[HTML][HTML] Effect of procalcitonin-guided antibiotic treatment on clinical outcomes in intensive care unit patients with infection and sepsis patients: a patient-level meta …

…, V Nobre, D Annane, K Reinhart, P Damas… - Critical care, 2018 - Springer
… based on SOFA score (−2.62 days in patients with SOFA score of 0–6 points vs 0.01 days
in patients with SOFA score of 7–9 and −0.63 days in patients with SOFA scores of 10–24 (p

[HTML][HTML] Volumetric capnography: lessons from the past and current clinical applications

S Verscheure, PB Massion, F Verschuren, P Damas… - Critical care, 2016 - Springer
… As per the Fowler approach [2], area q is equal to area p. Area x (area under capnogram
curve… The line a–b defines equal area q and p as in Fig. 3. The line c–d is created so that area A …

Cytokine serum level during severe sepsis in human IL-6 as a marker of severity.

P Damas, D Ledoux, M Nys, Y Vrindts… - Annals of …, 1992 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… TNFa (p < 0.001), and also a negative correlation between IL-6 and leukocytosis (p < 0.001).
No correlation could be found, however, between IL-6 and lactate level or platelet count. …

[PDF][PDF] Brain function in the vegetative state

…, P Van Bogaert, I Hansen, P Damas… - Acta neurologica …, 2002 - academia.edu
Positron emission tomography (PET) techniques represent a useful tool to better understand
the residual brain function in vegetative state patients. It has been shown that overall …

Epidemiology and outcome of acute lung injury in European intensive care units: results from the ALIVE study

…, JA Romand, J Villar, A Thorsteinsson, P Damas… - Intensive care …, 2004 - Springer
… In the backward approach, different models were compared by means of the likelihood ratio
test, using a p of 0.05 or less as the level of significance. All tests were two-tailed. Data were …

Tumor necrosis factor and interleukin-1 serum levels during severe sepsis in humans

P Damas, A Reuter, P Gysen, J Demonty… - Critical care …, 1989 - journals.lww.com
In a study of serum levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF [alpha]) and interleukin-1 [beta](IL-1 [beta])
in patients developing sepsis in the ICU, high TNF [alpha] levels were found in …

Cortical processing of noxious somatosensory stimuli in the persistent vegetative state

S Laureys, ME Faymonville, P Peigneux, P Damas… - Neuroimage, 2002 - Elsevier
… in controls were considered significant at voxel level P … significant at small-volume-corrected
P 0.05, using a 10-mm … interaction analyses were considered significant at voxel level P

[HTML][HTML] Effect of procalcitonin-guided antibiotic treatment on mortality in acute respiratory infections: a patient level meta-analysis

…, AR Falsey, A Branche, P Damas… - The Lancet infectious …, 2018 - thelancet.com
… 0·83 [95% CI 0·70 to 0·99], p=0·037). This mortality benefit was similar across subgroups by
setting and type of infection (p interactions >0·05), although mortality was very low in primary …

Auditory processing in severely brain injured patients: differences between the minimally conscious state and the persistent vegetative state

…, P Peigneux, B Lambermont, P Damas… - Archives of …, 2004 - jamanetwork.com
… Given our a priori 3 activation in superior temporal areas, results were thresholded at
small-volume–corrected P<.05 (20-mm-diameter sphere centered on peak voxels). …

Citrate vs. heparin for anticoagulation in continuous venovenous hemofiltration: a prospective randomized study

…, D Ledoux, JL Canivet, B Dubois, P Damas - Intensive care …, 2004 - Springer
… This reduction in transfusion requirements was associated with a trend ( p =0.06) to lower
transfusion for circuit clotting (Table 5). In both groups 19% of patients were transfused without …