Author Olivier Joannes-Boyau, MD Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Department II University Hospital of Bordeaux, University of Bordeaux 2 Pessac, France [email protected] Patrick M. Honoré, MD ICU Head of Clinics, Universitair Ziekenhis Brussel Vrije Universitieit Brussel (VUB) Brussels,...
READ MOREAuthors Chadwick P. Smith, MD, FACS Fellow Department of Surgical Education, Orlando Regional Medical Center Orlando, Florida, USA [email protected] Michael L. Cheatham, MD, FACS, FCCM Director Department of Surgical Education, Orlando Regional Medical Center Orlando, Florida, USA [email protected]...
READ MOREAuthor Jean-Louis Vincent Editor-in-Chief, ICU Management Head Department of Intensive Care Erasme Hospital / Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium [email protected] Decision making is one of the most crucial and painstaking elements of our positions as healthcare providers. While choices made in the personal...
READ MOREAuthor Laura Hawryluck, MSc. (Bioethics) MD, FRCPC Associate Professor, Critical Care,University Health Network Toronto General Hospital Toronto, Ontario, Canada [email protected] In the past few years, the field of critical care has increasingly explored its role in disaster preparedness and its ability...
READ MOREAuthors Paolo Pelosi , MD Department of Environmental Medicine, Health and Safety,University of Insubria Varese, Italy [email protected] Cesare Gregoretti, MD Department of Emergency and Intensive Care CTO-M. Adelaide Torino, Italy Giovanna Chidini and Edoardo Calderini Paediatric Intensive Care Unit,Department...
READ MOREAuthors Pedro Póvoa, MD, PhD Coordinator of the Polyvalent,Intensive Care Unit São Francisco Xavier Hospital, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental Professor of Medicine CEDOC, Faculty of Medical Sciences New University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal [email protected] Luis Miguel Coelho , MD...
READ MOREAuthors Massimiliano Piacenza Department of Economics Public Finance “G. Prato”, School of Economics University of Torino [email protected] Gilberto Turati Department of Economic Public Finance “G. Prato” School of Economics University of Torino [email protected] Hospital downsizing...
READ MOREAuthors Sally Squire Lecturer Division of Nursing & Midwifery La Trobe University Wodonga, Victoria, Australia [email protected] Eileen Petrie, RN, PhD Lecturer Division of Nursing & Midwifery La Trobe University Wodonga, Victoria,Australia [email protected] Eileen...
READ MOREAuthor Burcu Özdeniz Office Manager EMC Consulting Group Brussels, Belgium [email protected] The healthcare system in Turkey has a highly complex structure. The Ministry of Health (MOH), universities and the private sector are the health service providers in the Turkish health system. History of Healthcare...
READ MOREIn October 2010, the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) launched the new European Guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, based on new scientific evidence published since the last revision five years ago. “Numerous studies on the effectiveness of resuscitation procedures have been reviewed for the new ERC Guidelines 2010, paying...
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