Evaluation of Patients with COVID-19 Followed Up in Intensive Care Units in the Second Year of the Pandemic: A Multicenter Point Prevalence Study.

Objective: A 1-day point prevalence study was planned to obtain country data by determining the clinical characteristics, follow-up and treatment methods of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases that required intensive care unit (ICU) treatment in the second year of the pandemic.

Material And Methods: All patients who were hospitalized in the ICUs due to COVID-19 between March 11, 2022, 08.00 am, and March 12, 2022, 08.

Use of Radiology, D-Dimer, and Mean Platelet Volume Combination as a Prognostic Marker in Hospitalized Coronavirus Disease-19 Patients.

Introduction: The search for biomarkers that could help in predicting disease prognosis in the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak is still high on the agenda.

Objective: To find out the efficacy of D-dimer and mean platelet volume (MPV) combination as a prognostic marker in hospitalized COVID-19 patients with bilateral infiltration.

Materials And Methods: Study design: Retrospective observational cohort.

The comparison of the survival rates of intensive and palliative care units.

Introduction: Palliative care is a multidisciplinary therapy formed by physical, social, psychological, cultural and spiritual support of patients and families. The aim of the present study is to compare the survival rates of the intensive care unit (ICU) and palliative care unit (PCU).

Materials And Methods: A retrospective observational cohort study was performed using the database of an intensive care unit.

Risk factors of unfavorable outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients treated with noninvasive ventilation for acute hypercapnic respiratory failure.

Background-aim: Noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) failure rate is reported to be 5%-60% of intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Despite all precautions and well-known reasons, the risk factors of NIV failure are unclear for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with acute respiratory failure (ARF). The aim of this study was to examine risk factors for NIV failure in COPD patients with ARF, other than well defined.

Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of treatment response and mortality in septic shock patients in the intensive care unit.

Background/aim: While C-reactive protein (CRP) is a well-studied marker for predicting treatment response and mortality in sepsis, it was aimed to assess the efficacy of the neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR) as a predictor of mortality and treatment response in sepsis patients in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Materials And Methods: In this retrospective cross-sectional study, sepsis patients were divided according to the presence of septic shock on the 1st day of ICU stay, and then subgrouped according to mortality. Patient demographics, acute physiologic and chronic health evaluation II and sequential organ failure assessment scores, NLR and CRP (on the 1st, 3rd, and last day in the ICU), microbiology data, antibiotic responses, ICU data, and mortality were recorded.

Predictors of mortality in cancer patients who need intensive care unit support: a two center cohort study.

Background/aim: Cancer patients frequently need intensive care support due to respiratory failure. We aimed to evaluate the predictors of mortality in cancer patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU).

Materials And Methods: This study was performed in the ICUs of two centers between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2015.

Comparison of exercise capacity in COPD and other etiologies of chronic respiratory failure requiring non-invasive mechanical ventilation at home: retrospective analysis of 1-year follow-up.

Introduction: The objective of this study was to compare the change in 6-minute walking distance (6MWD) in 1 year as an indicator of exercise capacity among patients undergoing home non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) due to chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (CHRF) caused by different etiologies.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study was conducted in a tertiary pulmonary disease hospital in patients who had completed 1-year follow-up under home NIMV because of CHRF with different etiologies (ie, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD], obesity hypoventilation syndrome [OHS], kyphoscoliosis [KS], and diffuse parenchymal lung disease [DPLD]), between January 2011 and January 2012. The results of arterial blood gas (ABG) analyses and spirometry, and 6MWD measurements with 12-month interval were recorded from the patient files, in addition to demographics, comorbidities, and body mass indices.

Case fatality rate related to nosocomial and ventilator-associated pneumonia in an ICU: a single-centre retrospective cohort study.

Background: Nosocomial pneumonia (NP) and ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) have been associated with financially significant economic burden and increased case fatality rate in adult intensive care units (ICUs). This study was designed to evaluate case fatality rate among patients with NP and VAP in a respiratory ICU.

Methods: In 2008-2013, VAP and NP in the ICUs were included in this retrospective single-centre cohort study.

Risk factors for multiorgan failure and mortality in severe sepsis patients who need intensive care unit follow-up.

Introduction: Multiorgan failure (MOF) is a primary cause of morbidity and mortality in sepsis patients in intensive care units (ICU). Finding risk factors and solving preventable problems of MOF in patients who have sepsis can be a favourable step for decreasing mortality. We aimed to examine multiorgan failure and mortality related risk factors in intensive care unit patients who have sepsis.

Does Total Parenteral Nutrition Increase the Mortality of Patients with Severe Sepsis in the ICU?

Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the independent association between total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and nosocomial infection and intensive care unit (ICU) mortality in patients with severe pulmonary sepsis.

Material And Methods: The present study was designed as a retrospective observational cohort study. We enrolled all patients with severe sepsis due to pulmonary infections who stayed more than 24 h in the respiratory ICU between January 2009 and December 2010.

Full-Time ICU Staff in the Intensive Care Unit: Does It Improve the Outcome?

Objectives: Patients with various severities are cared for in the intensive care unit (ICU) by an experienced ICU physician. We aimed to assess whether there is any difference in intubated ICU patient management when undertaken by a 24-hour intensivist versus a periodic experienced specialist in the ICU.

