... laboratory values and level ofcare (full care, full care without cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), comfort care) Severity of illness at inception (within the first day of ICU admission) was assessed ... intensivecare during the first 50 days ofserum sodium Proportion ofintensivecare unit (ICU) patients with serum sodium valvalues outside the normal range during the first 50 days of ICU stay* ... three medical -surgical ICUs in a single health region Although our data are population based and reflect the management of all patients admitted to ICUs under the careof 26 intensivecare specialists,...
... performance of a bronchoalveolar lavage for culture, or start of or a change in antimicrobial therapy in case of unexpected infiltrates on the CXR; repositioning of tubes in case of malposition of orotracheal ... ultrasound of the thorax in case of pleural effusion on the CXR, start or change in medication (diuretics); insertion of a pleural drain; and repositioning of devices in the case of malposition of medical ... number of chest radiographs (% of all daily routine chest radiographs) bAbsolute number of patients (% of all patients with daily routine chest radiographs) -, not scored for; ICU, intensive care...
... patients in a surgical ICU IntensiveCare Med 1996, 22:1335-1338 Strain DS, Kinasewitz GT, Vereen LE, George RB: Value of routine daily chest x-rays in the medical intensivecare unit Crit Care Med ... medical intensivecare unit: Effects and costs Crit Care Med 1997, 25: 801-805 Bekemeyer WB, Crapo RO, Calhoon S, Cannon CY, Clayton PD: Efficacy of chest radiography in a respiratory intensivecare ... Barie PS: Utility of routine chest radiographs in the surgicalintensivecare unit Arch Surg 1995, 130:764-768 Price MB, Chellis Grant MJ, Welkie K: Financial impact of elimination of routine chest...
... Studying outcomes ofintensivecare unit survivors: measuring exposures and outcomes IntensiveCare Med 2005, 31:1153-1160 American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical Care Medicine: ... Andersson R: Quality of life, morbidity, and mortality after surgicalintensive care: a follow-up study of patients treated for abdominal sepsis in the surgicalintensivecare unit Eur J Surg ... Critical care organization Crit Care Clin 2005, 21:43-53 Ferdinande P: Recommendations on minimal requirements for intensivecare departments IntensiveCare Med 1997, 23:226-232 Fisher M: Critical care- the...
... of Critical Care Medicine: Recommendations for end -of- life care in the intensivecare unit: a consensus statement by the American College [corrected] of Critical Care Medicine Crit Care Med 2008, ... and nursing staff ofintensivecare unit endof-life decisions Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003, 167:1310-1315 Westphal DM, McKee SA: End -of- life decision making in the intensivecare unit: physician ... Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Critical Care End -Of- Life Peer Workgroup Members: Quality indicators for end -of- life care in the intensivecare unit Crit Care Med 2003, 31:2255-2262 14 Davidson...
... infections during a period of 16 months in a 10-bed intensivecare unit, irrespective of type and severity of infection The goal of the study was to assess the application of a de-escalation strategy ... antibiotic therapy of nosocomial pneumonia in the intensivecare unit: a prospective observational study Crit Care 2006, 10:R78 Hoffken G, Niederman MS: Nosocomial pneumonia: the importance of a de-escalating ... et al.: De-escalation as part of a global strategy of empiric antibiotherapy management A retrospective study in a medico -surgical intensivecare unit Critical Care 2010 14:R225 Submit your next...
... during the first 10 10 days intensivecare Nutrition administered toto all 504 patients during the firstdays ofofintensivecare Feeding at represents the administration of nutrition between admission ... describe organ dysfunction/failure On behalf of the Working Group on Sepsis-Related Problems of the European Society ofIntensiveCare Medicine IntensiveCare Med 1996, 22:707-710 15 Garner JS, Jarvis ... Figure Daily blood glucose levels during the first days ofofintensive Daily blood glucose levels during the first 10 10 daysintensive carecare Medians and interquartile ranges (IQR) during the...
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... use ofmaximum SOFA score to quantify organ dysfunction/failure in intensivecare Results of a prospective, multicentre study Working Group on Sepsis Related Problems of the ESICM IntensiveCare ... SAPS from evaluation of the patient to evaluation of the intensivecare unit Part 2: development of a prognostic model for hospital mortality at ICU admission IntensiveCare Med 2005, 31:1345-1355 ... The SOFA (Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment) score to describe organ dysfunction/failure On behalf of the Working Group on Sepsis-Related Problems of the European Society ofIntensive Care...
