Search Results - "Hay, Alasdair"
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Reducing ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive care: Impact of implementing a care bundle
Published in Critical care medicine (01-10-2011)“…OBJECTIVES:Ventilator-associated pneumonia is the most common intensive care unit-acquired infection. Although there is widespread consensus that…”
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C5a-mediated neutrophil dysfunction is RhoA-dependent and predicts infection in critically ill patients
Published in Blood (12-05-2011)“…Critically ill patients are at heightened risk for nosocomial infections. The anaphylatoxin C5a impairs phagocytosis by neutrophils. However, the mechanisms by…”
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Early lactate clearance in septic patients with elevated lactate levels admitted from the emergency department to intensive care: Time to aim higher?
Published in Journal of critical care (01-10-2013)“…Abstract Purpose Septic patients with hyperlactatemia have increased mortality rates, irrespective of hemodynamic and oxygen-derived variables. The aims of the…”
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Is the combination of UV-C light and bleach less effective than bleach alone for intensive care unit surface disinfection?
Published in Infection prevention in practice (01-12-2023)“…Chlorine-based disinfectants, such as bleach, are commonly used for cleaning in healthcare settings to prevent the transmission of nosocomial pathogens. To…”
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Patients with hip fracture admitted to critical care: Epidemiology, interventions and outcome
Published in Injury (01-07-2014)“…Abstract Introduction Although there is much current debate about the use of critical care to enhance peri-operative care of patients with hip fracture there…”
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“Lactate Shift,” Rather Than “Lactate Clearance,” for Serial Blood Lactate Monitoring?
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Induction drug and outcome of patients admitted to the intensive care unit after emergency laparotomy
Published in European journal of anaesthesiology (01-05-2010)“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVEEtomidate is often used to induce anaesthesia in sick patients owing to its relative cardiovascular stability. However, etomidate…”
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Casirivimab and imdevimab in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (12-02-2022)“…Casirivimab and imdevimab are non-competing monoclonal antibodies that bind to two different sites on the receptor binding domain of the SARS-CoV-2 spike…”
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Whole-genome sequencing reveals host factors underlying critical COVID-19
Published in Nature (London) (2022)“…Critical COVID-19 is caused by immune-mediated inflammatory lung injury. Host genetic variation influences the development of illness requiring critical care 1…”
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GWAS and meta-analysis identifies 49 genetic variants underlying critical COVID-19
Published in Nature (London) (25-05-2023)“…Critical illness in COVID-19 is an extreme and clinically homogeneous disease phenotype that we have previously shown 1 to be highly efficient for discovery of…”
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A second update on mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19
Published in Nature (London) (07-09-2023)“…In total, 15 out of 51 loci could be linked to three major pathways involved in susceptibility and severity defined by expert-driven classification…”
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Use PROSEVA study criteria not COVID-19 phenotype to guide proning treatment decisions
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Neurological outcome following out of hospital cardiac arrest: Evaluation of performance of existing risk prediction models in a UK cohort
Published in Journal of the Intensive Care Society (01-05-2024)“…Introduction: Out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a common problem. Rates of survival are low and a proportion of survivors are left with an unfavourable…”
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Elevated preoperative heart rate is associated with cardiopulmonary and autonomic impairment in high-risk surgical patients
Published in British journal of anaesthesia : BJA (01-07-2017)“…Elevated preoperative heart rate (HR) is associated with perioperative myocardial injury and death. In apparently healthy individuals, high resting HR is…”
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Challenges and barriers to optimising sedation in intensive care: a qualitative study in eight Scottish intensive care units
Published in BMJ open (01-05-2019)“…ObjectivesVarious strategies to promote light sedation are highly recommended in recent guidelines, as deep sedation is associated with suboptimum patient…”
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Stratified analyses refine association between TLR7 rare variants and severe COVID-19
Published in HGG advances (10-10-2024)“…Despite extensive global research into genetic predisposition for severe COVID-19, knowledge on the role of rare host genetic variants and their relation to…”
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Transfer of Adults between Intensive Care Units in the Unitied Kingdom: Clinical Practice
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