Tele-ICU leads to overall reduction in ICU mortality
- ICU
- 19/03/2019
A new systematic review and meta-analysis has found that implementation of tele-ICU services was associated with an overall reduction in ICU...
READ MOREA new systematic review and meta-analysis has found that implementation of tele-ICU services was associated with an overall reduction in ICU...
READ MOREA Chinese research team performed a meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating the effects of...
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READ MOREThe 39th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine begins Tuesday 19th March in Brussels, Belgium. The pre-symposium...
READ MOREPreventing malnutrition and enforcing nutritional guidelines An overview of the key obstacles for the enforcement of nutritional guidelines and innovative approaches that can be used to overcome these obstacles. Recent studies suggest that nutritional guidelines across the majority of intensive care units (ICUs) are not being implemented...
READ MOREA quick look at why ICUs need to innovate and what lies ahead for the new ICU.
READ MOREPhysician Assistants play a leading role in the safe, efficient, value-based delivery of healthcare for the critically ill patient. Since inception in the mid-1960s, the Physician Asssitant (PA) profession has grown to become an integral part of healthcare delivery. As the name implies, PAs were historically seen as assistants to the physician,...
READ MORESusan East, a patient speaker at the ATS 2017 International Conference in Washington D.C. and a three times ARDS survivor shares her experience about her stay in the ICU. I am Susan East, a three times ARDS survivor. July 3, 2008, I had ARDS! I went to my primary physician on June 30, 2008 with symptoms of a sinus infection. He diagnosed...
READ MOREHow to manage sedation analgesia for patient-centred care in the ICU. In the concept of patient-centered care, sedation and analgesia have high importance. Intensive care is sometimes invasive and very painful. Patients in the ICU are seriously ill and often suffer from anxiety, agitation, and pain. There is sometimes a need to use deep and...
READ MOREOverview and focus on regional anaesthesia Opioid dependency is a serious problem in the ICU. Opioids are effective at providing pain relief because they reduce the perception of the pain signal. At the same time, opioids are associated with respiratory depression, cough suppression, confusion, and drowsiness. In addition, there is a risk...
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