Publications by authors named "Benjamin DelPrete"
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- Bandemia, defined as a band count higher than 10%, serves as a marker for underlying infections and is being utilized for the early detection of sepsis in patients.
- A study examined the correlation between trends in bandemia and clinical outcomes among ICU patients with sepsis/septic shock by analyzing band counts, serum lactate levels, and SOFA scores at admission and after 72 hours.
- Results showed that bandemia trends decreased for patients whose SOFA scores improved but increased for those whose scores worsened, suggesting that monitoring band levels could help predict patient prognosis and clinical trajectory.
Objective: Dying in the intensive care unit (ICU) has changed over the last twenty years due to increased utilization of palliative care. We sought to examine how palliative medicine (PM) integration into critical care medicine has changed outcomes in end of life including the utilization of do not resuscitate (no cardiopulmonary resuscitation but continue treatment) and comfort care orders (No resuscitation, only comfort medication). Retrospective observational review of critical care patients who died during admission between two decades, 2008 to 09 and 2018 to 19.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMost terrestrial animals demonstrate an autonomic reflex that facilitates survival during prolonged submersion under water. This diving response is characterized by bradycardia, apnea and selective increases in peripheral vascular resistance. Stimulation of the nose and nasal passages is thought to be primarily responsible for providing the sensory afferent signals initiating this protective reflex.
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