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... the treatment and investigation were unaware of the randomised schedule and the block size Interventions Patients were randomly assigned to receive either standard insulin therapy or intensive insulin ... days intensive care Nutrition administered toto all 504 patients during the firstdays of of intensive care Feeding at represents the administration of nutrition between admission and a.m., and ... 250) in the standard insulin group and 36.6% (93 of 254) in the intensive insulin group ICU mortality was similar for patients of the standard insulin group and in those from the intensive insulin...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:35

... modality) and iNO therapy Gupta and colleagues [46] used gentle CMV with permissive hypercapnia and iNO and reported an overall mortality rate of 9.8% in infants with meconium aspiration syndrome and ... changed, and survival in the sickest infants (who met criteria and were eligible for ECMO but did not receive it) improved from 0% to 89% 179 Critical Care April 2005 Vol No Vitali and Arnold ... Adapted from Azarow and coworkers [47] Infants with PPHN often present with severe hypoxemic respiratory failure, and as soon as HFOV and ECMO became available in the late 1970s and early 1980s they...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... multidisciplinary intensive care units in Athens, Greece Respir Care 2003, 48:681-688 27 Weinert CR, Kethireddy S, Roy S: Opioids and Infections in the Intensive Care Unit Should Clinicians and Patients ... BW, van den HS: Incidence and risk factors of deviceassociated infections and associated mortality at the intensive care in the Dutch surveillance system Intensive Care Med 2007, 33:271-278 24 ... duration and doses of remifentanil and midazolam used; discontinuation of remifentanil and midazolam; neuromuscular blocking agent use; and acute withdrawal Information on length of ICU stay and ICU...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:20

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:21

... 1997 and dealing with management and prevention of severe Candida infections [18], complicated abdominal surgical procedures and Candida spp isolates from at least two sites (socalled Candida ... Perrone Eggimann P, Calandra T, Flickiger U et al (2005) Invasive candidiasis: comparison of management choices by infectious disease and critical care specialists Intensive Care Med, 31:1514–1521 ... in a recent European survey on candidaemia) and very high crude (50%) and attributable (30–38%) mortality [6, 7]: ICU stay is significantly prolonged and healthcare costs are increased, being...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:21

... acquisition and analyses The association of BNP levels at admission with clinical and laboratory parameters, including biochemistry, left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and severity scores (SOFA and SAPS ... conducted the study, performed data collection and statistical analysis, and drafted the manuscript GYC reviewed and collected echocardiographic data, and revised the manuscript Page of 11 (page ... Critical Care Vol 13 No Park et al critically SGK participated in the design of the study and revised the manuscript critically YIH, HRK, SHJ, DGK and YRS participated in the design and coordination...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:20

... NS Level of care Full care 1.00 Full care, but no CPR 1.23 (1.09 to 1.39) 0.001 Comfort care 1.35 (1.07 to 1.70) 0.010 *Time-independent (age, baseline creatinine, random glucose) and time-dependent ... creatinine, mechanical ventilation and level of care were associated with ICU-acquired hypernatraemia Outcomes of care Length of stay and mortality in the ICU and hospital were increased for patients ... (IQR) μmol/L Level of care, number (%) Full care 887 (97) 4799 (95) 2018 (94) Full care, but no CPR 30 (3) 258 (5) 135 (6) Comfort care (0) 11(0) (0) *Results reported as mean (standard deviation)...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:31

... decision support, in several ways We compare the rates and types of MEs and the potential outcome of intercepted and non-intercepted errors Materials and methods In April 2002, University College Hospitals ... entry Results The mean Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II scores for the HWP (19.4, standard deviation 9.5, n = 56) and CPOE (20.0, standard deviation 8.0, n = 99) periods ... prospectively look for all missed prescriptions, standard care was for the pharmacist to review admissions and note discrepancies between ward and ICU prescriptions This error occurred during the...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:39

... appropriate anaesthesia and sedation, preanaesthetic preparation and techniques appropriate for adults and children for CT scan, MRI and angiography and post-investigation care An understanding of the ... anaesthetists and intensive care doctors working in hospital practice The material in the book covers all the common pathologies encountered in hospital anaesthetic practice and intensive care Included ... anaesthesia, intensive care and pain management This includes pre-operative assessment and selection and interpretation of appropriate investigations It also includes knowledge of diagnostic imaging and...

