Search Results - "Brunkhorst, F M"

Common genomic variation in the FER gene: useful to stratify patients with sepsis due to pneumonia? by Schöneweck, F., Kuhnt, E., Scholz, M., Brunkhorst, F. M., Scherag, A

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Promoting Global Research Excellence in Severe Sepsis (PROGRESS): Lessons from an International Sepsis Registry by Beale, R, Reinhart, K, Brunkhorst, F. M, Dobb, G, Levy, M, Martin, G, Martin, C, Ramsey, G, Silva, E, Vallet, B, Vincent, J.-L, Janes, J. M, Sarwat, S, Williams, M. D

“…Background: The PROGRESS Registry (Promoting Global Research Excellence in Severe Sepsis) was designed to provide comparative data reflecting everyday clinical…”
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Procalcitonin for early diagnosis and differentiation of SIRS, sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock by Brunkhorst, F. M., Wegscheider, K., Forycki, Z. F., Brunkhorst, R.

“…Objective: To determine the value of procalcitonin (PCT) in the early diagnosis (and differentiation) of patients with SIRS, sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic…”
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Kinetics of procalcitonin in iatrogenic sepsis by Brunkhorst, F M, Heinz, U, Forycki, Z F

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Delay in the administration of appropriate antimicrobial therapy in Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection: a prospective multicenter hospital-based cohort study by Kaasch, A. J., Rieg, S., Kuetscher, J., Brodt, H.-R., Widmann, T., Herrmann, M., Meyer, C., Welte, T., Kern, P., Haars, U., Reuter, S., Hübner, I., Strauss, R., Sinha, B., Brunkhorst, F. M., Hellmich, M., Fätkenheuer, G., Kern, W. V., Seifert, H.

“…Objectives Early broad-spectrum antimicrobial treatment reduces mortality in patients with septic shock. In a multicenter, prospective observational study, we…”
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Procalcitonin, C-reactive protein and APACHE II score for risk evaluation in patients with severe pneumonia by Brunkhorst, F.M., Al-Nawas, B., Krummenauer, F., Forycki, Z.F., Shah, P.M.

“…Objective Procalcitonin (PCT) is a peptide that is found elevated in patients with sepsis and severe infections. In healthy persons PCT serum levels are below…”
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Discrimination of infectious and noninfectious causes of early acute respiratory distress syndrome by procalcitonin by Brunkhorst, Frank M, Eberhard, Oliver K, Brunkhorst, Reinhard

“…OBJECTIVE:To test the sepsis marker procalcitonin (PCT) for its applicability to discriminate between septic and nonseptic causes of acute respiratory distress…”
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International registry on the use of the CytoSorb® adsorber in ICU patients: Study protocol and preliminary results by Friesecke, S., Träger, K., Schittek, G. A., Molnar, Z., Bach, F., Kogelmann, K., Bogdanski, R., Weyland, A., Nierhaus, A., Nestler, F., Olboeter, D., Tomescu, D., Jacob, D., Haake, H., Grigoryev, E., Nitsch, M., Baumann, A., Quintel, M., Schott, M., Kielstein, J. T., Meier-Hellmann, A., Born, F., Schumacher, U., Singer, M., Kellum, J., Brunkhorst, F. M.

“…Introduction The aim of this clinical registry is to record the use of CytoSorb® adsorber device in critically ill patients under real-life conditions. Methods…”
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Epidemiology, economy and practice -- results of the German study on prevalence by the competence network sepsis (SepNet) by Brunkhorst, F M

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Effectiveness of a hospital-wide infection control programme on the incidence of healthcare-associated infections and associated severe sepsis and septic shock: a prospective interventional study by Hagel, S., Ludewig, K., Pletz, M.W., Frosinski, J., Moeser, A., Wolkewitz, M., Gastmeier, P., Harbarth, S., Brunkhorst, F.M., Kesselmeier, M., Scherag, A.

