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Pointless Treatment in Critical Care Costly, Say U.S. Researchers
Critical care treatment for patients that was perceived to be futile cost an estimated US$2.6 million at one academic medical centre during a three-month period, according to a study first published online last month in JAMA Internal Medicine. One in five patients in the study received treatment the physicians perceived as futile or potentially futile....
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Self-Guided Robotic Intubation Device Prototype to Be Trialled
Graduates of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Biodesign programme revealed in August a prototype robotic intubation device. GuideIN Tube automatically identifies the lungs using an infrared source and navigates toward it. The device was successfully tested on cadavers at the Hadassah Medical Center, and clinical trials will begin as soon as next...
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Biomarkers for Acute Kidney Injury
Author Lakhmir S. Chawla , MD Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine George Washington University Hospital Washington DC, USA John A. Kellum, MD Professor and Vice Chair for Research Department of Critical Care Medicine University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA...
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Renal Replacement Therapy in 2013: New Insights on Dosing, Timing, Modalities and Membranes
Author Patrick M. Honoré, MD, PhD Professor of Intensive Care, Medicine & Head of Clinics Director of Critical Care,Nephrology Platform Intensive Care Dept Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Brussels, Belgium [email protected] Rita Jacobs,...
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Anticoagulation in Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
Authors Nakshatra Saxena , MBBS Division of Nephrology University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, USA Ashita Tolwani , MD, MSc Division of Nephrology University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, USA [email protected] Keith Wille, MD, MSPH...
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Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death: A New Old Friend
Authors Martí Manyalich, MD Hospital Clinic of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain [email protected] Ricard Valero, MD Hospital Clinic of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain Jesús Carazo, MD Hospital del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar Barcelona, Spain Organ...
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Infection Control: A Constant Battle
European hospitals are in a constant struggle with healthcare associated infections (HAI). While some infections, although not ideal, are easily treatable, others have serious effects on both patient health and the hospital budget. New programmes and initiatives for reducing infection in our hospitals appear every day, ranging from communication and...
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Ventilation After Cardiac Arrest
Authors Yuda Sutherasan, MD IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University Bangkok, Thailand [email protected] Iole Brunetti, MD IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST...
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Pros and Cons of Physical Restraint
Author Christina Jones, PhD Nurse Consultant, Critical Care Rehabilitation Whiston Hospital Prescot, UK Honorary Reader Institute of Ageing & Chronic Disease University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK [email protected] This article discusses the pros and cons of physical restraint of ICU patients...
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Critical Care: The View from Canada: An Interview with Professor Gordon Rubenfeld
Professor Gordon Rubenfeld is Chief of the Trauma, Emergency & Critical Care Program at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, Canada. His research focuses on the clinical epidemiology and outcomes of critical illness syndromes, the transfer of evidence into clinical practice, and end-of-life care...
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