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| V PettilaSummaryAffiliation: University of Helsinki Country: Finland Publications
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Thromboprophylaxis with low molecular weight heparin (dalteparin) in pregnancyV Pettila
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland
Thromb Res 96:275-82. 1999..Recurrence of venous thromboembolism and safety of treatments were assessed. Dalteparin administered once daily was safe and effective in thromboprophylaxis during pregnancy and postpartum...- Zinc chloride smoke inhalation: a rare cause of severe acute respiratory distress syndromeV Pettila
Department of Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland
Intensive Care Med 26:215-7. 2000.... - Safety of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (filgrastim) in intubated patients in the intensive care unit: interim analysis of a prospective, placebo-controlled, double-blind studyV Pettila
Department of Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland
Crit Care Med 28:3620-5. 2000.... - Health-related quality of life of multiple organ dysfunction patients one year after intensive careV Pettila
Department of Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland
Intensive Care Med 26:1473-9. 2000..To assess the quality of life (QOL) of intensive care survivors 1 year after discharge with special emphasis on multiple organ dysfunction (MOD)... - Intermittent hemodiafiltration in acute renal failure in critically ill patientsV Pettila
Department of Surgery, and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Espoo, Finland
Clin Nephrol 56:324-31. 2001..The objective was to study the effects of daily intermittent on-line predilution hemodiafiltration (IHDF) on laboratory parameters, and on multiple organ dysfunction score (MODS), compared with intermittent hemodialysis (IHD)... - Late steroid therapy in primary acute lung injuryT Varpula
Department of Anesthesiology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland
Intensive Care Med 26:526-31. 2000..To investigate the effect of steroid treatment in the late phase of primary acute lung injury (ALI) with special emphasis on pneumococcal pneumonia... - Organ dysfunction and long term outcome in secondary peritonitisM Hynninen
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, PO Box 340, Haartmaninkatu 4, 00029 HUS Helsinki, Finland
Langenbecks Arch Surg 393:81-6. 2008..Good prognostic tools to predict long term outcome in individual patients are lacking and therefore require further study... 
Association of ICU size and annual case volume of renal replacement therapy patients with mortalityS T Vaara
Intensive Care Units, Division of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 56:1175-82. 2012..We aimed to reveal whether the size of an intensive care unit (ICU) or its annual case volume of patients treated with renal replacement therapy (RRT) for acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with hospital mortality...- Prediction of survival after 48-h of intensive care following open surgical repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysmS J Laukontaus
Department of Vascular Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 30:509-15. 2005..To identify predictive factors for 30-day mortality after 48 h of maximal treatment in intensive care unit (ICU) after repair for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (RAAA)... - Evolution and predictive power of serum cystatin C in acute renal failureA Ahlstrom
Department of Surgery, Division of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Intensive Care Unit, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Clin Nephrol 62:344-50. 2004..Little is known about cystatin C in critical illness. We assessed serum cystatin C as a marker of renal function in acute renal failure (ARF) and its power in predicting survival of ARF patients... - Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest: implementation and outcome in Finnish intensive care unitsT Oksanen
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jorvi Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, Espoo, Finland
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 51:866-71. 2007..We also determined the outcomes and describe demographic variables of the patients treated with TH... - Increased thromboxane production in women with a history of venous thromboembolic event: effect of heparinsR Kaaja
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Br J Haematol 114:655-9. 2001..Thus, women with a history of venous thromboembolic events have thromboxane dominance during and after pregnancy, but this dominance can be eliminated through the use of heparins... - N-terminal-pro-BNP in critically ill patients with acute respiratory failure: a prospective cohort studyM Okkonen
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Division of Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 55:749-57. 2011..The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of plasma N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP) in unselected critically ill patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF)... - The effect of emergency department delay on outcome in critically ill medical patients: evaluation using hospital mortality and quality of life at 6 monthsK A Saukkonen
Emergency Care, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
J Intern Med 260:586-91. 2006..The 15D is a generic, 15-dimensional, standardized measure of HRQoL. We hypothesized that prolonged stay in the ED is related to worse outcome... - Quality of pharmacokinetic studies in critically ill patients receiving continuous renal replacement therapyS Vaara
Division of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 56:147-57. 2012..The general quality of the studies during CRRT in the critically ill was only moderate and would be greatly improved by reports in concordant with the ADQI recommendations... - Community-acquired septic shock: early management and outcome in a nationwide study in FinlandM Varpula
Department of Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 51:1320-6. 2007..To determine how the early treatment guidelines were adopted, and what was the impact of early treatment on mortality in septic shock in Finland... - Predictive value of interleukins 6, 8 and 10, and low HLA-DR expression in acute renal failureA Ahlstrom
Department of Surgery, Division of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Clin Nephrol 61:103-10. 2004.... - Association between inotrope treatment and 90-day mortality in patients with septic shockE Wilkman
Department of Surgery, Intensive Care Units, Division of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Helsinki, Finland
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 57:431-42. 2013..However, the impact of inotrope use on the outcome of these patients is controversial. We aimed to analyse the association of inotrope treatment with 90-day mortality... - Severe hypoglycemia during intensive insulin therapyK M Kaukonen
Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 53:61-5. 2009..As the safety of intensive insulin therapy has been questioned, we screened all patients during a 17-month period to reveal the incidence of hypoglycemia and its effects on the outcome of the patients... - Vasodilatory shock in severe acute pancreatitis without sepsis: is there any place for hydrocortisone treatment?A Eklund
Intensive Care Unit, Division of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 49:379-84. 2005..We therefore performed a study to assess the effects of hydrocortisone on catecholamine-dependent shock among patients with severe acute pancreatitis... - Prevalence and predictive value of ionized hypocalcemia among critically ill patientsJ Hästbacka
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 47:1264-9. 2003..The purpose of this study was to examine the performance and independence of ionized calcium (Ca2+) in prediction of all-cause day-30 mortality among critically ill adult patients... - Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor therapy and systemic inflammation in critically ill patientsA Takala
The Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Inflamm Res 54:180-5. 2005..The effect of the granulocyte colony-stimulating factor filgrastim on systemic inflammation was investigated in a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study in critically ill patients... - Corticosteroids combined with continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration for treatment of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome caused by Puumala virus infectionE Seitsonen
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Stenbackinkatu 11, P O B 281, 00029 HUS, Helsinki, Finland
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 25:261-6. 2006..These cases emphasize the role of the inflammatory response in the pathogenesis of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome...