The European Parliament has called on the EUMember States and the European Commission to tackle today's biggest killer in Europe: Cardiovascular disease. MEPs believe prevention strategies, public awareness campaigns, and the promotion of healthy lifestyles is urgently needed. Cardiovascular disease accounts for 1.9 million deaths each year,...
READ MOREPULSION Medical Systems have started the implementation of the PiCCO 2 system in leading hospitals across Europe after successful CE-Approval. The PiCCO 2 offers a unique combination of parameters, providing a complete overview of the cardiovascular system and the haemodynamics of patients. The different display options such as SpiderVision enables...
READ MORELiDCO, the UK based, AIM-quoted cardiovascular monitoring company, announced that it has received confirmation of the approval of its US Patent application for a new method and apparatus for optimally adjusting a biventricular pacemaker – used for the treatment of congestive heart failure (CHF). The method involves the measurementof changes in certain...
READ MOREAuthors Laura Hawryluck MSc (Bioethics), MD, FRCPC Associate Professor, Critical Care Medicine University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital Toronto, Canada [email protected] Bernard Lawless MD, MHSc, CHE, FRCSC Provincial Lead, Critical Care and Trauma, Ontario Ministry...
READ MOREAuthor Prof. Kees H. Polderman Vice Chairman Department of Intensive Care University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands [email protected] In recent years, the issue of temperature management in critically ill patients, in particular those with neurological injuries, has gained increasing...
READ MOREAuthor Said Hachimi-Idrissi MD, PhD, FCCM Professor of Paediatrics and Critical Care Medicine Critical Care Department and Cerebral Resuscitation Research Group, University Hospital Brussels Brussels, Belgium [email protected] Historical Perspective of Hypothermia The...
READ MOREAuthor Mariam Alansari MD, FRCSI Consultant Intensivist, Intensive Care Unit Salmaniya Medical Complex Ministry of Health, Manama, Bahrain [email protected] In most hospitals, medical services are overstretched and senior house officers (SHOs) in particular, have to spread themselves thinly over...
READ MOREAuthor Scot A. Mountain (picture above) [email protected] Bradley S. Quon The Department of Medicine University of British, Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Najib T. Ayas (picture below) Sleep Disorders Program and Respiratory and Critical Care Divisions...
READ MOREAuthors Stephen A. Bernard, MD Director of Critical Care, Knox Private Hospital Wantirna, Victoria, Australia Louis Brusco, MD, FCC M Director, Critical Care Anesthesiology St. Luke’s-Roosevelt, Hospital Center New York, New York, US Hiroyuki Hirasawa, MD Professor...
READ MOREAuthor Jean-Louis Vincent Department of Intensive Care Erasmus Hospital, Free University Brussels Brussels, Belgium On April 29, 1992, the European Prevalence of Infection in Intensive Care (EPIC) study collected data from more than 10,000 intensive care unit (ICU) patients in 17 countries in Western Europe (Vincent...
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