• Nutrition

    One needn't have a medical license or years of training as a clinician to understand the simple importance of nutrition. There are numerous clichés that embody this very sentiment ("An apple a day keeps the doctor away..."; "Chicken soup will heal what ails you...") What is commonly accepted is that proper nutrition can not only guard against ailments,...

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  • Nutrition Challenges of the Obese in the ICU

    Author Michael J. Hiesmayr , MD, PhD Head Division of Cardiac Thoracic Vascular, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Vienna General Hospital—Medical University of Vienna; International Coordinator ICU nutritionDay project, and Chairman Austrian Society of Clinical Nutrition (AKE) Vienna, Austria...

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  • Nutritional Support in Critically Ill Obstetric Patients

    Author Adriana Garduño Alanís, MSc Nutritionist Hospital Materno Perinatal “Mónica Pretelini", Instituto de Salud del Estado de México, Centro de Investigacion en Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad Autónoma, del Estado de Mexico, Mexico [email protected] Pamela Montserrat Nava Díaz Nutritionist...

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  • Experience from the 2009 Influenza Outbreak in Mexico: One Year Later

    Author Gilberto Felipe Vazquez de Anda , MD, PhD Head Critical Care Robotics Department Hospital Materno Perinatal “Mónica Pretelini” Instituto de Salud del Estado de México, and Professor Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Mexico [email protected]...

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  • Drug Eluting Stents

    Author Alfredo E. Rodrigues, Prof. Director Cardiovascular Research Centre (CECI) Head Cardiac Unit Otamendi Hospital, Postgraduate Buenos Aires School of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina [email protected] With the introduction of DES technology, a reduction in coronary restenosis rates...

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  • Overview of the German Healthcare System

    Author Dr. Josef Düllings CEO St. Vincenz-Hospital GmbH Paderborn, Germany [email protected] The Federal Minister of Health, Philipp Rösler (Free Democrats), is a federal. This is a good precondition for understanding the complexities of the healthcare system and for appropriate decision making. It is,...

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  • PAPT - Patient Admissions Prediction Tool

    Author Justin Boyle, PhD Research Scientist The Australian e-Health Research Centre Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Queensland, Australia [email protected]   Evidence-based research demonstrates that overcrowding in emergency departments causes ambulance diversion, increased hospital lengths...

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  • Telepresence Using Robots in Acute Care Facilities

    Author Gilberto Felipe Vazquez de Anda , MD, PhD Head of Critical Care Robotics Department Hospital Materno Perinatal "Monica Pretelini", Instituto de Salud del Estado de México, México Professor - Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Médicas de la Universidad Autonoma del Estedo de Mexico [email protected]...

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  • Automated Hand Hygiene Monitoring

    Authors Veronique M. Boscart, RN Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, iDAPT-Intelligent Design for Adaption, Participation and Technology, Canada, L. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing,University of Toronto,Toronto, Canada [email protected] Alexander I. Levchenko , PhD Toronto Rehabilitation Institute,iDAPT-Intelligent...

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  • Outbreak of Cockroaches in an Intensive Care Unit

    Authors Ilker Uçkay, MD Resident Infection Control Programme University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine Geneva, Switzerland Sandrine Longet Di Pietro, RN Specialized nurse in infection control Infection Control Programme,University of Geneva Hospital and Faculty...

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