Author Laura Coombs PhD Consultant Statistician American College of Radiology Reston, VA, USA Concerns about the risks of radiation dose have received increasing attention from physicians, patients and the media over recent years. In the USA, initiatives such as Image Wisely ® and Image Gently ® have set...
READ MOREThis article focuses on the impact of fluid and nutrition administration on kidney function. It discusses the deleterious effects of accumulating fluid overload leading to kidney oedema and worsening kidney function, and provides advice on how to adapt nutrition in the different stages of AKI, with or without RRT. Finally, information on the cardio-abdominal-renal...
READ MOREAuthor Jean-Louis Vincent Editor-in-Chief ICU Management, Head Department of Intensive Care Erasme Hospital / Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium [email protected] In this issue our cover story focuses on one organ in particular, the kidney. As a commonly occurring complication...
READ MORECritical care treatment for patients that was perceived to be futile cost an estimated US$2.6 million at one academic medical centre during a three-month period, according to a study first published online last month in JAMA Internal Medicine. One in five patients in the study received treatment the physicians perceived as futile or potentially futile....
READ MOREAuthors Martí Manyalich, MD Hospital Clinic of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain [email protected] Ricard Valero, MD Hospital Clinic of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain Jesús Carazo, MD Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar Barcelona, Spain Organ...
READ MOREEuropean hospitals are in a constant struggle with healthcare associated infections (HAI). While some infections, although not ideal, are easily treatable, others have serious effects on both patient health and the hospital budget. New programmes and initiatives for reducing infection in our hospitals appear every day, ranging from communication and...
READ MOREAuthors Yuda Sutherasan, MD IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University Bangkok, Thailand [email protected] Iole Brunetti, MD IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST...
READ MOREAuthor Christina Jones, PhD Nurse Consultant, Critical Care Rehabilitation Whiston Hospital Prescot, UK Honorary Reader Institute of Ageing & Chronic Disease University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK [email protected] This article discusses the pros and cons of physical restraint of ICU patients...
READ MOREProfessor Gordon Rubenfeld is Chief of the Trauma, Emergency & Critical Care Program at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, Canada. His research focuses on the clinical epidemiology and outcomes of critical illness syndromes, the transfer of evidence into clinical practice, and end-of-life care...
READ MOREAuthors Yen- Lan Nguyen, MD,PHD MICU, Cochin Academic Hospital, APHP Paris, France & INSERM U707 Bertrand Guidet, MD INSERM U707 MICU, Saint Antoine Academic Hospital, APHP Paris, France & Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris, France Access to Critical...
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