Author Jean-Louis Vincent Editor-in-Chief ICU Management Head Department of Intensive Care Erasme Hospital Free University of Brussels,Brussels, Belgium [email protected] In the current financial climate, a more discerning eye has been placed on the costs of public services and...
READ MOREwww.dh.gov.uk A database launched recently will help identify the incidence and causes of sudden cardiac death and save the lives of people who may currently be at risk from the inherited heart condition that can strike without warning. Designed by pathologists and cardiologists, and funded by the Department of Health, the database...
READ MOREwww.emory.edu The use of ultrasound waves for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) may help dissolve blood clots in less time than using clot-busting drugs alone, according to researchers at Emory University. "These clots are a main cause of both heart attacks and stroke and the more quickly you can eliminate them the better," says Karthikeshwar...
READ MOREAuthor Robert D. Barraco, MD, MPH Section Chief Geriatric Trauma,Lehigh Valley Hospital Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA [email protected] In this, our second in a series of articles concerning the impact of the aging population in our ICUs, we address the care of the injured elderly. The...
READ MOREAuthors Jérôme Pugin, MD Professor, Head Physician Intensive Care Department,University Hospitals of Geneva Switzerland [email protected] Vandack Nobre, MD Research Fellow Intensive Care Department, University Hospitals of Geneva Switzerland ...
READ MOREAuthors Clémence Dallaire, PhD Nurse, Professor at the Faculty of Nursing Sciences Université Laval Quebec, Canada [email protected] Paul-André Lapointe, PhD Director of the Department of Industrial Relations Faculty of Social Sciences Université Laval Quebec,...
READ MOREAuthors Maurizia Capuzzo, MD Department of Surgical, Anaesthetic and Radiological Sciences, Section of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care University Hospital of Ferrara, Italy Italian Representative in the Council of European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Chair of the Section on Health Services Research...
READ MOREAuthors Guido Bertolini, MD Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Clinica Istituto di Ricerche "Mario Negri" Ranica (Bergamo), Italy [email protected] Martin Langer Università degli Studi di Milano Fondazione IRCCS-Istituto Nazionale Tumori Milano, Italy Daniele...
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READ MOREAuthors Heather Hand RN, CCRN, CNRN Clinical Staff Nurse Tampa, FL USA [email protected] Marya Searcy RN, BSN, CCRN, CNRN Clinical Staff Nurse Tampa, FL USA The authors work in a 32-bed neurosciences ICU, a state-of-the-art facility located at a level 1 trauma centre...
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