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Pulmonology
Risk factors for progressing to critical illness in patients with hospital-acquired COVID-19
Kyung-Eui Lee, Jinwoo Lee, Sang-Min Lee, Hong Yeul Lee
Korean J Intern Med. 2024;39(3):477-487. Published online April 18, 2024
Background/Aims: Risk factors for progression to critical illness in hospital-acquired coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) remain unknown. Here, we assessed the incidence and risk factors for progression to critical illness and determined their effects on clinical outcomes in patients with hospital-..
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Atrial fibrillation in critically ill patients who received prolonged mechanical ventilation: a nationwide inpatient report
Zhen Lin, Hedong Han, Wei Guo, Xin Wei, Zhijian Guo, Shujie Zhai, Shuai Li, Yiming Ruan, Fangyuan Hu, Dongdong Li, Jia He
Korean J Intern Med. 2021;36(6):1389-1401. Published online July 12, 2021
Background/Aims: To evaluate temporal trends of atrial fibrillation (AF) prevalence in critically ill patients who received prolonged mechanical ventilation (MV) in the United States.
Methods: We used the 2008 to 2014 National Inpatient Sample to compute the weighted prevalence of AF among hospital..
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Nephrology
Mortality prediction of serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in patients requiring continuous renal replacement therapy
Yohan Park, Tae Hyun Ban, Hyung Duk Kim, Eun Jeong Ko, Jongmin Lee, Seok Chan Kim, Cheol Whee Park, Chul Woo Yang, Yong-Soo Kim, Byung Ha Chung
Korean J Intern Med. 2021;36(2):392-400. Published online July 7, 2020
Background/Aims: We investigated whether serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) can predict mortality in patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) requiring continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT).
Methods: This study enrolled 169 patients who underwent serum NGAL testing at CRRT..
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Pulmonology
A population-based observational study of patients with pulmonary disorders in intensive care unit
Hyun Woo Lee, Eunjeong Ji, Soyeon Ahn, Hye-Joo Yang, Seo-Young Yoon, Tae Yeon Park, Yeon Joo Lee, Jinwoo Lee, Sang-Min Lee, Seung-Hye Choi, Young-Jae Cho
Korean J Intern Med. 2020;35(6):1411-1423. Published online November 25, 2019
Background/Aims: Only a few epidemiologic studies on the patients with pulmonary disorders admitted to intensive care unit exist. We investigated the characteristics and clinical outcomes of the patients with severe pulmonary disorders.
Methods: The sample cohort database of National Health Insuran..
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Nephrology
Continuous renal replacement therapy in elderly with acute kidney injury
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Kristianne Rachel P. Medina-Liabres, Sejoong Kim
Korean J Intern Med. 2020;35(2):284-294. Published online February 28, 2020
The objective of this article is to raise awareness among physicians of the increasing incidence of acute kidney injury in the elderly population and the utility of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) in its management. While CRRT is frequently applied in younger patients, its use in elderly..
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