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Early Goal-Directed Therapy Following Cardiac Surgery
Early goal-directed therapy (EGDT) is a therapeutic strategy based on haemodynamic monitoring and pre-defined goals. The roots of this approach come from observational studies in non-cardiac surgery that showed that poor post-operative outcomes and higher mortality were associated with decreased oxygen delivery in the perioperative period (Clowes et...
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Antibiotic Management in the ICU
Antimicrobial management in the intensive care unit (ICU) represents an ongoing challenge for critical care clinicians. The goal of this review is to focus on strategies aimed at optimising antimicrobial use within intensive care units. Antimicrobial management in the intensive care unit (ICU) represents an ongoing challenge for critical care...
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A Critical Age: The Influence of Frailty Measurements
While prognosis of elderly patients in intensive care is often seen as poor, this is largely due to deficits that can be described with the vocabulary of frailty and its measures. Using the Clinical Frailty Scale as a tool to assess patients referred to intensive care might facilitate discussions about treatment aims, and identify patients who are...
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Health: The Economic Growth Engine of the 21st Century
Is there a correlation between health and economic growth? Can the healthcare sector be an answer to the current weak economic growth in the leading industrial nations? So far, the economic development of the industrialised nations has been disappointing during the 21st century. And the situation would be even worse, had the administrations not...
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Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Critical Care
Key Messages 1. We need to Identify high risk patients early on during their hospital admission. 2. Recognise anticoagulant prophylaxis may not be suitable for all patients therefore consider other interventions to protect against VTE. 3. Focus on sustained education of healthcare professionals to increase Venous thromboembolism...
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State of Intensive Care in Turkey
The history of intensive care (IC) in Turkey has followed a somewhat similar pattern to other European countries (see Figure 1). The first intensive care unit (ICU) was founded in a state hospital in Istanbul in 1959. The first attempts to institute intensive care in several cities were performed almost exclusively by anaesthesiologists. In 1977 those...
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Radiation Dose: Communicating With Patients
Key Points • Radiology departments need to communicate with patients about radiation dose and contrast media to confirm with the new European directive. • Departments must track radiation dose, and be prepared for the additional workload this requires. • Radiation dose information and quality assurance can be a marketing tool for departments....
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Semantic Technology Enables Smart Computers
As healthcare faces up to the promises and challenges of big data, HealthManagement spoke to Dr. Dirk Colaert, Chief Medical Officer at Agfa Healthcare, on the evolution of healthcare against the background of big data. Big data is an abstract term, but in healthcare the data represent very personal information. Do you see this as a paradox?...
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Esaote's Long Term Vision
On the occasion of Esaote’s recent launch of their latest mobile ultrasound diagnostic systems MyLab™ Gamma and MyLab™ Six, HealthManagement sat down with Carlos Faustmann to talk about Esaote’s approach and strategy in the highly competitive ultrasound market. Congratulations on the launch. It appears these new machines are the perfect diagnostic...
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Quality Assurance in Radiology
Author Thomas Schönbeck Vice President Of Global Sales & Marketing at RTI Electronics, Sweden Note: This article is part of the HealthManagement.org “Point-of-View” partner programme. Interview with Thomas Sch ö nbeck, Vice President of Global Sales & Marketing at RTI Electronics, Sweden One of the...
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