Publications by authors named "Ilaria Belloni"
Background: The relationship of PaO and PaCO levels with outcome after cardiac arrest (CA) is controversial. Few studies have analysed both PaO and PaCO in this setting and the overall exposure to different PaO and PaCO levels has not been taken into account.
Methods: We reviewed blood gas data obtained within the first 24 h from all comatose adult patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit after successful resuscitation from CA.
Background: Elevated lactate concentration has been associated with increased mortality after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (CA). We investigated the variables associated with high blood lactate concentrations and explored the relationship between blood lactate and neurological outcome in this setting.
Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of an institutional database that included all adult (> 18 years) patients admitted to a multidisciplinary Department of Intensive Care between January 2009 and January 2013 after resuscitation from CA.
Article Synopsis
- Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication in critically ill patients with nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), affecting around 12% of those studied after ICU admission.
- The study reviewed 202 patients over three years and found that AKI typically occurred about 8 days post-admission, linked to factors like clinical vasospasm and vancomycin treatment.
- Although AKI was associated with worse neurological status and increased ICU treatment intensity, it did not independently predict the overall outcome of the patients.
Objective: Literature increasingly has suggested how beta-blockers could be associated with reductions of mortality and morbidity in noncardiac surgery. Recently, the POISE trial showed that beta-blockers could be harmful in the perioperative period. The authors performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the clinical effects of esmolol in noncardiac surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFN-terminal B-natriuretic Peptide after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
April 2009
Objective: To investigate N-terminal amino-acid sequence of the B-natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) release and its prognostic characteristics after coronary artery bypass graft surgery with and without cardiopulmonary bypass.
Design: Observational study.
Setting: Teaching hospital.