Author Samir G. Sakka, MD, PhD, DEAA, EDIC Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine University Witten/Herdecke Medical Center Cologne- Merheim, Cologne, Germany [email protected] Although there is no evidence for an improved outcome of critically ill patients by measurement...
READ MOREECRI Institute is a totally independent nonprofit research agency designated as a Collaborating Center of the World Health Organization (WHO). Such organizations are appointed to contribute to WHO’s public health mission by providing specialized knowledge, expertise, and support in the health field to the WHO and its member nations. ECRI Institute...
READ MOREAuthors Sylvia Schwarz, MD Professor of Anaesthesiology Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Hospital Hietzing, Vienna, Austria Robert D. Fitzgerald, MD, PhD (Hon) Associate Professor Karl Landsteiner Institute for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Vienna, Austria [email protected]...
READ MOREDr. Ranieri is the Chair of the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at Molinette Hospital in Turin, Italy; Professor at the University of Turin and the current President of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM). In this interview with Sherry Scharff, Dr. Ranieri reflects on the difficulties of applying business principles...
READ MOREAuthor Jean-Louis Vincent Department of Intensive Care Erasmus Hospital,Free University Brussels Brussels, Belgium As we look out on the wet and windy winter weather, we may find ourselves looking forward to spring, and springtime in Brussels is, of course, synonymous with the International Symposium of Intensive...
READ MOREAuthor Kees H. Polderman, MD, PhD Department of Intensive Care University Medical Center Utrecht [email protected] The 1st Therapeutic Temperature Management Congress There is an increasing awareness in the critical care community of the importance of body temperature in determining outcome...
READ MOREAuthor Nathalie Danjoux, MSc Senior Policy Analyst Critical Care Secretariat,Toronto, Ontario, Canada [email protected] "Through the years, I came to believe that health services ought not to have a price tag on them, and that people should be able to get whatever health services they require...
READ MOREAuthor Laura Hawryluck, MSc, MD, FRCPC Associate Professor Critical Care Medicine,University Health Network Toronto General Hospital,Toronto, Ontario, Canada [email protected] The Canadian national health insurance program for many Canadians represents a fundamental and defining value of...
READ MOREAuthor James Downar, MD, FRCPC Clinical Fellow Division of Palliative Care, Division of Critical Care Department of Medicine, University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada [email protected] Communication is an important issue in the Canadian healthcare system. Recent studies have...
READ MOREAuthors Rebecca Anas, B.Sc, MBA Project Manager,Strategic Decisions Critical Care Department,St. Michael’s Hospital Toronto, Ontario, Canada [email protected] Fabrice Brunet, MD, FRCPC Professor of Medicine University of Toronto, Chief, Critical Care Department...
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