M. Lipcsey

The Effect of Perioperative Video Interventions on Postoperative Pain Control: A Systematic Review

ABSTRACT Introduction Postoperative pain is a major cause of suffering and is linked to serious complications, including delayed wound healing, increased cardiovascular risk, delayed rehabilitation, and chronic postsurgical pain. Modifiable psychological factors influence pain outcomes, and preliminary evidence suggest...

Protocol for an individual patient data meta-analysis for the assessment of risk factors affecting the development and outcome of functional and structural acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery: the METARIS CS-AKI study

Abstract Introduction In addition to serum creatinine (SCr), a kidney functional biomarker, structural damage biomarkers such as neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) may improve identification of patients at risk of adverse outcomes after cardiac surgery. Previous meta-analyses have relied on study-level d...

Complement activation characterizes a high mortality subgroup in pulmonary embolism: An observational proteomic study.

BACKGROUND Complement and coagulation pathways are mechanistically linked in thromboinflammation, yet the contribution of complement activation to pulmonary embolism (PE) pathophysiology and risk stratification remains largely unexplored. We used plasma proteomics and functional assays to identify thromboinflammatory e...

Annals of Intensive Care

Association of Oliguria With Acute Kidney Injury, Chronic Kidney Disease, and Mortality: Determining the Optimal Threshold in Critically Ill Patients.

OBJECTIVES Oliguria is a key prognostic indicator of acute kidney injury (AKI), yet the consensus definition (< 0.5 mL/kg/hr) is increasingly questioned. We aimed to determine thresholds of lowest mean diuresis (LMD) associated with AKI, chronic kidney disease (CKD), and mortality. DESIGN Retrospective observational...