BACKGROUND: The pathogenic significance of antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)
in Wegener’s granulomatosis is controversial. Their presence is influenced by the extent…

Background: The utility of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) levels to guide the
management of patients with Wegener granulomatosis remains controversial. Objective: To …

Study objectives: Previous studies have suggested that patients are more likely to die in the
hospital if they are admitted on a weekend than on a weekday. This study was conducted to …

Study objective To assess the agreement between bedside glucose (bGlu) measurements
and laboratory plasma glucose (pGlu) measurements in the ICU setting. Design …

Objective: At the beginning of each academic year in July, inexperienced residents and fellows
begin to care for patients. This inexperience can lead to poor patient outcome, especially …

Introduction Etomidate blocks adrenocortical synthesis when it is administered intravenously
as a continuous infusion or a single bolus. The influence of etomidate administration on the …

Background Low and high body mass index (BMI) have been recently shown to be associated
with increased and decreased mortality after ICU admission, respectively. The objective of …

Objective Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) binding to neutrophil elastase (NE)
and proteinase 3 (PR3) are detectable in most patients with cocaine‐induced midline …

Objective The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical course, complications, and
outcome of patients with septic abortion admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). Design, …

Objective: To determine if an increase in the third-ICU-day acute physiology score (APS) of
the APACHE (acute physiology and chronic health evaluation) III prognostic system can …