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Outreach
Author Jean-Louis Vincent Head Department of Intensive Care Erasmus Hospital, Free University of Brussels Brussels, Belgium To many, the mere idea of an intensive care unit encompasses a vision of a well-run, sterile and enclosed space. When ICUs were first established, this idea of isolation was central...
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Overview of Outreach
Author Ken Hillman MBBS, MD,FRCA, FANZCA, FJFICM Professor of Intensive Care, University of New South Wales Clinical Director, Clinical Care Service Sydney South West Area, Health Service-Western Zone Sydney, Australia [email protected] Intensive care medicine arguably began in Copenhagen...
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Wonderful,Wonderful Copenhagen
Author Jennifer M. Hunter Chairman Scientific Programme Committee, ESA Division of Clinical Science(Aneasthesia)Liverpool,UK [email protected] In 2008, the European Society of Anaesthesiologists (ESA) will hold its annual scientific meeting, Euroanaesthesia, for the first time in Denmark at the Bella Conference...
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ESICM Tackles Tough Issue During Silver Anniversary in Berlin
Author Jeannie Wurz, BA Medical Writer/Editor Department of Intensive Care Medicine Bern University Hospital and University of Bem, Switzerland (on behalf of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine) [email protected] More than 4900 intensive care practitioners converged on Berlin between...
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An Interview with Prof. Antonio Artigas
Professor Antonio Artigas has been managing the Critical Care Centre at Sabadell Hospital in Barcelona, Spain since 1988. He spoke at length with Sherry Scharff at the 13th International Symposium on Infections in the Critically Ill Patient in Athens, Greece, a meeting he heads. In this discussion, he describes the successes he has experienced...
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Medical Errors:Much Ado About Nothing?
Author Andrej Michalsen, MD, MPH Consultant Intensive Care Medicine HELIOS Hospital Überlingen,Überlingen/See, Germany [email protected] Risk-prone industries, such as aviation and nuclear power plant operations, have been addressing the issue of erroneous design and behaviour in systematic...
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Cost Containment and Patient Safety
Author Akos Csomos, MD, DEAA, PhD Surgical Intensive Care Unit Semmelweis University Budapest, Hungary [email protected] There is an ongoing demand for quality patient care and reduction of human errors. We know it is possible to prevent errors, but how much does it cost? Over a decade...
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Cardiac Output Monitors
ECRI 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...
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Applied Leadership Skills for Intensive Care Professionals
Authors 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]...
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The Future of Critical Care in Canada: A Patient-Centred Approach
Authors 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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