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Care of the Multiple Organ Donor
Authors V. Jaume Mestre, MD Transplant Coordinator, Certificate of European Transplant Coordination (ETCO-CETC) Consultant in Critical Care Medicine Critical Care Department, Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari Corporació Sanitaria i Universitaria Parc Taulí Sabadell Barcelona, Spain [email protected] Néstor...
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Role of Intensivists in Emergency Mass Critical Care
Authors Mary A. King, MD, MPH, FCCP Harborview Medical Center Medical Director, Pediatric Trauma Intensive Care Unit Seattle, Washington, USA [email protected] Niranjan Kissoon, MBBS, FRCP(C), FAAP, FCCM, FACPE University of British Columbia & BC Children’s Hospital Professor in Critical Care...
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Prevention of Perioperative Complications: “It Takes a Village to Raise a Child"
Authors Yuda Sutherasan , MD Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics University of Genoa, IRCCS San Martino –IST Genoa, Italy Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University Bangkok, Thailand R aquel Rodríguez-González , PhD R esearch Unit, Hospital Universitario Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,...
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PVI and SpHb Studies Presented at ESA 2014
Two Randomized Trials Presented at the Euroanaesthesia 2014 Congress Show Similar Fluid Administration and Risk Profile with PVI as with Invasive or Complicated Procedures Two Additional Studies Presented on Noninvasive SpHb in Postpartum Hemorrhage Detection and Oral Surgery Four new clinical studies evaluating Masimo noninvasive patient...
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MicroVision Medical Launches Instant Microcirculation Analysis at the Bedside:
A New Tool to Quantify the Microcirculatory Effects of (fluid) Resuscitation Ever since the introduction of microcirculatory monitoring at the bedside, physicians and clinical investigators have had one wish: to instantly have an analysis of the microcirculation at the bedside.(1) The fourth generation of MicroVision Medical’s...
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Communication
Communication skills are perhaps even more important in intensive care medicine than in other specialties. Critical illness can be frightening for both patients and families, and it is a given that errors in communication can impede care and even harm the patient. But when time and resources are stretched, what is the best way to communicate? In the...
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Family Presence on ICU Work Rounds
Good communication is essential for optimal patient and family outcomes and to align treatments with the patient’s goals and preferences. Unfortunately, substantial evidence suggests that ICU clinicians are not meeting family expectations for good or even adequate communication during an ICU stay. Two studies indicate that a third to nearly half...
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Assessing and Improving Communication and Patient Handovers in the ICU
Authors Paul Barach , MD, MPH Guest Professor University of Oslo, Norway Gautham K. Suresh , MD, MS Associate Professor of Pediatrics a nd Community & Family Medicine Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, New Hampshire...
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The Role for Bio-Electrical Impedance Analysis in Critically Ill Patients
The impact of a positive fluid balance on morbidity and mortality has been well established. However, little is known about how to monitor fluid status and fluid overload. This article discusses the different parameters related to bio-electrical impedance analysis (BIA) and their use to monitor fluid status and to guide fluid management in critically...
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Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Authors David Osman , MD Medical Intensive Care Unit Paris-South University Hospitals Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France Isabelle Boytchev, MD Department of Gastroenterology Paris-South University Hospitals Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France Intensivists are regularly confronted with the questi
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