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Pedro Póvoa
Researcher at Odense University Hospital
Publications - 247
Citations - 6647
Pedro Póvoa is an academic researcher from Odense University Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Pneumonia. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 197 publications receiving 4703 citations. Previous affiliations of Pedro Póvoa include University of Lisbon & Nova Southeastern University.
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C-reactive protein: a valuable marker of sepsis.
TL;DR: Increasing understanding of the various inflammatory cascade mechanisms has given new insights and provided several markers that, in conjunction with other manifestations of sepsis, can be useful as indicators of infection.
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Antibiotics in critically ill patients: a systematic review of the pharmacokinetics of β-lactams
TL;DR: In ICU patients, β-lactam antibiotic half-life and T > MIC were virtually unpredictable, especially in those patients with normal renal function, and the dosing of antibiotics should be supported by PK concepts, including data derived from studies of the PK of ICu patients and therapeutic drug monitoring.
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C-reactive protein as an indicator of sepsis
TL;DR: Daily measurement of CRP is useful in the detection of sepsis and it is more sensitive than the currently used markers, such as BT and WBC.
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C-reactive protein as a marker of infection in critically ill patients.
TL;DR: It was concluded that CRP was a better marker of infection than temperature, however, the combination of CRP and temperature measurements further increased the specificity for infection diagnosis, even in the subgroup of patients with VAP.
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Symptoms of burnout in intensive care unit specialists facing the COVID-19 outbreak.
Elie Azoulay,Jan J. De Waele,Ricard Ferrer,Thomas Staudinger,Marta Borkowska,Pedro Póvoa,Katerina Iliopoulou,Antonio Artigas,Stefan J. Schaller,Manu Shankar Hari,Manu Shankar Hari,Mariangela Pellegrini,Michael Darmon,Jozef Kesecioglu,Maurizio Cecconi +14 more
TL;DR: The COVID-19 pandemic has had an overwhelming psychological impact on intensivists and follow-up, and management are warranted to assess long-term psychological outcomes and alleviate the psychological burden of the pandemic on frontline personnel.