Metabolic profile of critically ill patients
New Egyptian Journal of Medicine [The]. 2000; 23 (4): 189-195
in English
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| ID: emr-54876
ABSTRACT
The study was conducted on 31 mechanically ventilated critically ill patients 11 patients with congestive heart failure [CHF], ten patients with acute respiratory failure, ten patients with sepsis or septic shock, ten volunteers taken as controls. Within one hour of admission, the sedated individuals were subjected to gas mixing chamber indirect calorimetry and the average of 60 readings over one hour was determined. Metabolic profile did not have a consistent pattern in critically ill patients compared with the healthy subjects. However, when divided into various subsets, oxygen consumption was significantly higher in patients with congestive heart failure class III and IV according to NYHA compared with the healthy subjects:
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Patients
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Respiration, Artificial
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Respiratory Function Tests
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Respiratory Insufficiency
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Shock, Septic
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Clinical Laboratory Techniques
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Critical Care
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Heart Failure
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
New Egypt. J. Med.
Year:
2000
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