Biomarker Europe Summit 2014
- ICU Events
- 09/10/2014
Biomarker Europe Summit 2014
READ MOREDespite the trauma associated with invasive surgery, standard surgical protocols often restrict a patient’s diet and exercise before and after an...
READ MOREAdults who undergo surgery to repair a fractured hip and who receive regional (spinal or epidural) anaesthesia may benefit from slightly
READ MOREEarly Recognition of Sepsis Patients with sepsis, now defined as a severe infection with some degree of associated organ dysfunction, make up a large proportion of the critically ill population and, although outcomes have improved over the last decade, mortality rates remain above 20-30%, and even close to 40% when shock is present. There are no...
READ MOREAuthors Olav Rooyackers , PhD Professor of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine Division of Anaesthesia at CLINTEC, Karolinska Institutet Stockholm, Sweden Jan Wernerman, MD PhD Professor of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Division of Anaesthesia at CLINTEC, Karolinska Institutet Stockholm, Sweden Senior Consultant...
READ MOREAuthors Alain Broccard , MD, FCCP Professor of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical Director of Critical Care and Respiratory Services Fairview Southdale Hospital Edina, MN, USA [email protected] Damien Tagan , MD, MHA Lecturer, Lausanne University Head of Medical...
READ MOREYou presented at ISICEM 2014 on the Round Table conference on “Evidence-based care: New directions". What were the key themes from this? The rationale was to draw together experts from diverse areas to share ideas regarding how to do better in gathering the data needed to guide clinical practice of intensive care. As a field, we have made...
READ MOREChildren who suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrest are more likely to survive and have good brain function if call handlers/ dispatchers instruct bystanders on CPR, according to a large Japanese study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. “Dispatcher-assisted bystander CPR increased bystander CPR delivery rate and was...
READ MOREMany kidney failure patients in Australia who could benefit from undergoing dialysis at home are being treated in hospitals and dialysis units, according to a study published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN). This is creating significant costs for healthcare providers and causing unnecessary disruptions to patients'...
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