic shock. Better characterization could help to optimize hemodynamic support.
Methods: Two published prospective databases from 12 different ICUs including echocardiographic monitoring performed by a transesophageal route at the initial phase of septic shock were merged for post hoc analysis.
Background: Left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction is highly prevalent in the general population and associated with a significant morbidity and mortality. Its prognostic role in patients sustaining septic shock in the intensive care unit (ICU) remains controversial. Accordingly, we investigated whether LV diastolic function was independently associated with ICU mortality in a cohort of septic shock patients assessed using critical care echocardiography.
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- * The patient, with a history of heart surgery, faced severe deterioration requiring ICU admission, where they were found to have extremely high levels of creatine kinase due to rhabdomyolysis and tested positive for methicillin-susceptible S. aureus.
- * After treatment with antibiotics and further diagnostic tests confirming the infection source, the patient improved and was discharged, suggesting the need for doctors to consider staphylococcal infections in similar cases of rhabdomyolysis.
We report four cases of acute pulmonary edema that occurred during treatment by intravenous tocolysis using nicardipine in pregnancy patients with no previous heart problems. Clinical severity justified hospitalization in intensive care unit (ICU) each time. Acute dyspnea has begun at an average of 63 hours after initiation of treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Prostatic abscesses are an uncommon disease usually caused by enterobacteria. They mostly occur in immunodeficient patients. It is thus extremely rare to have a Staphylococcal prostatic abscess in a young immunocompetent patient.
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