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UnknownAccuracy of pH strip testing and pH liquid testing versus standard pH meter of gastric contents in critically ill patients: a diagnostic accuracy study.

Objective

The utilisation of pH level measurements from gastric contents may indicate the preferred tip position of a nasogastric tube or monitor the efficacy of stress ulcer prophylaxis in critically ill patients. We aimed to determine the accuracy of pH strip (pHS) tests and pH liquid (pHL...
S-EPMC11253741 | biostudies-literature
UnknownEffects of vitamin D insufficiency on sepsis severity and risk of hospitalisation in emergency department patients: a cross-sectional study.

Objective

To evaluate the association of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) level on sepsis severity and risk of hospitalisation in emergency department (ED) septic patients when categorised as vitamin D insufficiency according to the level of 25(OH)D<30 ng/mL.

Design

Cross-sectional obser...
S-EPMC9853214 | biostudies-literature
UnknownAcute kidney injury risk prediction score for critically-ill surgical patients.

Background

There has been a global increase in the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI), including among critically-ill surgical patients. AKI prediction score provides an opportunity for early detection of patients who are at risk of AKI; however, most of the AKI prediction scores were de...
S-EPMC7271390 | biostudies-literature
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