Publications by authors named "P Lormans"
Importance: Blood transfusions are commonly administered to patients with acute brain injury. The optimal hemoglobin transfusion threshold is uncertain in this patient population.
Objective: To assess the impact on neurological outcome of 2 different hemoglobin thresholds to guide red blood cell transfusions in patients with acute brain injury.
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- * A case of a 45-year-old cyclist showed that after 9 months of rehabilitation post-surgery, he still experienced muscle weakness and functional limitations, ultimately preventing him from cycling at his previous level.
- * After removing the surgical hardware, the patient's functional complaints resolved, muscle strength improved significantly, and he returned to his pre-injury cycling performance, suggesting that hardware removal may enhance recovery in active young adults.
Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) has been reported as a frequent complication of critical COVID-19. We aimed to evaluate the occurrence of AKI and use of kidney replacement therapy (KRT) in critical COVID-19, to assess patient and kidney outcomes and risk factors for AKI and differences in outcome when the diagnosis of AKI is based on urine output (UO) or on serum creatinine (sCr).
Methods: Multicenter, retrospective cohort analysis of patients with critical COVID-19 in seven large hospitals in Belgium.
Status Epilepticus Following Intrathecal Administration of Bupivacaine: A Case Report.
J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep
April 2022
Spinal anesthesia is common practice and rarely causes complications. Although extended experience is present, seldom side effects of this technique and the administration of intrathecal local anesthetics and/or opioids can occur. We present a case in which a 76-year old woman undergoing total hip arthroplasty received a low dose of intrathecal bupivacaine and sufentanil.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Data on posaconazole in the critically ill are scarce. In the POSA-FLU study, we examined the prevention of influenza-associated pulmonary aspergillosis with posaconazole in this population.
Methods: In this observational sub-study, we performed a pharmacokinetic analysis, including protein binding and target attainment (TA).