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Ulysses V. A. Silva
Researcher at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Publications - 14
Citations - 716
Ulysses V. A. Silva is an academic researcher from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. The author has contributed to research in topics: Intensive care & Prospective cohort study. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 13 publications receiving 545 citations.
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Acute hypoxemic respiratory failure in immunocompromised patients: the Efraim multinational prospective cohort study
Elie Azoulay,Peter Pickkers,Marcio Soares,Anders Perner,Jordi Rello,Philippe R. Bauer,Andry Van de Louw,Pleun Hemelaar,Virginie Lemiale,Fabio Silvio Taccone,Ignacio Martin Loeches,Tine Sylvest Meyhoff,Jorge I. F. Salluh,Peter Schellongowski,Katerina Rusinova,Nicolas Terzi,Sangeeta Mehta,Massimo Antonelli,Achille Kouatchet,Andreas Barratt-Due,Miia Valkonen,Precious Pearl Landburg,Fabrice Bruneel,Ramin Brandt Bukan,Frédéric Pène,Victoria Metaxa,Anne Sophie Moreau,Virginie Souppart,Gastón Burghi,Christophe Girault,Ulysses V. A. Silva,Luca Montini,François Barbier,Lene B. Nielsen,Benjamin Gaborit,Djamel Mokart,Sylvie Chevret,Efraim investigators +37 more
TL;DR: HFNC has an effect on intubation but not on mortality rates; however, IMV was associated with mortality, the odds ratio depending on IMV conditions: NIV + HFNC failure (2.31, 1.09–4.91), first-line IMV (1.94–3.29), NIV failure (3.05–6.53), standard oxygen failure (4.27–9.38).
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Outcomes for Patients With Cancer Admitted to the ICU Requiring Ventilatory Support: Results From a Prospective Multicenter Study
Luciano Cesar Pontes Azevedo,Pedro Caruso,Ulysses V. A. Silva,André Peretti Torelly,Eliezer Silva,Ederlon Rezende,José J. Netto,Claudio Piras,Suzana Margareth Lobo,M Knibel,José Mario Meira Teles,Ricardo. A. Lima,Bruno Ferreira,Gilberto Friedman,Álvaro Réa-Neto,Felipe Dal-Pizzol,Fernando A. Bozza,Jorge I. F. Salluh,Marcio Soares +18 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study conducted in 28 Brazilian ICUs evaluating adult patients with cancer requiring invasive mechanical ventilation (MV) or noninvasive ventilation (NIV) during the first 48 hours of their ICU stay was performed.
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Clinical outcomes of patients requiring ventilatory support in Brazilian intensive care units: a multicenter, prospective, cohort study
Luciano Cesar Pontes Azevedo,Marcelo Park,Jorge I. F. Salluh,Álvaro Réa-Neto,Vicente Ces de Souza-Dantas,Pedro Varaschin,Oliveira Mc,Paulo Fernando Guimarães Morando Marzocchi Tierno,Felipe Dal-Pizzol,Ulysses V. A. Silva,M Knibel,Antonio Paulo Nassar,Rossine A Alves,Juliana Carvalho Ferreira,Cassiano Teixeira,Valeria Rezende,Amadeu Martinez,Paula M Luciano,Guilherme Schettino,Marcio Soares +19 more
TL;DR: Current mortality of ventilated patients in Brazil is elevated and implementation of judicious fluid therapy and a watchful use and monitoring of NIV patients are potential targets to improve outcomes in this setting.
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Effects of organizational characteristics on outcomes and resource use in patients with cancer admitted to intensive care units
Marcio Soares,Fernando A. Bozza,Luciano Cesar Pontes Azevedo,Ulysses V. A. Silva,Thiago Domingos Corrêa,Fernando Colombari,André Peretti Torelly,Pedro Varaschin,William N. Viana,M Knibel,M Damasceno,Rodolfo Espinoza,Marcus A Ferez,Juliana G. Silveira,Suzana Margarete Ajeje Lobo,Ana Paula Pierre de Moraes,Ricardo. A. Lima,Alexandre Guilherme Ribeiro de Carvalho,Pedro Emmanuel Alvarenga Americano do Brasil,Jeremy M. Kahn,Derek C. Angus,Jorge I. F. Salluh +21 more
TL;DR: Organizational aspects, namely the implementation of protocols and presence of clinical pharmacists in the ICU, and close collaboration between oncologists and ICU teams are targets to improve mortality and resource use in critically ill patients with cancer.
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Sepsis-Associated Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients with Malignancies.
Viviane B. L. Torres,Luciano Cesar Pontes Azevedo,Ulysses V. A. Silva,Pedro Caruso,André Peretti Torelly,Eliezer Silva,Frederico Bruzzi de Carvalho,Arthur Vianna,Paulo César Pereira de Souza,Michele M. G. Godoy,José Raimundo Araújo de Azevedo,Nelson Spector,Fernando A. Bozza,Jorge I. F. Salluh,Marcio Soares +14 more
TL;DR: Examination of cancer patients with sepsis chosen from a multicenter prospective study to characterize their clinical characteristics and to identify independent risk factors associated with hospital mortality found Variables related to underlying malignancy, sepsi severity, and characteristics of infection are associated with a grim prognosis.