Publications by authors named "Nicolas S Rocchetti"
Introduction: variants of the NUTRIC score with or without inflammatory biomarkers, modified without interleukin 6 (IL-6) (NUTRICm), with C-reactive protein (CRP) instead of IL-6, dichotomous (NUTRICpcr1) or in tertiles (NUTRICpcr2), were proposed to assess nutritional risk (NR) in critical patients. However, the assessment of the high NR might not be uniform between these scores. Objectives: to compare the assessment of the high NR by NUTRICm and the two variants of the NUTRICpcr.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To study the ability of the urea/creatinine index to identify severe protein catabolism from the isolated urine of critically ventilated patients.
Methods: This was a prospective, observational study. It included 52 patients without kidney failure.
Bacillus cereus is a gram positive microorganism commonly involved in gastrointestinal infection but capable of causing severe infections and bacteremia. We describe here a case of bacteremia caused by B. cereus in a previously healthy young woman admitted to the intensive care unit following emergency surgery due to a penetrating abdominal stab wound and subsequent hepatic lesion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: the Nutrition Risk in Critically Ill (NUTRIC) score does not include a variable that objectively estimates protein hypercatabolism (PHC), one of the main metabolic changes experienced by critical patients.
Objective: to evaluate the correlation of the NUTRIC score with PHC in critically ventilated patients.
Materials And Methods: prospective, observational study.
Background And Objective: Procalcitonin (PCT) can help the early diagnosis of bacterial infections and estimate the response obtained. The objective is to study the value of PCT for the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).
Patients And Method: Prospective and observational study, carried out for 18 months, in a polyvalent Intensive Care Unit (ICU).