Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: The impact of noise on patients’ sleep and the effectiveness of noise reduction strategies in intensive care units" ppsx

Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: Emergency department overcrowding and the potential impact on the critically il" pot

Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: Emergency department overcrowding and the potential impact on the critically il" pot

... expertise, and invasive hemodynamic monitoring). Currently, the provision of critical care in the ED is increasing (in terms of both frequency and duration), largely because of ED overcrowding [5,7]. This ... watchful eye of the intensivists who are ultimately responsible for their care. All of these factors could potentially lead to delays in recognizing deteriora...
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Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: The impact of noise on patients’ sleep and the effectiveness of noise reduction strategies in intensive care units" ppsx

Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: The impact of noise on patients’ sleep and the effectiveness of noise reduction strategies in intensive care units" ppsx

... Conclusion Based on a number of original papers, the impact of noise on patients’ sleep and the effectiveness of noise reduction strategies in ICUs have been reviewed. These have shown: noise ... sleep observation together with the continuous recordings of noise and light level enabled Cureton-Lane and Fontaine to determine that noise was the...
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Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: High-frequency oscillatory ventilation in adults — a review of the literature and practical applications" ppsx

Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: High-frequency oscillatory ventilation in adults — a review of the literature and practical applications" ppsx

... is the decoupling of oxygenation and CO 2 elimination. Ventilation is determined by changes in power (a surrogate for V t ) and in frequency. Simply increasing the power will often result in ... CO 2 elimination is propor- tional to the V t and the frequency, but increases in the V t achieved by lowering the frequency are thought to more than compensate for the...
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Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: Drotrecogin alfa (activated) as adjunctive therapy for severe sepsis – practical aspects at the bedside and patient identification Pierre-François Laterre and Xavier Wittebole" pdf

Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: Drotrecogin alfa (activated) as adjunctive therapy for severe sepsis – practical aspects at the bedside and patient identification Pierre-François Laterre and Xavier Wittebole" pdf

... for the treatment of severe sepsis. APC has anti- coagulant activity by limiting thrombin formation and by inhibition of factors VIIIa and Va, and it promotes fibrinolysis by inhibiting plasminogen ... required chronic dialysis were excluded from the PROWESS study because of the need for intensive heparin therapy and limited informa- tion on the medication half-life...
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Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: The management of hypertensive crises" ppsx

Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: The management of hypertensive crises" ppsx

... trigger- ing factor superimposed on pre-existing hypertension. The risks for developing malignant hypertension are related to the severity of the underlying hypertension, and therefore the role of ... kidney has long been postulated to play a central role in the pathophysiology of malignant hypertension [42]. Activation of the renin–angiotensin system has been strong...
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Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: Acid–base abnormalities in the intensive care unit" doc

Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: Acid–base abnormalities in the intensive care unit" doc

... clarified the physical chemistry principles that describe the independent determinants of proton concentration and pH, allowing the clinician to precisely and accurately determine the pH and to understand ... when combined with a traumatic brain injury; it is unknown whether this is true for other injuries in isolation or combination. The interpretation of SBE must there...
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Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: Impact of emergency department care on intensive care unit cost" ppsx

Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: Impact of emergency department care on intensive care unit cost" ppsx

... actions in one area having a significant impact on the other. Implications for controlling the cost of critical care The paucity of data regarding the impact of ED care of critically patients on ... delay in nurse implementation of orders for critically ill patients, both in the ED and upon arrival in the ICU [35]. Finally, in the UK study condu...
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Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: Noninvasive ventilation in the clinical setting – experience from the past 10 year" pps

Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: Noninvasive ventilation in the clinical setting – experience from the past 10 year" pps

... 3 consecutive days. In that study NIV was effective in shortening the duration of invasive ventilation, and decreasing the incidence of nosocomial infections, mortality, and length of ICU and ... the increase in intrathoracic pressure. These benefits include increases in functional residual capacity and oxygenation, reduction in the work of breathing, and...
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Báo cáo y học: " Clinical review: Vasculitis on the intensive care unit – part 1: diagnosis" doc

Báo cáo y học: " Clinical review: Vasculitis on the intensive care unit – part 1: diagnosis" doc

... to the more fulminant presentations of these conditions and the role of the critical care physician in their diagnosis and management. Keywords antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody, critical care, ... particularly in PAN. Urinalysis must be performed. Is the patient being treated for urinary sepsis on the basis of blood and protein on the urine dipstick in...
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Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: Vasculitis on the intensive care unit – part 2: treatment and prognosis" ppsx

Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: Vasculitis on the intensive care unit – part 2: treatment and prognosis" ppsx

... avoiding unnecessary immunosuppressive therapy. In this second part of the review we consider the role played by the ICU in their treatment and look at the prognosis of the fulminant presentations. ... to the ICU patients with fulminant vasculitis may be hypotensive because of a combination of dehydration, haemorrhage and systemic inflammatory response syndrome. As...
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