“…To evaluate whether a hospital-wide infection control programme (ICP) is effective at reducing the burden of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and…”
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Effect of pre-operative octenidine nasal ointment and showering on surgical site infections in patients undergoing cardiac surgery by Reiser, M., Scherag, A., Forstner, C., Brunkhorst, F.M., Harbarth, S., Doenst, T., Pletz, M.W., Hagel, S.

“…To evaluate the effect of pre-operative octenidine (OCT) decolonization on surgical site infection (SSI) rates. Before-and-after cohort study. Patients…”
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Inflammation-associated ADAMTS13 deficiency promotes formation of ultra-large von Willebrand factor by Bockmeyer, Clemens L, Claus, Ralf A, Budde, Ulrich, Kentouche, Karim, Schneppenheim, Reinhard, Losche, Wolfgang, Reinhart, Konrad, Brunkhorst, Frank M

“…1 Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena 2 Lab-Association Prof. Arndt and…”
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Procalcitonin for discrimination between activity of systemic autoimmune disease and systemic bacterial infection by Brunkhorst, R, Eberhardt, O K, Haubitz, M, Brunkhorst, F M

“…To investigate whether serum procalcitonin (PCT) levels could be useful to differentiate between systemic infection and the activity of the underlying disease…”
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Sepsis-associated Purpura Fulminans International Registry--Europe (SAPFIRE) by Brunkhorst, F M, Patchev, V

“…Purpura fulminans is a rare life-threatening condition which is characterized by disseminated thrombosis in dermal and systemic microcirculation, cutaneous…”
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Answer of the authors of the sepsis guideline by Brunkhorst, F M, Weigand, Markus

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Clinical experiences with a new semi-quantitative solid phase immunoassay for rapid measurement of procalcitonin by Meisner, M, Brunkhorst, F M, Reith, H B, Schmidt, J, Lestin, H G, Reinhart, K

“…A self-developing solid-phase immunoassay (B.R.A.H.M.S. PCT-Q, B.R.A.H.M.S.-Diagnostica GmbH, Hennigsdorf, Germany) has recently become available for the…”
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Study on the utility of a statewide counselling programme for improving mortality outcomes of patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in Thuringia (SUPPORT): a study protocol of a cluster-randomised crossover trial by Weis, S, Hagel, S, Schmitz, R P H, Scherag, A, Brunkhorst, F M, Forstner, C, Löffler, B, Pletz, M W

“…IntroductionStaphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SAB) is a frequent infection with high mortality rates. It requires specific diagnostic and therapeutic…”
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Procalcitonin in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass in open heart surgery-first results of the Procalcitonin in Heart Surgery study (ProHearts) by Loebe, M, Locziewski, S, Brunkhorst, F M, Harke, C, Hetzer, R

“…To investigate procalcitonin (PCT) levels in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in order to assess the prevalence and prognostic capacity of…”
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ESPEN Guidelines on Enteral Nutrition: Cardiology and Pulmonology by Anker, S.D., John, M., Pedersen, P.U., Raguso, C., Cicoira, M., Dardai, E., Laviano, A., Ponikowski, P., Schols, A.M.W.J., Becker, H.F., Böhm, M., Brunkhorst, F.M., Vogelmeier, C.

“…These guidelines are intended to give evidence-based recommendations for the use of enteral nutrition (EN) in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) and…”
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Secretory sphingomyelinase is upregulated in chronic heart failure: a second messenger system of immune activation relates to body composition, muscular functional capacity, and peripheral blood flow by Doehner, Wolfram, Bunck, Alexander C., Rauchhaus, Mathias, von Haehling, Stephan, Brunkhorst, Frank M., Cicoira, Mariantonietta, Tschope, Carsten, Ponikowski, Piotr, Claus, Ralf A., Anker, Stefan D.

“…Aims Sphingomyelinases (SMase) are key regulating enzymes of the intracellular and paracrine ceramide second messenger system that mediates immune response to…”
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