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Impact of adrenomedullin levels on clinical risk stratification and outcome in subarachnoid haemorrhage by Gracia Arnillas, Maria Pilar, Alvarez‐Lerma, Francisco, Masclans, Jose‐Ramón, Roquer, Jaume, Soriano, Carolina, Manzano, Demian, Zapatero, Ans, Diaz, Yolanda, Duran, Xavi, Castellví, Andrea, Cuadrado, Elisa, Ois, Angel

“…Purpose To use classification tree analysis to identify risk factors for nonsurvival in a neurological patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) and to…”
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A case‐cohort approach for multi‐state models in hospital epidemiology by Cube, Maja, Schumacher, Martin, Palomar‐Martinez, Mercedes, Olaechea‐Astigarraga, Pedro, Alvarez‐Lerma, Francisco, Wolkewitz, Martin

“…Analysing the determinants and consequences of hospital‐acquired infections involves the evaluation of large cohorts. Infected patients in the cohort are often…”
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Trough colistin plasma level is an independent risk factor for nephrotoxicity: a prospective observational cohort study by Sorlí, Luisa, Luque, Sonia, Grau, Santiago, Berenguer, Núria, Segura, Concepción, Montero, María Milagro, Alvarez-Lerma, Francisco, Knobel, Hernando, Benito, Natividad, Horcajada, Juan P

“…Data regarding the most efficacious and least toxic schedules for the use of colistin are scarce. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and the…”
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A bedside scoring system (“Candida score”) for early antifungal treatment in nonneutropenic critically ill patients with Candida colonization by León, Cristóbal, Ruiz-Santana, Sergio, Saavedra, Pedro, Almirante, Benito, Nolla-Salas, Juan, Álvarez-Lerma, Francisco, Garnacho-Montero, José, León, María Ángeles

“…OBJECTIVE:To obtain a score for deciding early antifungal treatment when candidal infection is suspected in nonneutropenic critically ill patients…”
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Severe community-acquired Streptococcus pneumoniae bacterial meningitis: clinical and prognostic picture from the intensive care unit by Martín-Cerezuela, María, Aseginolaza-Lizarazu, Maialen, Boronat-García, Patricia, Asensio-Martín, María José, Alamán-Laguarda, Gisela, Álvarez-Lerma, Francisco, Roa-Alonso, David, Socias, Lorenzo, Vera-Artázcoz, Paula, Ramírez-Galleymore, Paula

“…Severe community-acquired pneumococcal meningitis is a medical emergency. The aim of the present investigation was to evaluate the epidemiology, management and…”
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Study of risk factors for healthcare-associated infections in acute cardiac patients using categorical principal component analysis (CATPCA) by Renes Carreño, Emilio, Escribá Bárcena, Almudena, Catalán González, Mercedes, Álvarez Lerma, Francisco, Palomar Martínez, Mercedes, Nuvials Casals, Xavier, Jaén Herreros, Felisa, Montejo González, Juan Carlos

“…Using categorical principal component analysis, we aimed to determine the relationship between health care-associated infections (HAIs) and diagnostic…”
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Comparative efficacy of linezolid and vancomycin for endotracheal tube MRSA biofilms from ICU patients by Fernández-Barat, Laia, Motos, Ana, Panigada, Mauro, Álvarez-Lerma, Francisco, Viña, Lucía, Lopez-Aladid, Ruben, Ceccato, Adrian, Bassi, Gianluigi Li, Nicolau, David P, Lopez, Yuli, Muñoz, Laura, Guerrero, Laura, Soy, Dolors, Israel, Trinidad, Castro, Pedro, Torres, Antoni

“…To compare the efficacy of systemic treatment with linezolid (LNZ) versus vancomycin (VAN) on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) burden and…”
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Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical strains from the endotracheal tubes of patients with nosocomial pneumonia by Cabrera, Roberto, Fernández-Barat, Laia, Motos, Anna, López-Aladid, Rubén, Vázquez, Nil, Panigada, Mauro, Álvarez-Lerma, Francisco, López, Yuly, Muñoz, Laura, Castro, Pedro, Vila, Jordi, Torres, Antoni

“…Among all cases of nosocomial pneumonia, Staphylococcus aureus is the second most prevalent pathogen (17.8%). In Europe, 29.9% of the isolates are…”
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A pilot-controlled study of a polymyxin B-immobilized hemoperfusion cartridge in patients with severe sepsis secondary to intra-abdominal infection by VINCENT, Jean-Louis, LATERRE, Pierre-Francois, NAKAMURA, Haruji, JOHN, Stephanie, COHEN, Jonathan, BURCHARDI, Hilmar, BRUINING, Hajo, ALVAREZ LERMA, Francisco, WITTEBOLE, Xavier, DE BACKER, Daniel, BRETT, Stephen, MARZO, Dolores

“…Endotoxin is an important pathogenic trigger for sepsis. The polymyxin B-immobilized endotoxin removal hemoperfusion cartridge, Toraymyxin (hereafter PMX), has…”
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Globally Expanding Carbapenemase Finally Appears in Spain: Nosocomial Outbreak of Acinetobacter baumannii Producing Plasmid-Encoded OXA-23 in Barcelona, Spain by MOSQUEDA, Noraida, ESPINAL, Paula, ROCA, Ignasi, COSGAYA, Clara, VIOTA, Sergio, PLASENSIA, Virginia, ALVAREZ-LERMA, Francisco, MONTERO, Milagro, GOMEZ, Julià, PABLO HORCAJADA, Juan, VILA, Jordi