Ngày tải lên: 11/04/2014, 10:25

... contributed to study design and concept and writing and editing of the manuscript VT: contributed to the study design and concept, writing and editing of the manuscript and provided financial support ... K23AR054334 and #5T32DK007298 The authors responsibilities were as followed LJ, LVY and SEJ: contributed to the study design and concept, statistical analysis, and writing of the manuscript HMB, GM and ... critically ill subjects in the intensive care unit (ICU) patients diagnosed with sepsis (as defined by the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) consensus...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20

... pediatric intensive care survivors of serious brain injury Pediatr Crit Care Med 2002, 3:345-350 Gemke RJ, Bonsel GJ, van Vught AJ: Long-term survival and state of health after paediatric intensive care ... admission to an intensive care unit Intensive Care Med 2003, 29:795-800 Ambuehl J, Karrer A, Meer A, Riedel T, Schibler A: Quality of life of survivors of paediatric intensive care Swiss Med Wkly ... pediatric intensive care: a report of a national study of pediatric intensive care units in the United kingdom Pediatrics 2006, 118:2101-2108 Taylor A, Butt W, Ciardulli M: The functional outcome and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... 82 Operating Theatre Figure personnel Percentage stress in Intensive Care and operating theatre Percentage stress in Intensive Care and operating theatre personnel none medium high total Chi ... from the Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Departments of three hospital, Ferrara, Rovigo and Treviso, in northern Italy We measured subjective emotional discomfort (stress) and its correlation with ... the same environmental conditions; they carry out their duties in operating theatres and Intensive Care units, and are confined to closed, air-conditioned environments with a lack of natural light,...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... of life after intensive care evaluation with EQ-5D questionnaire Intensive Care Med 2002, 28:898-907 Girard TD, Pandharipande PP, Ely EW: Delirium in the intensive care unit Crit Care 2008, 12(Suppl ... Medicine, Surgery, and Critical Care, Section of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital of Florence, Florence, Italy 16 15 17 18 Authors’ contributions MC and SB conceived and designed ... after intensive care in medical cardiovascular and pulmonary patients Crit Care Med 2003, 31:2163-9 Cuthbertson BH, Scott J, Strachan M, Kilonzo M, Vale L: Quality of life before and after intensive...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... PM Page i 22 Recent Advances in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care This page intentionally left blank 22 Recent Advances in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Edited by A.P Adams MB BS, MRCS, LRCP, PhD, ... transfer it was decided to include more Intensive Care Medicine topics and consequently the title has been changed to Recent Advances in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care In association with this change, ... concern, particularly among patients in the intensive care unit In their chapter on Antibiotics and Nosocomial Infection in the Intensive Care Unit, Prof Chastre and Dr Trouillet point out that the excess...

Ngày tải lên: 29/06/2014, 11:20

... functions of postcontudes regression (and coefficients of correlation) for ampliLinearandage Linear regression (and coefficients of correlation) for amplitudes and amplitude indexes of PR as functions ... contributions EB and MB participated in all data collection, in the analysis and discussion of the results, and in the writing of the manuscript MO participated in clinical data collection and advised ... neonates hospitalized in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) face many challenges to adapt to the new environment Heat loss [1], weight loss [2], respiratory distress and cardiac instability [3] are...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:20

... patients with diabetes [30] and osteoporosis [31], pharmacy screening programs and reminder programs for patients with angina and their primary care physicians [32], and local opinion leader-based ... forms will be completed Randomization Patients will be randomized 1:1 to control or intervention Randomization will be done centrally by computergenerated random numbers, and a secure internet-based ... analyzed in an independent and blinded manner by research personnel who have not been involved in the patient's care and will be blinded to patient's randomization group and baseline measurements...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:22

... them with additional training, including handbooks and instructions on how to collect data Healthcare professionals and managers between 40 and 49 years old and working in academic or teaching hospitals ... implementation and hospital performance on quality indicators Health Serv Res 2006, 41:307-334 Halpern NA, Bettes L, Greenstein R: Federal and nationwide intensive care units and healthcare costs: ... Healthcare professionals and managers working at ICUs in academic and teaching hospitals tend to be more prepared to change behaviour and to actively work towards implementation compared to healthcare...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Klinikum der Friedrich-SchillerUniversität Bachstrasse 18 07743 Jena Germany Boldt J Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Klinikum ... Contributors Bennett D Department of Intensive Care St George’s Hospital Blackshaw Road London SW17 0QT United Kingdom Berkenstadt H Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Sheba Medical Center ... E Institute of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico-IRCCS Via Francesco Sforza 35 20122 Milan Italy Creteur J Department of Intensive Care Erasme University Hospital...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 18:21