Why Shared Decision-making in ER is Important
Shared decision-making is key to delivering patient-centred care. Discussing care options with their clinicians can help patients to make... Read more
Trump Immigration Ban Remains on Hold
President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travellers from seven predominantly Muslim countries is on hold, following a federal court's... Read more
Cost Savings from Perioperative Goal-directed Therapy
Researchers in France say using perioperative goal-directed therapy (PGDT) during high-risk surgery can help reduce the patient's length of... Read more
Health Savings Accounts: What You Need to Know
Health savings accounts (HSAs) , first introduced in 2003, have suddenly become a hot topic of discussion amidst Republican efforts to repeal... Read more
Efficiency Top of Healthcare Engineering Congress Agenda
The SIAIS (Italian Society of Architecture and Engineering for Healthcare) association of Italian Hospital Engineering is organising the... Read more
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So Why am I Worrying Now? Thoughts from the UK on Pandemic Times
My Dear Readers, Time is flying, and here I am again, sharing my thoughts as a registered nurse working during a very dramatic time. The first half of the year of 2021 is over. If you reflect now, one can not comprehend of what has happened in the world during these last months. It is almost impossible. Where will one start and stop?... Read more
What About Post-Corona?
Is there a time after COVID-19? Do you regularly hear the question of what we will do after COVID-19? Or what should we do? This is a strange question, because there will be no time after Coronavirus. Corona is an endemic virus, that is among us and does not go away. There is also no time after Influenza. Endemic viruses are here. We need to take... Read more
While perioperative care is optimized, patients die unmonitored in wards!
There is a high demand for a comfortable, small and mobile solution for affordable blood pressure and vital sign monitoring in the general ward to improve patient safety and outcome, as mortality after surgery is a thousand times higher than intraoperative death. 1 CNSystems has enhanced its non-invasive CNAP® technology for perioperative... Read more
White Papers and Case Studies
Liver Fibrosis: Patients Can Be At Risk Of Death Even Without Exhibiting Symptoms
2020 18 Dec
1 in 5 advanced fibrosis patients evolves to cirrhosis in as little as two and a half years. The liver is the largest gland in the human body and, weighing roughly two kilograms, it is the second largest organ after the skin. Its varied functions include supplying the brain with glucose, filtering toxins out of the blood, producing proteins,... Read more
Spotlight On: Sutter Health Fights Pneumonia One Toothbrush at a Time
2020 23 Apr
Pneumonia can be deadly in a hospital setting. Two main factors contribute to the approximately 20 percent mortality rate of this healthcare-associated infection (HAI). First, whatever condition brought the patient to the hospital in the first place has likely weakened them, making the patient more vulnerable to the illness. Plus, the germs that patients... Read more
Spotlight On: Inova Fairfax Medical Campus Reduces CLABSI with APSS #2
2020 23 Apr
HAIs are costly both in terms of harm/mortality and cost. Close attention to aseptic practices and monitoring patients can greatly reduce the incidence of these infections. Central Line-Associated Bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are the most costly type of hospital-acquired infections, both in terms of morbidity and mortality, and financial... Read more
From Our Journals
Moving from “Learning by Doing” to Simulation
The Educational Challenge in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Historically,... Read more
Evidence-Based Care in the Intensive Care Unit
By taking the Hippocratic Oath, physicians commit to practising their... Read more
The AKIpredictor: An Online Calculator to Predict Acute Kidney Injury
Acute kidney injury (AKI), a rapid decline in renal function, is... Read more
Objective Malnutrition Diagnosis and Personalised Nutrition Delivery in the ICU
Poor ICU nutrition delivery remains a challenge worldwide. Objective... Read more
Influence of Biotin Nutritional Supplementation on Laboratory Testing: Sex and Gender Impact
High dose biotin supplementation is most common among females and... Read more
Introducing the Intubation Credit Card
A go-anywhere checklist format to improve emergency tracheal intubation.... Read more