Publications by authors named "Nimish Naik"
Assessment of refeeding syndrome definitions and 30-day mortality in critically ill adults: A comparison study.
JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr
November 2023
Background: Patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) are at high risk for refeeding syndrome (RFS), yet there is uncertainty regarding how RFS should be operationalized in the ICU. We evaluated different definitions for RFS and tested how they associated with patient-centered outcomes in the ICU.
Methods: This was a retrospective comparison study.
An outcome can take many forms in the health care of an individual. Common measures in clinical research may include mortality, time to ESRD, or change in glomerular filtration rate. While a patient surely may share an interest with a clinician regarding these endpoints, individual life priorities expectedly vary.
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- HCV infection in dialysis patients with tunneled vascular catheters is linked to higher rates of bacteremia.
- A two-phase clinical study was conducted, with Phase 1 showing HCV(+) patients had a significantly greater prevalence of bacteremia compared to HCV(-) patients (61% vs 7.7%).
- Phase 2 indicated a trend of increased bacteremia incidence in patients with detectable HCV virus, suggesting a potential connection between HCV infection and bacteremia development.