• Research

    Research: SCCM Awards The 35th Critical Care Congress of the Society of Critical Care Medicine was held in San Francisco 7th to 11th January 2006. A selection of the SCCM awards is reported here and a full list is available on the SCCM website: www.sccm.org/ membership/awards/recipients/index.asp   The winner of the 2006 SCCM Vision...

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  • What can Critical Care Learn From HRO

    Authors Tanja Manser,   PhD Centre for Organizational and Occupational Sciences ETH Zurich [email protected]   David M. Gaba,   MD Stanford University Patient Simulation Centre of innovation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System   Geoffrey K. Lighthall, PhD, MD...

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  • A Novel Collaborative Model to Improve ICU Care in Michigan

    Authors Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD Dept. of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, USA [email protected]   Christine A. Goeschel, RN, MPA, MPS Keystone Centre for Patient Safety and Quality Michigan Health and Hospital Association Lansing, USA...

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  • Team Skills for Safety

    Authors Rhona Flin , PhD Professor of Applied Psychology Thomas Reader, MA Postgraduate Research Student Industrial Psychology Research Centre, University of Aberdeen [email protected] www.abdn.ac.uk/iprc   Effective teamwork is crucial for ensuring patient safety within the...

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  • Training Residents for Safety

    Author MariamA. Al-Ansari, MD, FRCSI Consultant Intensivist Salmaniya Medical Complex Kingdom of Bahrain [email protected]   Medical errors related to residents are well-documented. Focusing the attention of physicians-in-training towards patient safety represents an opportunity for improving safety...

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  • Dialysis Dosing in Acute Renal Failure

    Authors RameshVenkataraman, MD John. A. Kellum, MD The CRISMA Laboratory (Clinical Research, Investigation, and Systems Modelling of Acute Illness) Department of Critical Care Medicine University of Pittsburgh USA [email protected]   In the winter issue of ICU Management...

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  • Cardiac Output Monitoring with Intravascular Catheters

    Authors M Cecconi Dept. of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care University of Udine, Italy E McKinney St George's Hospital, London A Rhodes St George's Hospital, London [email protected]   In this paper we present the main characteristics of devices that can provide cardiac...

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  • Measuring Patient Satisfaction

    Authors Thomas Heidegger, MD, DEAA Quality Manager in Healthcare, Consultant Anaesthetist Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, Switzerland [email protected]   Detlef Saal, MD, DEAA Consultant Anaesthetist, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen Switzerland   Yvonne Husemann,...

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  • IC Beds cf. Other Healthcare Provision in Four European Countries

    Authors David L. Edbrooke, FRCA Professor Intensive Care Royal Hallamshire Hospital Sheffield, UK [email protected]   Bertrand Guidet, MD Professor, Intensive Care Hospital St. Antoine Paris, France   Akos Csomos, MD, DEAA Consultant, Intensive Care Markhot Teaching Hospital...

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  • Australian and New Zealand IC Databases

    Authors Carol George MBus (IT) Lynda Norton, MPH Tracey Higlett, MPH Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) [email protected] http://sas.anzics.com.au/Portal www.anzics.com.au   Acknowledgement The ANZICS database projects are funded at a regional...

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