... rates of morbidity and mortality [10], is a sign of deterioration in the homeostasis and physical status of the patient [17] Approximately 10–15% of patients on general surgical wards and 15–25% of ... 12.9% of patients with HBP, in 50% of those with fistulas, in 20.8% of those exposed to trauma, in 8.2% of those with acute abdominal diseases, in 9.3% of those with malignancies, and in 18.4% of ... their hospital stay Approximately 30% of patients in surgical ICUs and cardiac ICUs, and 40–50% of patients who are recovering from hip fractures have an episode of delirium [1,22] The delirium rate...
... intensivecareIntensiveCare Med 2002, 28: 38-43 Jones C, Humphris G, Griffiths RD: Preliminary validation of the ICUM tool for assessing memory of the intensivecare experience Clin IntensiveCare 2000, ... impact of delirium in the intensivecare unit on hospital length of stay IntensiveCare Med 2001, 27:1892-1900 Jones C, Griffiths RD: Disturbed memory and amnesia related to intensivecare Memory ... memory ofintensivecare J Crit Care 2001, 16:83-89 Rundshagen I, Schnabel K, Wegner C, Schulte am Esch J: Incidence of recall, nightmares, and hallucinations during analgosedation in intensive care...
... PD: Task Force of the American College of Critical Care Medicine of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the American Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists, American College of Chest Physicians ... Task Force of the American College of Critical Care Medicine (ACCM) of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), American College of Chest ... exacerbation of COPD and pulmonary edema JAMA 2003, 290:2985-2991 Appendix The following is a brief listing of manufacturers of various critical care technologies This is not an endorsement of any of the...
... negative charge of 19 mEq/l [2,3] Because Eqn invokes the conservation of mass and not the conservation of charge, Constable [19] computed [ATOT] in units of mass 185 Critical Care April 2005 ... The A.B.C of Acid–Base Chemistry Chicago: University of Chicago Press; 1974 27 Singer RB, Hastings AB: Improved clinical method for estimation of disturbances of acid-base balance of human blood ... Stewart theory to the analysis of whole blood and quantitatively to the level of titrated BE 189 Critical Care April 2005 Vol No Corey Figure Table Classification of acid–base disorders Stewart...
... in the blood ofsurgicalintensivecare patients was performed Our study revealed that 32% of the surgicalintensivecare patients were NRBC-positive at least once The detection of NRBCs was ... in medical intensivecare patients could serve as an early indicator of medical intensivecare patients at extremely high risk Our study revealed that 18% of the medical intensivecare patients ... prognostic power of the mechanized detection of NRBCs in blood in terms of mortality The total in-hospital mortality of NRBC-positive patients of this Figure medical intensivecare patients blood...
... prediction of acute renal failure in medical intensivecareIntensiveCare Med 1991, 17:19-24 18 Chertow GM, Lazarus JM, Paganini EP, Allgren RL, Lafayette RA, Sayegh MH: Predictors of mortality ... the intensivecare unit: clinical and resource implications of renal recovery Crit Care Med 2003, 31:449-455 33 Gopal I, Bhonagiri S, Ronco C, Bellomo R: Out of hospital outcome and quality of ... Bagshaw et al Table Summary of kidney function for patients admitted to the intensivecare unit with acute kidney injury from the Australia New Zealand IntensiveCare Society Adult Patient Database...
... critical care outreach team (CCOT), but during the event all of the intensivecare patients were accommodated within the physical space of the ICU All of these patients required ongoing critical care ... burst of activity was just the start of a prolonged -care phase that greatly increased the surgical, anaesthetic, and intensivecare workload As soon as the emergency department was cleared of casualties ... emphasis on the impact of this phase ofcare Page of (page number not for citation purposes) from the ICU point of view or, in fact, on what is now termed ‘the prolonged -care phase’ following...
... the intensivecare unit a useful measure of hospital performance? Med Care 1999, 37:399-408 Durbin CG Jr, Kopel RF: A case-control study of patients readmitted to the intensivecare unit Crit Care ... the source of admission, SAPS II and SOFA scores on admission, SOFAmax, the type of surgery undergone, the presence of sepsis syndromes and parameters of organ function on the day of discharge ... characteristics of unexpected readmissions Crit Care Med 1983, 11:61-66 Snow N, Bergin KT, Horrigan TP: Readmission of patients to the surgicalintensivecare unit: patient profiles and possibilities...
... documentation of the diagnosis of ALI or one of several synonyms in the medical record; measurement of patient height; measurement of plateau pressure during the first three days of ALI; and the use of ... staffing: a survey ofintensivecare unit directors J Crit Care 2007, 22:97-103 Pronovost P, Thompson DA, Holzmueller CG, Dorman T, Morlock LL: Impact of the Leapfrog Group's intensivecare unit physician ... mandatory versus on-demand critical care specialist presence on quality ofcare and family and provider satisfaction in the intensivecare unit of a teaching hospital Crit Care Med 2008, 36:36-44 Multz...