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Nutrition of severely burned in relation to morbidity and mortality of patients treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in University Hospital of Split from 2015 to 2020
No full textCiljevi: Cilj ove studije je bio utvrditi da li adekvatan kalorijski unos i ranija enteralna prehrana imaju utjecaj na ishod liječenja i broj komplikacija te da li čimbenici rizika, postotak opečene površine i broj komplikacija imaju utjecaj na ishod i duljinu hospitalizacije u JIL-u
Ispitanici i postupci: Istraživanje je provedeno retrospektivno u JIL-u KBC-a Split u razdoblju od 1. siječnja 2015. do 31. prosinca 2020. pregledom dokumentacije te je od 65 liječenih bolesnika u studiju uključeno 37 teško opečenih bolesnika prema kriterijima uključenja. Za svakog bolesnika su prikupljeni anamnestički podaci te svi potrebni parametri i ishodi liječenja. Dnevne energetske potrebe su izračunavane prema Schofieldovoj formuli.
Rezultati: U našem istraživanju smo pronašli da iako ukupni kalorijski unos za cijeli promatrani period nije imao utjecaja na ishod, udio kalorijskog unosa je u odnosu na preporučeni u umrlih bolesnika statistički značajno veći u razdoblju od 5. do 10. dana (P = 0,014). Razmatrajući udjele enteralne prehrane nalazimo pozitivnu povezanost za ishod kod unosa od 3. do 5. dana, tj. porastom rane enteralne prehrane (4. do 5. dana) za 20% raste izgled za preživljenje za 4,4 puta. Kod morbiditeta i mortaliteta nalazimo povezanost dobi i broja čimbenika rizika s ishodom, tj. porastom dobi za 10 godina raste i rizik za smrtnost za 6,2 puta, a 2 čimbenika rizika imaju povećanje rizika od smrtnog ishoda za 14 puta. Duljinu hospitalizacije su povećavali veći broj komplikacija i veći postotak opečene površine.
Zaključci: Adekvatan kalorijski unos ne pridonosi boljem ishodu, ali veći kalorijski unosi mogu dovoditi do lošijih ishoda. Ranija enteralna prehrana dovodi do boljih ishoda, a ispitanici s manje čimbenika rizika postižu ranije enteralnu prehranu. Ispitanici s većim postotkom opečene površine i više komplikacija imaju veću duljinu hospitalizacije u JIL-u, a veći broj čimbenika rizika je povezan s lošijim ishodom liječenja.Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine whether adequate caloric intake and earlier enteral feeding have an impact on treatment outcome and number of complications, and whether risk factors, percentage of burnt area, and number of complications affect outcome and length of ICU hospitalization.
Subjects and methods: The study was conducted retrospectively at the ICU of University Hospital of Split from January 1st 2015 to December 31st 2020 by reviewing the documentation. Out of 65 treated burnt patients, 37 severely burnt patients were included in the study according to the inclusion criteria. Anamnestic data and all necessary parameters and treatment outcomes were collected for each patient. Daily energy needs were calculated according to Schofield's formula.
Results: In our study, we found that although the total caloric intake for the entire observed period had no effect on the outcome, the share of caloric intake was statistically significantly higher than recommended in the dead in the period from day 5 to day 10 (P = 0.014). Considering the proportions of enteral nutrition, we find a positive correlation for the outcome at intake from days 3 to 5, ie, by increasing the early enteral diet (days 4 to 5) by 20%, the chance of survival increases by 4.4 times. In morbidity and mortality, we find a correlation between age and the number of risk factors with outcome, ie increasing age by 10 years increases the risk of mortality by 6.2 times, and 2 risk factors increase the risk of death by 14 times. The length of hospitalization was increased by a higher number of complications and a higher percentage of burnt area.
Conclusions: Adequate caloric intake does not contribute to a better outcome, but higher caloric intake can lead to poorer outcomes. Early enteral nutrition leads to better outcomes, and subjects with fewer risk factors achieve earlier enteral nutrition. Subjects with a higher percentage of burnt area and more complications have a longer length of hospitalization at the ICU, and a higher number of risk factors are associated with a poorer treatment outcome
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
Author Under Sail The Imagination of Jack London, 1893-1902
No full textIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Spirit Truth -- 2. From Absorption to Theatricality and Back Again -- 3. "I Will Build a New Present" -- 4. Sons as Authors -- 5. Fathers as Publishers -- 6. The Daughter as Author -- 7. Lovers as Authors -- 8. At Sea with the Family -- 9. Yellow News, Yellow Stories -- 10. The Return Home -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Jay WilliamsIn Author Under Sail, Jay Williams offers the first complete literary biography of Jack London as a professional writer engaged in the labor of writing. It examines the authorial imagination in London's work, the use of imagination in both his fiction and nonfiction, and the ways he defined imagination in the creative process in his business dealings with his publishers, editors, and agents. In this first volume of a two-volume biography, Williams traverses the years 1893 to 1902, from London's "Story of a Typhoon" to The People of the Abyss. The Jack London who emerges in the pages of Author Under Sail is a writer whose partnership with publishers, most notably his productive alliance with George Brett of Macmillan, was one of the most formative in American literary history. London pioneered many author models during the heyday of realism and naturalism, blurring the boundaries of these popular genres by focusing on absorption and theatricality and the representation of the seen and unseen. London created an impassioned, sincere, and extremely personal realism unlike that of other American writers of the time. Author Under Sail is a literary tour de force that reveals the full range of London as writer, creative citizen, and entrepreneur at the same time it sheds light on the maverick side of machine-age literature.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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