Risk factors and outcome of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia: a multicenter study.

Objective: To assess incidence, risk factors and impact of acute kidney injury(AKI) within 48 h of intensive care unit(ICU) admission on ICU mortality in patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia. To assess ICU mortality and risk factors for continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) in AKI I and II patients.

Design: Retrospective observational study.

CARDIAC OUTPUT IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS CAN BE ESTIMATED EASILY AND ACCURATELY USING THE MINUTE DISTANCE OBTAINED BY PULSED-WAVE DOPPLER.

Background: Cardiac output (CO) assessment is essential for management of patients with circulatory failure. Among the different techniques used for their assessment, pulsed-wave Doppler cardiac output (PWD-CO) has proven to be an accurate and useful tool. Despite this, assessment of PWD-CO could have some technical difficulties, especially in the measurement of left ventricular outflow tract diameter (LVOTd).

[Use of isoflurane as treatment for super-refractory status epilepticus].

Introduction: Super-refractory status epilepticus (SRSE) is a neurological condition with an important morbidity and mortality rate, for which few therapeutic options are available. Inhalation sedation with isoflurane is currently a compassionate-use treatment in Spanish intensive care units. Little has been written about its usefulness in the treatment of refractory and super-refractory status epilepticus, but it appears to be a useful and safe therapeutic alternative for this condition.

Impact of Aspergillus spp. isolation in the first 24 hours of admission in critically ill patients with severe influenza virus pneumonia.

Objective: To determine the incidence and impact of Aspergillus spp. isolation (AI) on ICU mortality in critically ill patients with severe influenza pneumonia during the first 24h of admission.

Design: Secondary analysis of an observational and prospective cohort study.