Publications by authors named "P Lebiedz"
Studies examining preoperative anxiety in patients awaiting hand surgery are scarce. Preoperative anxiety is a common reaction and can have a negative impact on treatment outcomes. The aim of this study was to assess the level of anxiety in patients undergoing hand surgery as a one-day procedure and to investigate the associations between patients' preoperative anxiety and selected sociodemographic, psychological, and clinical variables.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[EVALI: Severe ARDS requiring ECMO due to e-cigarette use in a 16-year-old male patient].
Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed
October 2024
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- The study investigates whether cancer patients with severe respiratory failure gain any survival benefits from using veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (vv-ECMO).
- It analyzes data from 297 cancer patients treated with vv-ECMO between 2009 and 2019 across German and Austrian hospitals, revealing a low 60-day overall survival rate of 26.8%.
- Findings indicate that factors like low platelet count, high lactate levels, and certain disease statuses negatively impact survival, but the study concludes that the overall efficacy of vv-ECMO in these patients remains uncertain, highlighting the need for further research.
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- Acute respiratory failure (ARF) poses a high mortality risk for immunocompromised patients, especially when invasive mechanical ventilation is required, leading to the development of noninvasive ventilation strategies to reduce intubation rates.
- A systematic review of 11,087 immunocompromised patients indicated that early intubation (within 24 hours) was associated with a significantly lower mortality rate compared to delayed intubation.
- Over the years (1995-2017), survival rates for intubated patients have improved, but each additional day before intubation increases mortality risk, emphasizing the importance of timely intervention.
[Core curriculum Medical intensive care medicine of the German Society of Medical Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DGIIN)].
Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed
February 2021
Medical intensive care medicine treats patients with severe, potentially life-threatening diseases covering the complete spectrum of internal medicine. The qualification in medical intensive care medicine requires a broad spectrum of knowledge and skills in medical intensive care medicine, but also in the general field of internal medicine. Both sides of the coin must be taken into account, the treatment with life-sustaining strategies of the acute illness of the patient and also the treatment of patient's underlying chronic diseases.
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