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What is the role of steroids in pneumonia therapy?Pedro Povoa
Polyvalent Intensive Care Unit, Hospital de São Francisco Xavier, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal
Curr Opin Infect Dis 25:199-204. 2012....- The role of corticosteroids in severe community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic reviewJorge I F Salluh
Intensive Care Unit, Instituto Nacional de Cancer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Praça Cruz Vermelha, 23, 10 andar Centro, 20230 130 Rio de Janeiro RJ
Crit Care 12:R76. 2008..The purpose of this review was to evaluate the impact of corticosteroids on the outcomes of patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)... - C-reactive protein, an early marker of community-acquired sepsis resolution: a multi-center prospective observational studyPedro Povoa
Polyvalent Intensive Care Unit, São Francisco Xavier Hospital, CHLO, Estrada do Forte do Alto do Duque, 1449 005 Lisbon, Portugal
Crit Care 15:R169. 2011..Our objective was to evaluate serial CRP measurements after prescription of antibiotics to describe the clinical course of Community-Acquired Sepsis admitted to intensive care units (ICU)... - C-reactive protein in critically ill cancer patients with sepsis: influence of neutropeniaPedro Povoa
Polyvalent Intensive Care Unit, Hospital de São Francisco Xavier, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Estrada do Forte do Alto do Duque, Lisbon, Portugal
Crit Care 15:R129. 2011..Several biomarkers have been studied in febrile neutropenia. Our aim was to assess C-reactive protein (CRP) concentration in septic critically ill cancer patients and to compare those with and without neutropenia... - Treatment of candidemia in adult patients without neutropenia--an inconvenient truthPedro Povoa
Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Polivalente, Hospital São Francisco Xavier, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, EPE, Estrada do Forte do Alto do Duque, 1449 005 Lisboa, Portugal
Crit Care 15:114. 2011..In this document the preferred treatment was either fluconazole or an echinocandin. Amphotericin-B formulations were considered an alternative. However, careful assessment of published data showed similar efficacy between these drugs... - Adrenergic support in septic shock: a critical reviewPedro Povoa
Hospital de São Francisco Xavier, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Medical Sciences Faculty, New University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
Hosp Pract (Minneap) 38:62-73. 2010..As a result, our view on the prescription of vasopressors has changed from a probably oversimplified "one-size-fits-all" approach to a multimodal approach in vasopressor selection... - Influence of vasopressor agent in septic shock mortality. Results from the Portuguese Community-Acquired Sepsis Study (SACiUCI study)Pedro R Póvoa
Medical Intensive Care Unit, São Francisco Xavier Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
Crit Care Med 37:410-6. 2009..Guidelines for the adrenergic support of septic shock are controversial. In patients with community-acquired septic shock, we assessed the impact of the choice of vasopressor support on mortality... - Serum markers in community-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumoniaPedro Povoa
Faculty of Medical Sciences, New University of Lisbon, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medicine, São Francisco Xavier Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal
Curr Opin Infect Dis 21:157-62. 2008..This article reviews recent data on the usefulness of serum markers in community-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia. The focus is on clinical studies, with an emphasis on adult critically ill patients... - C-reactive protein as a marker of ventilator-associated pneumonia resolution: a pilot studyP Povoa
Intensive Care Unit, Garcia de Orta Hospital, 2800 525 Almada, Portugal
Eur Respir J 25:804-12. 2005..The identification of the pattern of C-reactive protein response to antibiotics was useful in the recognition of individual clinical course, improving or worsening, as well as of the rate of improvement... - Early identification of intensive care unit-acquired infections with daily monitoring of C-reactive protein: a prospective observational studyPedro Povoa
Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
Crit Care 10:R63. 2006..Our aim was to assess the value of daily measurements of C-reactive protein (CRP), temperature and white cell count (WCC) in the early identification of intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired infections... - Evaluation of a recruitment maneuver with positive inspiratory pressure and high PEEP in patients with severe ARDSP Povoa
Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Pragal, Almada, Portugal
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 48:287-93. 2004.... - Pilot study evaluating C-reactive protein levels in the assessment of response to treatment of severe bloodstream infectionPedro Povoa
Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
Clin Infect Dis 40:1855-7. 2005..A CRP ratio of >0.58 at day 4 of therapy was a marker of poor outcome (sensitivity, 0.89; specificity, 0.69). The recognition of a pattern of CRP-ratio response was useful in the prediction of individual clinical course... - C-reactive protein as a marker of infection in critically ill patientsP Povoa
Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
Clin Microbiol Infect 11:101-8. 2005..However, the combination of CRP and temperature measurements further increased the specificity for infection diagnosis, even in the subgroup of patients with VAP... - Usefulness of C-reactive protein in monitoring the severe community-acquired pneumonia clinical courseLuis Coelho
Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
Crit Care 11:R92. 2007.... - Assessment of risk factors for in-hospital mortality after intensive care unit dischargeInês Araújo
Polyvalent Intensive Care Unit, São Francisco Xavier Hospital, CHLO, Lisboa, Portugal
Biomarkers 17:180-5. 2012..Post-intensive care unit (ICU) mortality predictors are unknown... - Metformin-induced lactic acidosis: a case seriesJoana Silvestre
Department of Medicine III, Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Médicos, Servico de Medicina III, Hospital São Francisco Xavier, Portugal
J Med Case Reports 1:126. 2007..The reported frequency of metformin related lactic acidosis is 0.05 per 1000 patient-years; some authors advocate that this rate is equal in those patients not taking metformin... - Antibiotics in critically ill patients: a systematic review of the pharmacokinetics of ?-lactamsJoão Gonçalves-Pereira
Polyvalent Intensive Care Unit, São Francisco Xavier Hospital, Estrada do Forte do Alto do Duque, 1449 005 Lisboa, Portugal
Crit Care 15:R206. 2011.... - Should C-reactive protein concentration at ICU discharge be used as a prognostic marker?Joana Silvestre
Polyvalent Intensive Care Unit, São Francisco Xavier Hospital, Cedoc, Faculty of Medical Sciences, New University of Lisbon, Hospital de São Francisco Xavier, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Estrada do Forte do Alto do Duque, 1449 005 Lisboa, Portugal
BMC Anesthesiol 10:17. 2010..Some authors have recently hypothesized that unresolved or latent inflammation and sepsis may be an important factor that contributes to death following successful discharge from the ICU...