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Self-Guided Robotic Intubation Device Prototype to Be Trialled
Graduates of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Biodesign programme revealed in August a prototype robotic intubation device. GuideIN Tube automatically identifies the lungs using an infrared source and navigates toward it. The device was successfully tested on cadavers at the Hadassah Medical Center, and clinical trials will begin as soon as next...
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Biomarkers for Acute Kidney Injury
Author Lakhmir S. Chawla , MD Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine George Washington University Hospital Washington DC, USA John A. Kellum, MD Professor and Vice Chair for Research Department of Critical Care Medicine University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA...
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Ventilation After Cardiac Arrest
Authors Yuda Sutherasan, MD IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University Bangkok, Thailand [email protected] Iole Brunetti, MD IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST...
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Pros and Cons of Physical Restraint
Author Christina Jones, PhD Nurse Consultant, Critical Care Rehabilitation Whiston Hospital Prescot, UK Honorary Reader Institute of Ageing & Chronic Disease University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK [email protected] This article discusses the pros and cons of physical restraint of ICU patients...
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Donation as an Ethical Commitment in End-of-Life Care
Author Teresa Pont, MD, PhD Intensive Care Doctor and Transplant Coordinator University Hospital Vall d’Hebron Barcelona, Spain [email protected] Thousands of patients are waiting for the phone call announcing that they may have a chance to live longer, better, or just to live. Organ donation has...
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Optimal Management of the Potential Organ Donor Following Catastrophic Brain Injury
Author Jonathan Ball, MRCP EDIC FCCP FFICM MSc MD Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer in General and Neuro Intensive Care Care Group Lead, General ICU St George's Hospital and Medical School London, UK [email protected] This article presents best practice in organ donation, aimed at maximising...
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Intelligent Ventilation in the ICU: Technology Improving Patient Outcomes
Authors David M. Linton, MB ChB, FCA (SA), MPhil (Crit Care) Professor Medical Intensive Care Unit Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center Jerusalem, Israel Sigal Sviri, MD Medical Intensive Care Unit Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center Jerusalem, Israel ...
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Sepsis in Critical Care
Professor Djillali Annane is Professor of Medicine and Dean of the Medical School at the University of Versailles, Paris. He is the director of the general intensive care unit at Raymond Poincaré, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP). The unit is the largest ICU at the University Hospital of Paris, and has 36 beds, half of them high intensity...
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Critical Care in South Africa
Critical care in South Africa is more developed than in other parts of Africa, but faces specific challenges, especially from infectious diseases. South Africa has the highest number of people infected with HIV in the world. TB is a particular health burden, and trauma from motor accidents and interpersonal violence is also prevalent. Social support...
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Critical Care 2013, Durban
Author Dr. Dean Gopalan The 11th World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine Congress will be held in South Africa for the first time later this year. ICU Management spoke to co- Chairs Dr. Dean Gopalan and Prof. Satish Bhagwanjee about what to expect. What’s New for Critical Care 2013?...
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