Publications by authors named "Otgon Bataar"
Purpose: To correlate clinical indicators of peripheral perfusion with visceral organ vascular tone in 30 septic shock patients.
Materials And Methods: In a prospective pilot study, capillary refill time, the Mottling score, and peripheral temperature were determined within 24, 48, and 72 hours after intensive care unit admission. Simultaneously, pulsatility indices in the liver, spleen, kidneys, and intestines were measured by Doppler ultrasonography.
Introduction: Liberal and overaggressive use of vasopressors during the initial period of shock resuscitation may compromise organ perfusion and worsen outcome. When transiently applying the concept of permissive hypotension, it would be helpful to know at which arterial blood pressure terminal cardiovascular collapse occurs.
Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, we aimed to identify the arterial blood pressure associated with terminal cardiovascular collapse in 140 patients who died in the intensive care unit while being invasively monitored.
Background: In this prospective, observational study, the rate of antibiotic resistance in cultures sampled from sepsis patients was determined in an intensive care unit of a low-middle income country.
Methods: Critically ill patients suffering from bacterial sepsis were eligible for enrollment. Aside from demographic, disease-related and sepsis-specific parameters, the type of microbiological sample and cultured microorganism as well as the resistance pattern (extensively resistant bacteria, multi-drug resistant bacteria) were documented.
Objective: To assess if secondary and tertiary hospitals in Mongolia have the resources needed to implement the 2008 Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) guidelines.
Methods: To obtain key informant responses, we conducted a nationwide survey by sending a 74-item questionnaire to head physicians of the intensive care unit or department for emergency and critically ill patients of 44 secondary and tertiary hospitals in Mongolia. The questionnaire inquired about the availability of the hospital facilities, equipment, drugs and disposable materials required to implement the SSC guidelines.
Study Objective: To evaluate the current status of anesthesia and its allied disciplines in Mongolia.
Design: Nationwide questionnaire survey.
Setting: Two university hospitals.
Purpose: To evaluate intensive care resources, support, and personnel available in Mongolia's 3 largest cities.
Materials And Methods: This prospective study was performed as a questionnaire-based survey evaluating intensive care units (ICUs) in Mongolia's 3 main cities.
Results: Twenty-one of 31 ICUs participated in the survey.
Background: Few data are available on intensive care unit (ICU) patient populations and critical care medicine practices in developing countries.
Methods: This prospective study evaluated differences in patient characteristics, ICU practice, and outcome between the ICUs of a Mongolian 400-bed tertiary university hospital (MonICU) and an Austrian 429-bed secondary hospital (AutICU). Demographics, chronic health status, clinical parameters, disease and therapeutic severity scores, and outcome were documented for all patients admitted to the two ICUs during a period of four and a half months.
Introduction: Case reports are important instruments to describe rare disease conditions and give a rough estimation of their global incidence. Even though collected in international databases, most case reports are published by clinicians from industrialized nations and little is known about the incidence of rare cases in less developed countries, which are home to 75% of the world's population.
Case Presentation: We present seven patients who suffered from diseases which are either considered to be rare or have not yet been described before according to international databases, but occurred during a 5-month period in one intensive care unit of a less developed country.