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Elevated Glucose Levels Predict Mortality in Pneumonia Patients
Non-diabetic patients who have elevated serum glucose levels when they are admitted to the hospital presenting community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) have an increased risk of dying within 90 days compared with normoglycemic patients with the same illness, suggest studies presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) 2012 Annual Congress in Vienna,...
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Developing and Harmonising a Prime Speciality: Intensive Care Medicine
An interview with Andrew Rhodes President of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), Andrew Rhodes, has committed much of his time to progressing intensive care medicine as well as introducing and strengthening strategies for raising and harmonising standards in medical practice. In this interview with Managing Editor Marianna...
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Does Intermediate Care Improve Patient Outcomes and Reduce Costs?
In an era of rapidly progressing intensive care medicine, along with rising demand and growing concern on the bottom line, hospital managers are increasingly introducing intermediate care facilities in a move to solve the problem of overcrowded ICUs in an efficient manner; but controversy exists on whether these units really provide all the answers....
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End of Emancipation: Unravelling the Effect of Gender on ICU Mortality
Authors Irit Nachtigall, MD Sascha Tafelski, MD Maxim Kartachov, MD Claudia Spies, MD Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Charité University Hospital Campus Charité Mitte and Campus Virchow-Klinikum Berlin, Germany Introduction Debates have long existed on whether gender might either impact intensive care unit (ICU)...
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March 2013
14-15 IT @ Networking Awards 2013 Brussels, Belgium www.itandnetworking.org 19-22 33rd International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM) Brussels, Belgium www.intensive.org
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February 2013
7-8 18th International Symposium on Infections in the Critically Ill Patients Sevilla, Spain www.infections-online.es
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November 2012
6-8 10th Doppler-Echocardiography in Intensive Care Medicine Brussels, Belgium www.intensive.org 7-9 Sepsis 2012 Paris, France www.sepsisforum.org 9-10 ESA Autumn Meeting Prague, Czech Republic www.euroanaesthesia.org 17 2nd International Fluid Academy Day Antwerp, Belgium www.fluid-academy.org
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The Portuguese Healthcare System: Universal and Comprehensive
Located in the south-west of Europe, with a mainland area of 91,900 km², along with the archipelagos of Açores and Madeira, Portugal is a developed country with a lot to offer, including a health system with many strengths. Amid the economic crisis and an ageing population, however, the country is facing problems in this sector. In response to this,...
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Does Intermediate Care Improve Patient Outcomes and Reduce Costs?
In an era of rapidly progressing intensive care medicine, along with rising demand and growing concern on the bottom line, hospital managers are increasingly introducing intermediate care facilities in a move to solve the problem of overcrowded ICUs in an efficient manner; but controversy exists on whether these units really provide all the answers....
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