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Purpose: This study was undertaken to determine the relationship between total magnesium and ionized magnesium in critically ill and injured patients. Methods: Eighty consecutive intensive care unit (ICU) admissions were evaluated and 34 patients were enrolled in the study. Patients were enrolled who had indwelling arterial catheters and were within 4 days of ICU admission. Six milliliters of blood...
Purpose: A prospective patient study was done to evaluate the effect of passive range of motion (PROM) on intracranial pressure (ICP) and cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) in neurosurgical patients.Materials and Methods: Twelve adult patients admitted to the neurological-neurosurgical intensive care unit of a community teaching hospital were enrolled in the study. The study patients all required ICP...