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Peter Pickkers

Researcher at Radboud University Nijmegen

Publications -  551
Citations -  24686

Peter Pickkers is an academic researcher from Radboud University Nijmegen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sepsis & Intensive care. The author has an hindex of 70, co-authored 501 publications receiving 17971 citations. Previous affiliations of Peter Pickkers include Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre & Waikato Hospital.

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Dipyridamole augments the antiinflammatory response during human endotoxemia

TL;DR: Seven-day oral treatment with dipyridamole increases the circulating adenosine concentration and augments the antiinflammatory response during experimental human endotoxemia, which is associated with a faster decline in proinflammatory cytokines.
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Effect of organisational factors on the variation in incidence of delirium in intensive care unit patients: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis

TL;DR: Systematic review of prospective cohort studies reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement found organisational factors found including methods of delirium assessment, screening frequency, and hospital type were not related to the reported ICUDelirium incidence.
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Epidemiology, risk and prevention of pressure ulcers in critically ill patients: a literature review.

TL;DR: New nursing interventions and pressure-redistributing devices in intensive care units, and specific risk factors affecting critically ill patients, mean that different factors must be taken into consideration in preventing pressure ulcers.
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Continuous administration of enteral lipid- and protein-rich nutrition limits inflammation in a human endotoxemia model.

TL;DR: Continuous enteral administration of lipid- and protein-rich nutrition is a promising intervention to modulate the immune response in the early course of systemic inflammation in man and enrichment of the nutritional composition with lipid and protein was shown to enhance the anti-inflammatory potential.