Long-Term Outcomes in Mechanically Ventilated Patients
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- 24/05/2015
Based on a study on long-term outcomes for critically ill patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation, a high proportion of patients survived...
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Mechanical Ventilation Linked to Long-Term Disability
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- 24/05/2015
Prolonged mechanical ventilation poses a significant impact on the long-term well-being of patients. In a study of critically ill patients who had...
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ResMed Provides Update on Phase III SERVE-HF Study
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- 23/05/2015
ResMed Provides Update on Phase III SERVE-HF Study
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Readmission in Urologic Surgery Patients
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- 23/05/2015
A new study has found that patients who underwent elective major urologic surgery were twice as likely as other surgical patients to be readmitted...
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Critical Care Medicine in Korea
The Past, The Present and the Future History of Critical Care in Korea and the Korean Society of Critical Care Medicine The first intensive care unit (ICU) in Korea was established in 1968 with six beds in a university hospital in Seoul, and the number has since expanded to 220 ICUs taking care of 3197 patients (data from a one-day survey in 2009)....
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Reducing the Risk of Recurrence of C. Diff Infection
A study published in JAMA has shown that drinking a non-toxic strain of Clostridium difficile bacteria could help reduce the incidence of recurrent infection caused by the toxic strains of the bacteria. C. difficile is the most common cause of healthcare-associated infection in U.S. hospitals, and recurrence occurs in 25 to 30 percent of patients....
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Omitting Routine Chest Radiographs in Intensive Care Units
The Economic Impact We studied the economic impact of omitting routine chest radiographs (CXR) in a university ICU. Additionally, we performed a prospective observational micro-costing exercise to identify the current costs of radiodiagnostic pathways, and compared the CXR cost calculation between a university hospital and a regional hospital ICU....
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Communicating About Difficult Medical Decisions
The Most Dangerous Procedure in the Hospital? Communication is central to the human experience of illness, and therefore central to medical decision-making. Being an expert clinician now means being a skilled communicator. Fortunately, communication skills can be learnt, mastered and measured. Communication Matters Communication is increasingly recognised...
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Partnering Medicine and Public Service
Interview With Professor Paul E. Pepe Paul E. Pepe, MD, MPH, is Professor with Tenure in Internal Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Public Health &Emergency Medicine (EM) at UT Southwestern and the City of Dallas Director of Medical Emergency Services for Public Safety, Public Health & Homeland Security. Up until this spring, he served for more than...
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Cost-Effectiveness
In medicine the benefits of treatment are always weighed against possible harms. In these times of budgetary constraints financial considerations also come even more into focus. Costeffectiveness in medicine works at many levels. In clinical trials the cost of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) may be one of the outcomes measured. At a department...
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