Author Dr. Iain Moppett Consultant Anaesthetist, Queen’s Medical Centre Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK Newsletter Editor European Society of Anaesthesiology The annual scientific of the European Society of Anaesthesiology was held at the Bella Centre in Copenhagen at the end of May this...
READ MOREAuthor Pedro Póvoa, MD, PhD Coordinator of the Medical Intensive Care, Department of Medicine III São Francisco Xavier Hospital,Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidenta Professor of Medicine,Faculty of Medical Science New University of Lisbon,Lisboa,Portugal [email protected] Biomarkers, Namely CRP and PCT, can Help...
READ MOREAuthors Eric Nulens, MD Medical Microbiologist,Medical Microbiologist Department- Algemeen Ziekenhuis, Sint-Jan Bruges, Belgium Ellen Broex Msc,Ed Smeets Ellen Stobberingh , MD,PhD Ruud Deurenberg, Ph.D Medical Microbiology Department- University Hospital Maastricht,The Netherlands [email protected]...
READ MOREAuthors Paul R. vanOstenberg, DDS,MS Executive Director,Department of Standards Development and Interpretation Joint Commission International Oak Brook, Illinois, USA. Paul Reis Manager of Publications Joint Commission Resources Oak Brook, Illinois, USA. Preventable medical errors threaten patient...
READ MOREAuthors Christian Zugck, MD,Assistant Professor Head of the working group on telemedicine Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Respiratory Medicine University of Heidelberg, Medical Centre Heidelberg, Germany Christian.Zugck@ med.uni-heidelberg.de Jannis Radeleff, MD Department of Cardiology,Angiology and...
READ MOREAuthors Mariam Ali Alansari, MD,FRCSI Consultant Intensivist,Critical Care Unit Salmaniya Medica Complex,Manama,Bahrain [email protected] Khalid Maghrabi, MD Consultant Intensivist,Section of Critical Care Medicine Department of Medicine King Faisal Specialist Hospital Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Although...
READ MOREAuthors Gregory Roumeliotis , MPhil General Manager Cryo Save Balcanica Vice President of GHSMA [email protected] Stefanos Chronis , MSc Administrative Director Polyclinic Health Unit SA [email protected] The Country Greece covers an area of 131,957 km 2 , with hundreds of scattered islands...
READ MOREAuthor George J. Stathis Health Management Consultant President of GHSMA [email protected] The current hospital system in Greece is a direct result of Act 1397/1983 that established the National Health System (NHS). Laws that were later enforced brought about some changes, but did not modify the basic characteristics...
READ MOREHospitals Run on Scant Staff Many state hospitals are operating at below the emergency-staff level due to a chronic absence of personnel, says the leader of the country's hospital workers' union. Even university hospitals are unable to maintain self-sufficient specialist units as there are too few employees to staff them, according...
READ MOREAuthor Jean-Louis Vincent Dept of Intensive Care Erasme Hospital Free University of Brussels,Belgium 28th ISICEM –Reflections The 28th ISICEM, held in Brussels from March 18-21, was attended by almost 5000 participants from 84 countries. With a program of more than 700 separate sessions, it is difficult...
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