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Health: The Economic Growth Engine of the 21st Century
Is there a correlation between health and economic growth? Can the healthcare sector be an answer to the current weak economic growth in the leading industrial nations? So far, the economic development of the industrialised nations has been disappointing during the 21st century. And the situation would be even worse, had the administrations not...
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Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Critical Care
Key Messages 1. We need to Identify high risk patients early on during their hospital admission. 2. Recognise anticoagulant prophylaxis may not be suitable for all patients therefore consider other interventions to protect against VTE. 3. Focus on sustained education of healthcare professionals to increase Venous thromboembolism...
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Evidence-Based Care in the Intensive Care Unit
By taking the Hippocratic Oath, physicians commit to practising their art according to the current best scientific knowledge. For that purpose, all physicians need full access to the best knowledge (see Figure 1 ). The necessary steps include continuous innovation in healthcare, followed by appropriate translation of innovative care into routine practice...
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Elderly Care in the ICU: Professor Bertrand Guidet
Professor Bertrand Guidet is Director, Medical Intensive Care, St. Antoine Hospital, Paris, France and Medical Director, APHP Hospitals, East Paris. You have a long-standing interest in ICU care and elderly patients. What prompted your interest? We should not consider the ICU as a unique unit. It is part of the hospital and there is treatment...
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Research News
Sniffing Out C. difficile Rapid detection of C. difficile could be on its way with the development by UK scientists of an ‘electronic nose.’ Using a mass spectrometer, the researchers have shown that it is possible to identify the unique ‘smell’ of C-diff, which would lead to rapid diagnosis. In addition, the scientists say it could...
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A Glance at Intensive Care Medicine in Chile
Author Sebasti á n Ugarte, MD President of the Pan American and Iberian Federation of Critical Care Medicine (FEPIMCTI) Head of the Critical Care Service, Indisa Clinic Professor of Intensive Medicine University Andrés Bello Santiago, Chile Chile is located in the south-western tip of South America, has...
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European Society of Intensive Care Medicine: President-Elect Professor Daniel de Backer
Interview Prof. Daniel De Backer President-Elect, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Professor Daniel De Backer is President-Elect of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, and takes up his role as President in October 2014. He is Professor in the Intensive Care Department at Erasme University Hospital in Brussels,...
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Bleeding, Coagulopathy and Blood Products in Major Trauma
Authors Lieutenant Colonel Michael C. Reade, MBBS, MPH DPhil FANZCA FCICM Intensivist & Australian Defence Force Professor of Military Medicine and Surgery Burns, Trauma and Critical Care Research Centre, University of Queensland and Joint Health Command, Australian Defence Force, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia [email protected]...
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Renal Replacement Therapy
Adequate Dialysis in the ICU - A Multidimensional Aspect Authors Zaccaria Ricci , MD Staff, Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS Rome, Italy [email protected] Gianluca Villa , MD Staff, Department of...
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Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Life Support: The Experience With ECMO in Chile
Authors Sebastián Ugarte , MD President of the Pan American and Iberian Federation of Critical Care Medicine (FEPIMCTI) Director of the Critical Care Service, Indisa Clinic Professor of Intensive Medicine University Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile Juan Espinoza , MD Director of the Surgical Critical Care...
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