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Multiple time scales in modeling the incidence of infections acquired in intensive care units by Wolkewitz, Martin, Cooper, Ben S, Palomar-Martinez, Mercedes, Alvarez-Lerma, Francisco, Olaechea-Astigarraga, Pedro, Barnett, Adrian G, Schumacher, Martin

“…When patients are admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) their risk of getting an infection will be highly depend on the length of stay at-risk in the ICU…”
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Combatting resistance in intensive care: the multimodal approach of the Spanish ICU "Zero Resistance" program by Montero, José Garnacho, Lerma, Francisco Álvarez, Galleymore, Paula Ramírez, Martínez, Mercedes Palomar, Rocha, Luis Álvarez, Gaite, Fernando Barcenilla, Rodríguez, Joaquín Álvarez, González, Mercedes Catalán, Moreno, Inmaculada Fernández, Baño, Jesús Rodríguez, Campos, José, Andrés, Jesús Ma Aranaz, Varela, Yolanda Agra, Gay, Carolina Rodríguez, García, Miguel Sánchez

“…This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2015 and co-published as a series in Critical Care…”
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Spread of plasmids containing the blaVIM-1 and blaCTX-M genes and the qnr determinant in Enterobacter cloacae, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Klebsiella oxytoca isolates by Miró, Elisenda, Segura, Concha, Navarro, Ferran, Sorlí, Lluisa, Coll, Pere, Horcajada, Juan P., Álvarez-Lerma, Francisco, Salvadó, Margarita

“…Objectives We describe 12 VIM-1-producing strains (7 Enterobacter cloacae, 2 Klebsiella pneumoniae and 3 clonal Klebsiella oxytoca strains) detected among…”
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Candiduria in critically ill patients admitted to intensive care medical units by ALVAREZ-LERMA, Francisco, NOLLA-SALAS, Juan, LEON, Cristobal, PALOMAR, Mercedes, JORDA, Ricard, CARRASCO, Nieves, BOBILLO, Felipe

“…The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence of candiduria in critically ill patients admitted to intensive care medical units (ICUs), to identify…”
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Ceftolozane-tazobactam for the treatment of ventilator-associated infections by colistin-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Álvarez Lerma, F, Muñoz Bermudez, R, Grau, S, Gracia Arnillas, M P, Sorli, L, Recasens, L, Mico García, M

“…The use of colistin for the treatment of multiresistant bacteria has led to the emergence of colistin-resistant strains of Gram-negative bacilli. Treatment of…”
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Intensive care unit patients with lower respiratory tract nosocomial infections: the ENIRRIs project by De Pascale, Gennaro, Ranzani, Otavio T, Nseir, Saad, Chastre, Jean, Welte, Tobias, Antonelli, Massimo, Navalesi, Paolo, Garofalo, Eugenio, Bruni, Andrea, Coelho, Luis Miguel, Skoczynski, Szymon, Longhini, Federico, Taccone, Fabio Silvio, Grimaldi, David, Salzer, Helmut J F, Lange, Christoph, Froes, Filipe, Artigas, Antoni, Díaz, Emili, Vallés, Jordi, Rodríguez, Alejandro, Panigada, Mauro, Comellini, Vittoria, Fasano, Luca, Soave, Paolo M, Spinazzola, Giorgia, Luyt, Charles-Edouard, Alvarez-Lerma, Francisco, Marin, Judith, Masclans, Joan Ramon, Chiumello, Davide, Pezzi, Angelo, Schultz, Marcus, Mohamed, Hafiz, Van Der Eerden, Menno, Hoek, Roger A S, Gommers, D A M P J, Pasquale, Marta Di, Civljak, Rok, Kutleša, Marko, Bassetti, Matteo, Dimopoulos, George, Nava, Stefano, Rios, Fernando, Zampieri, Fernando G, Povoa, Pedro, Bos, Lieuwe D, Aliberti, Stefano, Torres, Antoni, Martín-Loeches, Ignacio

“…The clinical course of intensive care unit (ICU) patients may be complicated by a large spectrum of lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI), defined by…”
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Health-care-Associated Bloodstream Infections at Admission to the ICU by Vallés, Jordi, MD, PhD, Alvarez-Lerma, Francisco, MD, Palomar, Mercedes, MD, Blanco, Armando, MD, Escoresca, Ana, MD, Armestar, Fernando, MD, Sirvent, José María, MD, Balasini, Carina, MD, Zaragoza, Rafael, MD, Marín, María, MD

“…Background Infections occurring among outpatients having recent contact with the health-care system have been recently classified as health-care-associated…”
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Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: The Multimodal Approach of the Spanish ICU “Pneumonia Zero” Program by Álvarez-Lerma, Francisco, Palomar-Martínez, Mercedes, Sánchez-García, Miguel, Martínez-Alonso, Montserrat, Álvarez-Rodríguez, Joaquín, Lorente, Leonardo, Arias-Rivera, Susana, García, Rosa, Gordo, Federico, Añón, José M., Jam-Gatell, Rosa, Vázquez-Calatayud, Mónica, Agra, Yolanda

“…OBJECTIVES:The “Pneumonia Zero” project is a nationwide multimodal intervention based on the simultaneous implementation of a comprehensive evidence-based…”
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Characteristics of doripenem: a new broad-spectrum antibiotic by Alvarez-Lerma, Francisco, Grau, Santiago, Ferrández, Olivia

“…Doripenem (S-4661) is a new parenteral antibiotic from the carbapenem class; similarly to imipenem and meropenem, it has a broad-spectrum activity against…”
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Linezolid: low pre-treatment platelet values could increase the risk of thrombocytopenia by Grau, Santiago, Morales-Molina, José A., Mateu-de Antonio, Javier, Marín-Casino, Mónica, Alvarez-Lerma, Francisco

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