ICU Volume 14 - Issue 3 - Autumn 2014
- ICU
- 24/09/2014
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Care of the Multiple Organ Donor
Authors V. Jaume Mestre, MD Transplant Coordinator, Certificate of European Transplant Coordination (ETCO-CETC) Consultant in Critical Care Medicine Critical Care Department, Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari Corporació Sanitaria i Universitaria Parc Taulí Sabadell Barcelona, Spain [email protected] Néstor...
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Role of Intensivists in Emergency Mass Critical Care
Authors Mary A. King, MD, MPH, FCCP Harborview Medical Center Medical Director, Pediatric Trauma Intensive Care Unit Seattle, Washington, USA [email protected] Niranjan Kissoon, MBBS, FRCP(C), FAAP, FCCM, FACPE University of British Columbia & BC Children’s Hospital Professor in Critical Care...
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Prevention of Perioperative Complications: “It Takes a Village to Raise a Child"
Authors Yuda Sutherasan , MD Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics University of Genoa, IRCCS San Martino –IST Genoa, Italy Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University Bangkok, Thailand R aquel Rodríguez-González , PhD R esearch Unit, Hospital Universitario Dr. Negrín, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,...
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A Glance at Intensive Care Medicine in Chile
Author Sebasti á n Ugarte, MD President of the Pan American and Iberian Federation of Critical Care Medicine (FEPIMCTI) Head of the Critical Care Service, Indisa Clinic Professor of Intensive Medicine University Andrés Bello Santiago, Chile Chile is located in the south-western tip of South America, has...
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Communication
Communication skills are perhaps even more important in intensive care medicine than in other specialties. Critical illness can be frightening for both patients and families, and it is a given that errors in communication can impede care and even harm the patient. But when time and resources are stretched, what is the best way to communicate? In the...
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Family Presence on ICU Work Rounds
Good communication is essential for optimal patient and family outcomes and to align treatments with the patient’s goals and preferences. Unfortunately, substantial evidence suggests that ICU clinicians are not meeting family expectations for good or even adequate communication during an ICU stay. Two studies indicate that a third to nearly half...
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Assessing and Improving Communication and Patient Handovers in the ICU
Authors Paul Barach , MD, MPH Guest Professor University of Oslo, Norway Gautham K. Suresh , MD, MS Associate Professor of Pediatrics a nd Community & Family Medicine Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, New Hampshire...
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The Role for Bio-Electrical Impedance Analysis in Critically Ill Patients
The impact of a positive fluid balance on morbidity and mortality has been well established. However, little is known about how to monitor fluid status and fluid overload. This article discusses the different parameters related to bio-electrical impedance analysis (BIA) and their use to monitor fluid status and to guide fluid management in critically...
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Zoom On: Prof. Armand Girbes - ICU Management Editorial Board Member
Professor Armand Girbes is an esteemed member of the ICU Management Editorial Board. Since 2001 he has been Professor in Intensive Care Medicine at the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam since 2001. We asked Professor Girbes our 7 questions: 1. What are your key areas of interest and research? Hypoperfusion and reperfusion...
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