Material And Methods: A retrospective, cross-sectional, observational study was done in a tertiary teaching hospital ICU.

The safety of beta-blocker use in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with respiratory failure in the intensive care unit.

Background: The safety of beta-blockers as a heart rate-limiting drug (HRLD) in patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF) due to chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) has not been properly assessed in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting. This study aims to compare the use of beta-blocker drugs relative to non-beta-blocker ones in COPD patients with ARF due to heart rate-limiting with respect to length of ICU stay and mortality.

Methods: We performed a retrospective (January 2011-December 2012) case-control study in a level III ICU in a teaching hospital.

The interrelations of radiologic findings and mechanical ventilation in community acquired pneumonia patients admitted to the intensive care unit: a multicentre retrospective study.

Background: We evaluated patients admitted to the intensive care units with the diagnosis of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) regarding initial radiographic findings.

Methods: A multicenter retrospective study was held. Chest x ray (CXR) and computerized tomography (CT) findings and also their associations with the need of ventilator support were evaluated.

Community-acquired pneumonia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring admission to the intensive care unit: risk factors for mortality.

Purpose: The aims of this study are to identify factors predicting mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission and to examine whether noninvasive ventilation treatment reduces mortality.

Materials And Methods: An analysis was performed on data from patients with CAP hospitalized in the ICUs of 19 different hospitals in Turkey between October 2008 and January 2011. Predictors of mortality were assessed by both univariate and multivariate statistical analyses.

Mortality indicators in community-acquired pneumonia requiring intensive care in Turkey.

Background: Severe community-acquired pneumonia (SCAP) is a fatal disease. This study was conducted to describe an outcome analysis of the intensive care units (ICUs) of Turkey.

Methods: This study evaluated SCAP cases hospitalized in the ICUs of 19 different hospitals between October 2008 and January 2011.

Why do patients with interstitial lung diseases fail in the ICU? a 2-center cohort study.

Background: Admitting patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) to the ICU is controversial, due to their associated high mortality when they require invasive mechanical ventilation. We aimed to determine the risk factors for mortality in ILD patients requiring ICU support due to acute respiratory failure.

Methods: An observational cohort study was performed in 2 chest diseases teaching hospitals.

C-reactive protein as a predictor of mortality in patients affected with severe sepsis in intensive care unit.

Background: Severe sepsis is a primary cause of morbidity and mortality in the intensive care unit (ICU). Numerous biomarkers have been assessed to predict outcome and CRP is widely used. However, the relevance for mortality risk of the CRP level and the day when it is measured have not been well studied.

The 6-minute walk test in chronic respiratory failure: does observed or predicted walk distance better reflect patient functional status?

Background: Acquiring 6-min walk test (6MWT) data from patients undergoing noninvasive mechanical ventilation due to chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure is limited. We aimed to assess whether the actual 6-min walk distance (6MWD) or the percent predicted 6MWD is a better reflection of the respiratory function of patients using home noninvasive ventilation (NIV) due to chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional observational study.

[The effect of acute internal problems for mortality in respiratory intensive care unit patients].

Acute internal problems in the respiratory intensive care unit (ICU) and risk factors affecting mortality in the acute treatment applications were investigated. All patients in 20-bed intensive care unit for chest diseases enrolled to this prospective observational cohort study during 2008. Patients were classified as living in group 1 and deaths in group 2.

[The influence of community-acquired pneumonia to the clinical course in COPD cases admitted to intensive care unit with acute respiratory failure].

In this study the influence of community-acquired pneumonia to the clinical course in 173 COPD patients admitted to ICU with acute respiratory failure (ARF) was evaluated. In prospective descriptive study, patients with pneumonia at admission to ICU were grouped as Group 1, others Group 2. The demographics, "Acute Physiology Assessment and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II" scores, body mass index (BMI), comorbidities, steroid use, admission arterial blood gases (ABG), leucocyte and CRP, utilization and duration of non-invasive and invasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV and IMV), development of ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) and septic shock, length of stay (LOS) in ICU and mortality of groups were recorded and compared.

Influenza A (H1N1) virus pneumonia in intensive care unit.

Patients with influenza A (H1N1) virus infection have been admitted to intensive care units (ICU) due to development of severe respiratory failure. We described the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of the 19 patients admitted to ICU due to influenza A (H1N1) virus infection. Study design is a descriptive case series in a third level-20 bed respiratory ICU at training hospital in Istanbul/Turkey.

Mortality rates and risk factors associated with nosocomial Candida infection in a respiratory intensive care unit.

To determine the incidence and mortality rate of nosocomial Candida infections (NCI) with respect to associated risk factors in the respiratory intensive care unit (RICU) patients. Data of 163 RICU patients were analyzed for NCI in 2006 retrospectively. Diagnosis of NCI; at least one Candida spp.

Six minute walking distance in kyphoscoliosis patients with chronic respiratory failure.

Aim: To evaluate kyphoscoliosis patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (CHRF) using the six minute walk test (6MWT) distance (6MWD) and cardio-pulmonary function tests.

Method: This prospective cross-sectional study was carried out in a tertiary training and research hospital in Turkey. Kyphoscoliosis patients with CHRF on home mechanical ventilation (HMV) followed in a respiratory intensive care unit (RICU) out-patient clinic were enrolled.