In our study, cTnI was sampled only once upon admission.
Fourthly, in most studies, blood sample was tested only once upon admission, with the possibility of potential measurement errors.
Is it reasonable to screen patients only upon hospital admission or to additionally conduct follow-ups and contact-patient screenings?
Patients in phase D were excluded because they had only mild functional deficits upon admission.
Of the clinical variables evaluated upon admission only mean arterial pressure (p = 0.006), creatinine level (p = 0.004) and vasopressor requirement were significantly associated with higher mortality (p = 0.02).
The results were similar when only PCT levels measured immediately upon admission to the ICU were considered (data not shown).
We included only patients with a diagnosis of SE upon admission to the hospital but not patients with anoxia.
Although cerebral edema, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC), and multiple organ failure were seen in all 8 cases during their clinical courses, brain computed tomography (CT) scans showed normal or only slight edema in 5 patients upon admission.
When assessed by adjusted analyses, our data showed that fibrinogen level upon admission was the only variable independently associated with both the global number of transfused units and the achievement of a target fibrinogen level of at least 2 g/L.
The employee was in critical condition upon admission, but is expected to survive.
