Publications by authors named "Maria Consuelo Pintado"
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication in patients undergo-ing cytoreductive surgery (CRS) with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) due to a combination of several factors: increased intra-abdominal pressure, heat stress and drug tox-icity. Patients admitted to Intensive Care Unit after CRS and HIPEC during 129 months. Data recorded were: demographic characteristics; severity of illness, haematology and basic chemistry panels (renal function and electrolytes), type of cancer and extension, HIPEC drug and temperature, fluid balance, ICU and hospital stay and mortality.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objectives: Several respiratory complications have been described after cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC).
Materials And Methods: Patients admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) after CRS and HIPEC during 10 years.
Data Recorded Were: Demographic characteristics; severity of illness; complete blood sample; chest radiographs; type of cancer and extension; HIPEC drug and temperature; ICU and hospital stay; and mortality.
Background: Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) have benefits for survival in some cancers with peritoneal metastasis. Hematologic toxicity described rate is 2 to 38%.
Methods: Patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) after CRS and HIPEC over 78 months.
Background: Prompt evaluation and treatment of acute coronary syndrome has demonstrated to reduce mortality. Although several biomarkers have been studied for risk stratification and prognostic purposes, none is recommended to guide treatment based on its prognostic value. Copeptin and hepatocyte growth factor have been associated with poor outcome in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To evaluate functional status and quality of life in elderly intensive care unit (ICU) survivors at 1-year follow-up.
Design: Prospective 18-month observational study.
Setting: University medical-surgical ICU.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to examine complications and mortality in patients with moderately severe and severe acute pancreatitis (AP) admitted to the ICU, as past research hadn't focused on moderately severe cases.
- Both groups experienced similar complication rates, including non-infectious systemic complications like respiratory failure, and a high incidence of infections, but patients with moderately severe AP had no reported deaths in the ICU, unlike 29.5% mortality in the severe group.
- The findings suggest that while both groups experience significant complications, the low mortality in moderately severe AP supports its classification as a distinct category of severity in acute pancreatitis.
Background: There are few data regarding the process of deciding which elderly patients are refused to ICU admission, their characteristics, and outcome.
Methods: Prospective longitudinal observational cohort study. We included all consecutive patients older than 75 years, who were evaluated for admission to but were refused to treatment in ICU, during 18 months, with 12-month followup.
Background: Low-tidal-volume ventilation may be associated with repetitive opening and closing of terminal airways. The use of PEEP is intended to keep the alveoli open. No method of adjusting the optimal PEEP has shown to be superior or to improve clinical outcomes.
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