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Surviving Sepsis: Updates to the Management Bundle
Author Sean R. Townsend , MD Intensivist, Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit Brown University & Rhode Island Hospital,Institute for Healthcare Improvement Providence, Rhode Island,USA There is considerable controversy and debate surrounding much of what we do at the bedside in critical care, and the management of sepsis...
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Making Both Ends Meet
Authors Christian Zugck, MD,Assistant Professor Head of the working group on telemedicine Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Respiratory Medicine University of Heidelberg, Medical Centre Heidelberg, Germany Christian.Zugck@ med.uni-heidelberg.de Jannis Radeleff, MD Department of Cardiology,Angiology and...
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Safety in the Intensive Care Unit: Daily Goal Sheet
Authors Mariam Ali Alansari, MD,FRCSI Consultant Intensivist,Critical Care Unit Salmaniya Medica Complex,Manama,Bahrain [email protected] Khalid Maghrabi, MD Consultant Intensivist,Section of Critical Care Medicine Department of Medicine King Faisal Specialist Hospital Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Although...
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Outreach
Author Jean-Louis Vincent Head Department of Intensive Care Erasmus Hospital, Free University of Brussels Brussels, Belgium To many, the mere idea of an intensive care unit encompasses a vision of a well-run, sterile and enclosed space. When ICUs were first established, this idea of isolation was central...
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Overview of Outreach
Author Ken Hillman MBBS, MD,FRCA, FANZCA, FJFICM Professor of Intensive Care, University of New South Wales Clinical Director, Clinical Care Service Sydney South West Area, Health Service-Western Zone Sydney, Australia [email protected] Intensive care medicine arguably began in Copenhagen...
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Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters: Potential for Use in the ICU
Author Mariam Alansari , MD,FRCSI Consultant Intensivist, Intensive Care Unite Salmaniya Medical Complex, Ministry of Health, Manama,Kingdom of Bahrain [email protected] Central venous catheters (CVCs) are widely used in critically ill patients. They permit haemodynamic monitoring and allow access for the...
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Visitors in the ICU: Pros and Cons of Unrestricted Visitation
Authors Dominique Vandijck , MSc, MA Department of Intensive Care Medicine Ghent University Hospital Faculty of Medicine and Health Science Ghent University Ghent,Belgium [email protected] Dominique D. Benoit, MD, PhD Intensivist Department of Intensive Care Ghent University Hospital,Ghent,Belgium...
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Wonderful,Wonderful Copenhagen
Author Jennifer M. Hunter Chairman Scientific Programme Committee, ESA Division of Clinical Science(Aneasthesia)Liverpool,UK [email protected] In 2008, the European Society of Anaesthesiologists (ESA) will hold its annual scientific meeting, Euroanaesthesia, for the first time in Denmark at the Bella Conference...
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ESICM Tackles Tough Issue During Silver Anniversary in Berlin
Author Jeannie Wurz, BA Medical Writer/Editor Department of Intensive Care Medicine Bern University Hospital and University of Bem, Switzerland (on behalf of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine) [email protected] More than 4900 intensive care practitioners converged on Berlin between...
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Creating a Collaborative Model to Improve Patient Flow
Author Christy Dempsey RN,BSN,MBA,CNOR Senior Vice-President,Clinical Operations PatientFlow Technology USA Former Vice-President of Surgical and Emergency Service St John's Hospital,Missouri,USA [email protected] With strategic focus on improving the quality and safety of patient care, it has become increasingly obvious...
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