Publications by authors named "Claudio Jesus Settecase"
Introduction: variants of the NUTRIC score with or without inflammatory biomarkers, modified without interleukin 6 (IL-6) (NUTRICm), with C-reactive protein (CRP) instead of IL-6, dichotomous (NUTRICpcr1) or in tertiles (NUTRICpcr2), were proposed to assess nutritional risk (NR) in critical patients. However, the assessment of the high NR might not be uniform between these scores. Objectives: to compare the assessment of the high NR by NUTRICm and the two variants of the NUTRICpcr.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To study the ability of the urea/creatinine index to identify severe protein catabolism from the isolated urine of critically ventilated patients.
Methods: This was a prospective, observational study. It included 52 patients without kidney failure.
Introduction: the Nutrition Risk in Critically Ill (NUTRIC) score does not include a variable that objectively estimates protein hypercatabolism (PHC), one of the main metabolic changes experienced by critical patients.
Objective: to evaluate the correlation of the NUTRIC score with PHC in critically ventilated patients.
Materials And Methods: prospective, observational study.
Background And Objective: Procalcitonin (PCT) can help the early diagnosis of bacterial infections and estimate the response obtained. The objective is to study the value of PCT for the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).
Patients And Method: Prospective and observational study, carried out for 18 months, in a polyvalent Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Introduction: The NUTRIC score was proposed to assess the risk of adverse events potentially modifiable through nutritional intervention in critically ill patients. This score uses interleukin-6 (IL-6), a biomarker not always available.
Objective: To study two variants of the score in patients with assisted mechanical ventilation (AMV): NUTRIC-1 without IL-6 and NUTRIC-2 with CRP as biomarker.