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    New Studies Investigate the Accuracy of Masimo SpHb® on Neonates

    • ICU
    • 19/08/2020

    New Studies Investigate the Accuracy of Masimo SpHb® on Neonates

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    Mindray Sets a New Standard for Infusion Pump with the BeneFusion...

    • ICU
    • 18/08/2020

    Mindray Sets a New Standard for Infusion Pump with the BeneFusion n Series Infusion System

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  • Zoom On: Megan E. Brunson

    Megan E. Brunson is the 2019-2020 president of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) board of directors. AACN is the world’s largest specialty nursing organisation, with more than 120,000 members and over 200 chapters in the United States. Since 2007, Brunson has been the night shift supervisor in the cardiovascular ICU (CVICU)...

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  • Is COVID-19 the Black Swan?

    Nassim Taleb, in his book, "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable," describes the term Black Swan as a rare, unknown event, which with hindsight is rationalised. Taleb talks about the human tendency to always find simplistic explanations for unknown events, what he calls the Black Swan theory. Is COVID-19 a black swan?...

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  • COVID-19 Global Response – Strengths, Weaknesses, Success and Failure

    An overview of the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic – the success of South Korea, the so-called herd-immunity experiment of Sweden and the not-so-brilliant COVID-19 management in the U.K. and the U.S. South Korea's Successful Three-Phased Response to COVID-19 COVID-19 has created havoc around the globe. Some countries have...

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  • COVID-19 and the Potential Effects on the Cardiovascular System

    COVID-19 affects the myocardium and myocarditis and cardiac injury is a common condition among hospitalised patients. Landiolol, a new ultra-short acting, intravenous most  β 1 selective blocker, can help reduce inflammation and provide therapeutic benefits. Influenza, bacterial pneumonias, respiratory infections and viruses...

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  • Nine Nurse-Recommended Design Strategies to Improve Alarm Management in the ICU: A Qualitative Study

    We asked intensive care nurses how they experience medical alarms in the critical care context and how they can help ideate strategies for better alarm management. Our study revealed that excessive medical alarms are one of the sources of discomfort at the workspace for critical care nurses and nurses’ wellbeing is fundamental in providing better...

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  • Making Decisions During ICU Night Shifts: Challenges and Considerations

    We review the decision-making processes during night shifts focusing on the perspective of residents and fellows. We explore nighttime decisions about extubations, ICU discharge, withholding/withdrawing and night shift cross-coverage. T aking a night shift in the ICU can be challenging, particularly from a resident/fellow perspective....

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  • Human Factors in Critical Care Medicine

    The lack of non-technical skills is associated with poor performance and patient harm in medicine. H uman Factor (HF) is an established scientific discipline that studies the interrelationship between humans, equipment, and work environment. Core aspects of HF, widely known as non-technical skills (NTS), include three dimensions...

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  • Agenda

    SEPTEMBER 7-9  ERS 2020 - European Respiratory Society International Congress Virtual conference https://iii.hm/14a7 12-13  ESICM EuroAsia 2020 Hybrid conference Taipei, Taiwan https://iii.hm/14a8 14-15  BACCN 2020 - British Association of Critical Care Nurses Conference Virtual conference...

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