In critical care, there is no single answer, no magic solution - pharmaceutical or diagnostic that can cure all patients or improve their conditions simultaneously. In ICU Management we are always, however, in search of new diagnostic tools and medications, which we can add to our arsenal of weapons in fighting the deadliest of conditions that our...
READ MOREAuthor Dominique M. Vandijck, MSc,MA Department of Intensive Care Medicine Ghent University Hospital,Interfaculty Centre for Health Economic Research Faculty of Medicine and Health Science Ghent University,Ghent,Belgium [email protected] The approach of using biomarkers for diagnosing and assessing illness...
READ MOREAuthor Robert D. Barraco , MD, MPH, FACS,FCCP Associate Director of Trauma,Chief of Geriatric Trauma Department of Surgery Division of Trauma-Surgical Critical Care Lehigh Valley Hospital,Allentown,Pennsylvania,USA [email protected] The Baby Boom has become the Elder Explosion. According to U.S. Census...
READ MOREAuthors Rebecca Anas, B.Sc, MBA Project Manager Strategic Decisions, Critical Care Department [email protected] Fabrice Brunet , MD, FRCPC Professor of Medicine,University of Toronto Chief, Critical Care Department Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute [email protected] David Klein MD FRCP(C) MBA...
READ MOREAuthor Kees H. Polderman , MD, PhD Associate Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, Dept. of Intensive Care Utrecht University Medical Center,Utrecht,The Netherlands [email protected]@umcutrecht.nl Regional temperature differences exist between various parts of the body under physiological conditions in healthy...
READ MOREAuthors Rabia Khalaila RN, MPH, PhD Head Nurse,Internal Medicine ICU Hadassah-Ein Kerem Medical Centre Jerusalem, Israel Anwar Kabaha, RN, BSN Yana Tarnovsky, RN, BSN Internal Medicine ICU Hadassah-Ein Kerem Medical Centre Jerusalem, Israel [email protected] Introduction Physical assessment...
READ MOREAuthor Julie Benbenishty, RN BA ICU Chairperson Israeli EBN, Habrew Medical Organisation Hebrew University School of Nursing Jerusalem, Israel [email protected] The population in Israel is a little above 7 million people. At the end of 2007 there were 54,899 registered nurses in the country; 4.4 registered nurses...
READ MOREAuthor Dr. Iain Moppett Consultant Anaesthetist, Queen’s Medical Centre Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK Newsletter Editor European Society of Anaesthesiology The annual scientific of the European Society of Anaesthesiology was held at the Bella Centre in Copenhagen at the end of May this...
READ MOREAuthor Pedro Póvoa, MD, PhD Coordinator of the Medical Intensive Care, Department of Medicine III São Francisco Xavier Hospital,Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidenta Professor of Medicine,Faculty of Medical Science New University of Lisbon,Lisboa,Portugal [email protected] Biomarkers, Namely CRP and PCT, can Help...
READ MOREAuthors Gregory Roumeliotis , MPhil General Manager Cryo Save Balcanica Vice President of GHSMA [email protected] Stefanos Chronis , MSc Administrative Director Polyclinic Health Unit SA [email protected] The Country Greece covers an area of 131,957 km 2 , with hundreds of scattered islands...
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