[Controversy 1: Proteins and new guidelines for acute kidney injury].

Controversy 1: Proteins and new guidelines for acute kidney injury.

[Benefits of an education program and a clinical algorithm in mixed nutritional support to improve nutrition for the critically ill patient: a before-and-after study].

Introduction: optimal nutrition in the critically ill patient is a key aspect for recovery. Objectives: to promote training in and knowledge of mixed nutrition support (MNS) by means of a clinical algorithm among intensivists for improving the nutritional status of critically ill patients. Methods: a before-and-after study with the participation of 19 polyvalent intensive care units (ICUs) in 10 autonomous communities.

Impact of previous admission to an intensive care unit on stem cell transplantation outcome.

Introduction: The impact of an admission to ICU before stem cell transplantation (SCT) on post-SCT outcome is not well established.

Patients And Methods: We reviewed the medical records of patients who had received a first SCT between 2000 and 2016 in our institution. The outcome of 22 patients who required ICU admission during chemotherapy prior to SCT (ICU group) was compared with 44 matched patients (1:2) who did not need it (NO-ICU group).

A multicenter, randomized, double-blind study of ulimorelin and metoclopramide in the treatment of critically ill patients with enteral feeding intolerance: PROMOTE trial.

Purpose: Enteral feeding intolerance (EFI) is a frequent problem in the intensive care unit (ICU), but current prokinetic agents have uncertain efficacy and safety profiles. The current study compared the efficacy and safety of ulimorelin, a ghrelin agonist, with metoclopramide in the treatment of EFI.

Methods: One hundred twenty ICU patients were randomized 1:1 to ulimorelin or metoclopramide for 5 days.

Lack of impact of human immunodeficiency virus infection on the outcome of lymphoma patients transferred to the intensive care unit.

The impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection on the outcome of patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related lymphoma with life-threatening complications requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission is not well known. The objective of this study was to compare the outcome of patients with lymphoma transferred to the ICU according to HIV infection status. The clinical characteristics, reason for ICU admission, and outcome of 48 consecutive critically ill patients with lymphoma admitted to the ICU from January 2000 to March 2010 was retrospectively analyzed, focusing on their HIV serology status.

[Similar prognosis for transplanted and non-transplanted patients with hematological malignancy admitted to the intensive care unit].

Background And Objective: There is scarce information on the influence of stem cell transplantation (SCT) on the prognosis of patients with hematological malignancies admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU).

Patients And Method: The mortality during ICU admission, long-term survival and the prognostic factors for survival were analyzed and compared in transplanted vs. non-transplanted patients.

Outcome and prognostic factors in patients with hematologic malignancies admitted to the intensive care unit: a single-center experience.

Patients who are admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with hematologic malignancies have a poor prognosis, although outcomes have improved in recent years. This study analyzed ICU mortality, short- and long-term survival, and prognostic factors for 100 consecutive critically ill patients with a hematologic malignancy who were admitted to our polyvalent ICU from January 2000 to May 2006. The median age was 55 years (range, 15-75 years; male-female ratio, 60:40).