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PULSION launches PiCCO2
At the International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM) in March this year, PULSION presented their new product PiCCO 2 , the first product of a new generation in hemodynamic monitoring. PiCCO 2 provides its users with a general overview, as well as detailed insights into the different aspects of the cardio-vascular system...
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Largest Study on Stroke and Fabry Disease (SIFAP)
At the “Stroke in Young Fabry Patients” conference, which took place in Berlin, in February 2007, the largest study on the causes of stroke in young patients up to date, SIFAP, was launched. The main focus of the study is Fabry Disease – one of the possible causes of this type of stroke. In the first step (SIFAP1), a total of 5,000 young stroke patients...
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New Initiative to Tackle Health Worker Migration
The Health Worker Migration Policy Initiative held its first meeting on 15th May at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) headquarters in Geneva. It is aimed at finding practical solutions to the worsening problem of health worked migration from developing to developed countries. The initiative, convened and co-funded by the Global Health Workforce...
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Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) Funding for intensive care
Author Akos Csomos, MD, DEAA, PhD Surgical Intensive Care Unit Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) is by definition, a case mix classification scheme, which was designed in the 1960s to evaluate hospital performance. It was then adopted some 20 years later as a base unit...
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Economic Impact of Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections
Authors Dominique M. Vandijck, MSc, MA Department of Intensive Care, Ghent University Hospital – Ghent University, Belgium Johan M. Decruyenaere, MD, PhD Director Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Units, Ghent University Hospital, Professor in Intensive Care and Internal...
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Tested Disposable Invasive Blood Pressure Transducers all Perform Excellently
Author Erik Billiet , MSc Biomedical Engineering Head of Department, University of Ghent, Belgium Forum is the new rubric of ICU Management providing a discussion platform for critical care practitioners. The following article is a response to Dr. Cochard's "Performance evaluation of European pressure...
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Change Management: Part 1 – Sources of and Barriers to Change
Author Ronald Pauldine, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, USA Todd Dorman, MD, FCCM Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins...
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Combining Medicine and Justice: ICU Nurses can Help Heal Patients’ Lives
Author Constance A. Hoyt, MSN, RN University of California, Riverside, California, USA Critical care providers are often confronted with patients who may have been victims of crime, neglect or abuse. Nurses can easily combine their regular patient care duties with some basic forensic practices to help identify...
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Risk Analysis: Techniques for Improving Patient Safety in Critical Care
Author Andrew Smith, FRCA, MRCP Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University, UK Introduction The ‘patient safety’ movement has come about through an appreciation that the techniques and approaches that have been used to improve safety in other industries can be applied...
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European Society of Intensive Care Medicine: 25 Years of Progress and Innovation
In 2007, the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) will celebrate 25 years since it was founded in Geneva in 1982. To mark this anniversary, the Society’s Annual Congress in Berlin this year will combine the special celebrations with an exciting and novel scientific programme. ESICM’s Annual Congress has, over the recent...
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