Prediction of certainty in artificial intelligence-enabled electrocardiography.

Background: The 12‑lead ECG provides an excellent substrate for artificial intelligence (AI) enabled prediction of various cardiovascular diseases. However, a measure of prediction certainty is lacking.

Objectives: To assess a novel approach for estimating certainty of AI-ECG predictions.

COPD patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia: implications for management.

Data on the occurrence and outcome of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) are quite limited. The aim of this study was to determine if COPD intensive care unit (ICU) patients have a higher rate of VAP development, different microbiological aetiology or have worse outcomes than other patients without VAP. A secondary analysis of a large prospective, observational study conducted in 27 European ICUs was carried out.

Bacteremia is an independent risk factor for mortality in nosocomial pneumonia: a prospective and observational multicenter study.

Introduction: Since positive blood cultures are uncommon in patients with nosocomial pneumonia (NP), the responsible pathogens are usually isolated from respiratory samples. Studies on bacteremia associated with hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) have reported fatality rates of up to 50%. The purpose of the study is to compare risk factors, pathogens and outcomes between bacteremic nosocomial pneumonia (B-NP) and nonbacteremic nosocomial pneumonia (NB-NP) episodes.

Haemolytic anaemia caused by piperacillin-tazobactam.

We report a case of haemolytic due to the use of piperacillin-tazobactam in a 50-year-old woman. Since 2002 4 other cases were reported. Either the presence of piperacillin as tazobactam can induce haemolysis.

Neurological complications in critically ill patients; septic encephalopathy, critical illness polyneuropathy.

Septic encephalopathy and critical illness polyneuropathy are two syndromes, appearing at different stages in critically ill patients. Their aetiology is unclear, but many arguments seem to associate them with respiratory insufficiency in a context of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (S.I.

Comparison between CDI-100 continuous SO2, Hb, and Hct monitoring, intermittent ABL-4 saturation and Hb monitoring, and lab Hb and Hct monitoring.

During extracorporeal circulation (ECC) a continuous monitoring of venous oxygen saturation yields a quantitative impression of the equilibrium of oxygen supply and oxygen consumption in steady state conditions. The aim of the investigation was to study whether the measurements of venous oxygen saturation and haemoglobin of a continuous on-line monitor (CDI-100) agree with those of the ABL-4 bloodgasmonitor or the haemoglobincyanid method in hospital laboratory. The study group consisted of 21 patients, with comparable conditions of anesthesia and ECC set-up.