... axonal injury
due to nonmissile head injury in humans: an analysis of 45
cases. Ann Neurol 1982, 12:557-563.
51. Levin HS: Neuroplasticity following non-penetrating traumatic
brain injury. Brain Inj ... differences in severity of
brain oedema and in associated hypoxia and herniation,
thereby introducing bias into the interpretation of the results.
MRS findings vary...
... J,
Cooper G, Tremayne AB, Bernard SS, Ponsford J; HTS Study
Investigators: Prehospital hypertonic saline resuscitation of
patients with hypotension and severe traumatic brain injury: a
randomized controlled ... extracellular
fluid. Although a potential disadvantage in traumatic brain
injury [55], this was not borne out in a comparison with
hypertonic saline given prehospital to...
... hypertension, accompanied by evidence
of renal disease and by signs of vascular injury to the heart,
brain, retina and kidney, and by a rapidly fatal course ending
in heart attack, renal failure, ... with acute coro-
nary syndromes or acute pulmonary edema.
Hydralazine is a direct acting vasodilator. Following intramuscu-
lar or intravenous administration there is an initia...
... hypertrophy [11]. Widespread
vasoconstriction causes increased myocardial oxygen
demand, and with cocaine’s sympathomimetic activity causing
tachycardia and hypertension, myocardial ischaemia and
infarction ... and
infarction may occur; the risk of MI in patients with cocaine-
induced chest pain is approximately 6%. The usual clinical
presentation is of an acute coronary syndr...
... ultimately
admitted to the ICU.
Review
Clinical review: The role of the intensive care physician in mass
casualty incidents: planning, organisation, and leadership
Peter J Shirley and Gerlinde Mandersloot
Royal ... especially true
for intensive care beds since these are often running at, or
close to, maximum capacity during normal daily hospital
operations. The ability to successful...
... the effect of night and day on infants
in a newborn nursery. Besides turning off the radio, lights and
covering the windows with thick and dark curtains, the
behaviour of the staff and visitors ... cause of
Author and of age of of ICU stay Number sleep
year published Method patients patients ICU type (days) Main noise sources ventilated disruption?
Hilton, 1976 [24] Po...
... with CAP, copeptin increased with
increasing severity of the PSI and was an independent
predictor of outcome, in contrast to other clinical symp-
toms and fi ndings [49].
In a study of 302 patients ... independent of, and
stronger than, that of age or the Acute Physiology and
Chronic Health Evaluation II score.
In one prospective study, each point increment in th...
... reluctance of pathologists to perform autopsies.
Several studies analyzing the delay of pathology reports
show a long delay (up to 90 days) [6]. is indicates a lack
of interest in autopsy fi ndings, ... and Alufuzoff [2] found a signifi cant
increase in infectious diseases in autopsy patients, from
27% in the 1970s to 32% in the 1980s, and an increase in
undiagnosed...
...
diffi culty of obtaining timely consent and randomization
in the critically ill. For example, the SMASH (Swiss
Multicenter Evaluation of Early Angioplasty for Shock
Following Myocardial Infarction) ... Angiography and Interventions,
and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons: endorsed by the American
Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and the
Society f...