Evaluation of Delirium Risk Factors in Intensive Care Patients.

Objective: The negative effects of delirium in intensive care unit (ICU) patients necessitate the identification and management of risk factors. This study aimed to determine the incidence of delirium and its associated modifiable and non-modifiable factors in the ICU setting to provide valuable insights for better patient care and outcomes.

Methods: Patients admitted to the ICU underwent delirium screening twice daily.

The effect of different definitions of hepatic injury on incidence and mortality rates in the ICU patient population with secondary hepatic injury.

Objective: The aim was to investigate how different hepatic injury (HI) definitions used in the same study population change incidence and mortality rates and which would best diagnose secondary HI.

Design: Single-centre retrospective observational cohort study.

Setting: Tertiary hospital ICU, ANKARA, Turkey.

Association between nutritional risk status and both diaphragmatic dysfunction and diaphragm atrophy in medical ıntensive care unit patients.

Aim: critical illness often leads to malnutrition and diaphragmatic dysfunction (DD), common in intensive care units (ICU). Ultrasonography (US) is a potent tool for detecting DD. This study examines the connection between malnutrition risk and DD in ICU patients using ultrasonographic diaphragm measurements in medical ICU patients.

Performance of handheld ultrasound devices in diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension and right heart dysfunction in ICU patients.

Aim: The use of handheld ultrasonography devices (HHUD) has increased recently but there are limited data about their performance in the evaluation of right heart dysfunction (RHD) and pulmonary hypertension (PHT). The aim of the study is to compare the performance of a HHUD with a conventional ultrasound device (CUD) in assessing PHT and RHD.

Methods: This single-center prospective study was performed in a seven-bed teaching hospital intensive care unit (ICU).

Evaluation of Patients with COVID-19 Followed Up in Intensive Care Units in the Second Year of the Pandemic: A Multicenter Point Prevalence Study.

Objective: A 1-day point prevalence study was planned to obtain country data by determining the clinical characteristics, follow-up and treatment methods of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases that required intensive care unit (ICU) treatment in the second year of the pandemic.

Material And Methods: All patients who were hospitalized in the ICUs due to COVID-19 between March 11, 2022, 08.00 am, and March 12, 2022, 08.

The Impact of CoronaVac Vaccination on 28-day Mortality Rate of Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19 in Türkiye.

Background: Vaccines against coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) have been effective in preventing symptomatic diseases, hospitalizations, and intensive care unit (ICU) admissions. However, data regarding the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in reducing mortality among critically ill patients with COVID-19 remains unclear.

Aims: To determine the vaccination status and investigate the impact of the COVID-19 vaccine on the 28-day mortality in critically ill patients with COVID-19.

Impact of neurological problems on mechanical ventilation and intensive care unit outcomes in pulmonary intensive care unit patients: a retrospective analysis of a single-center cohort.

Neurological problems (NPs) are frequently connected with different critical illnesses in intensive care unit (ICU) patients, and they may influence ICU outcomes. This study aims to examine the effects of NPs on ICU outcomes, especially in pulmonary ICU patients. This is a retrospective observational study comprising adult pulmonary critical care patients who were hospitalized between 2015 and 2019.

Unexplained neuropsychiatric symptoms in intensive care: A Fahr Syndrome case.

Fahr Syndrome is a rare disease where calcium and other minerals are stored bilaterally and symmetrically in the basal ganglia, cerebellar dentate nucleus and white matter. Fahr Syndrome is associated with various metabolic disorders, mainly parathyroid disorders. The presented case discusses a 64-year old male patient admitted to the intensive care unit of our hospital diagnosed with aspiration pneumonia and urosepsis.