ISPP 2019 - 12th International Symposium on Pediatric Pain
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- 16/06/2019
ISPP 2019 - 12th International Symposium on Pediatric Pain
READ MOREIt is never easy when children are in the hospital. And it is even more stressful when they're in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). When a child is admitted to the PICU, it means that they require the highest level of medical care. Children in the PICU present with different symptoms and conditions - from serious infections to heart conditions;...
READ MOREQuality improvement provides tools that help the transformation of an intensive care unit into a highly reliable and safe environment, that nurtures continuous learning and delivery of high-quality care that improves patient experience and outcomes. Despite advances in healthcare and dramatic improvements in survival across the spectrum of...
READ MOREA pilot study at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago An overview of the virtual reality programme at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and its potential benefits on patient outcomes. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago has introduced virtual reality into their paediatric intensive...
READ MOREHow to design, procure, test, parameterise, implement and maintain a Clinical Information System for an intensive care unit. Introduction e-Health applications, in our case Clinical Information Systems (CIS) or Patient Data Management Systems (PDMS), are taking medicine by storm, and intensive care is not an exception. Ensuring delivery...
READ MORERespiratory pathologies are among the most common causes of admission to critical care. Respiratory physiotherapy represents a fundamental part of the standard practice in ICU. The following review provides a practical and feasible description of the main physiotherapeutic tools and strategies that can be applied to critically ill patients....
READ MOREAccording to a new study, opioids prescribed in the intensive care unit (ICU) do not drive risks for continued use or prescriptions. The findings were presented at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2019 International Meeting in Dallas, TX. Opiate abuse is a major healthcare issue. In the U.S., opioid-related deaths have increased more than three-fold...
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READ MOREThe number of patients who are admitted into the ICU and those who survive their stay continues to increase. However, patients who survive the
READ MOREA recent study conducted in France investigated the association of age with long-term mortality after discharge from the ICU. Another subset...
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