JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: Determinar a prevalência de infecções adquiridas em UTI e
os fatores de risco para estas infecções, identificar os organismos infectantes mais …

Objective To evaluate the modes of death and treatment offered in the last 24 h of life to
patients dying in 10 Brazilian intensive care units (ICUs) over a period of 2 years. Design and …

BACKGROUND: The susceptibility to adverse outcome from critical illness (occurrence of
sepsis, septic shock, organ dysfunction/failure, and mortality) varies dramatically due to …

GDT is safe and more likely to tailor the amount of fluids given to the amount of fluids actually
needed. This approach includes assessment of fluid responsiveness and, if necessary, the …

Introduction Critically ill patients are characterized as individuals hospitalized in the Intensive
Care Unit (ICU) and can evolve to sepsis, septic shock or even death. Among others, …

The CD14 receptor seems to be an important part of the innate immune system. A mutant
CD14 can produce a reduced signal in response to infection, as a result of which an adequate …

BACKGROUND: Septic shock presents as a continuum of infectious events, generating
tissue hypoxia and hypovolemia, and increased oxidative stress. Chest physiotherapy helps …

In order to analyze the effect of the two different versions of the cluster of differentiation 14 (CD14)
receptor recognizing gene on survival, we determined the −260C>T single nucleotide …

Natural killer (NK) cell activity is regulated by activating and inhibitory signals transduced by
killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR). Diversity in KIR gene repertoire among …

JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: Determinar a prevalência de infecções adquiridas em UTI e
os fatores de risco para estas infecções, identificar os organismos infectantes mais …