Risk factors and events in the adult intensive care unit associated with pain as self-reported at the end of the intensive care unit stay.

Background: The short-term and long-term consequences of the most frequent painful procedures performed in the ICU are unclear. This study aimed to identify the risk factors associated with pain-related discomfort perceived by critically ill patients during the whole ICU stay as self-reported by patients at the end of their ICU stay.

Methods: The study involved 34 ICUs.

Assessment of patients' self-perceived intensive care unit discomforts: Validation of the 18-item version of the IPREA.

Background And Aims: We reported the validation of the 18-item version of the 'Inconforts des Patients de REAnimation (IPREA)' questionnaire that includes 2 new items exploring feeling depressed and shortness of breath during an intensive care unit (ICU) stay.

Methods: The validation process was integrated in a multicenter, cluster-randomized, controlled, two-parallel group study built to assess the effectiveness of a tailored multicomponent program for reducing self-perceived discomfort in the ICU. All patients aged 18 years or older who survived an ICU stay of 3 calendar days or more were eligible for inclusion.

Tailored multicomponent program for discomfort reduction in critically ill patients may decrease post-traumatic stress disorder in general ICU survivors at 1 year.

Purpose: Reducing discomfort in the intensive care unit (ICU) should have a positive effect on long-term outcomes. This study assessed whether a tailored multicomponent program for discomfort reduction was effective in reducing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms at 1 year in general ICU survivors.

Methods: This study is a prospective observational comparative effectiveness cohort study involving 30 ICUs.

Acute kidney injury in critically ill patients with solid tumours.

Background: Patients with solid tumours are at risk for acute kidney injury (AKI), however, epidemiological data are limited.

Methods: We conducted a study that included patients with solid tumours admitted to a single-centre intensive care unit (ICU) from January 2011 to December 2015. We analysed factors associated with the occurence of AKI, ICU and Day-90 mortality.

Renal recovery after severe acute kidney injury in critically ill myeloma patients: a retrospective study.

Background: Despite substantial improvements in the management of multiple myeloma, renal failure remains an important burden that tremendously impairs prognosis. The purpose of this study was to describe the characteristics and to establish prognostic factors of renal recovery in myeloma patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for acute kidney injury (AKI) Stage 3 treated with renal replacement therapy (RRT).

Methods: A retrospective single-centre cohort study was performed, including consecutive myeloma patients admitted to one medical ICU between 1 January 2007 and 1 September 2015 and treated with RRT.