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Euroanaesthesia 2006
Author Jennifer M Hunter, MB ChB PhD FRCA Chairman Elect Scientific Programme Committee, ESA University Department of Anaesthesia University Clinical Departments Liverpool [email protected] www.euroanesthesia.org Acknowledgement We thank Dr Gordon Drummond, who completes his term...
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Healthcare in the United States
Authors S. Sujanthy Rajaram, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Cooper University Hospital [email protected] Carolyn Bekes, MD, MHA Professor of Medicine Cooper University Hospital This article describes the healthcare system in the US, current issues, cost...
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Progress in Safety and Quality in ICU Care in the US?
Author Charles G. Durbin, Jr. MD, FCCM President of the Society of Critical Care Medicine [email protected] Scientific studies support delivery of ICU care by a multi-professional team of experts stationed at the patient’s bedside.A looming shortage of healthcare providers in the United States will threaten...
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An Interview with Professor Antonio Artigas
Author Antonio Artigas Critical Care Centre Sabadell Hospital University Institute Parc Tauli, Sabadell Barcelona, Spain [email protected] Professor Antonio Artigas describes the design and operation of the Critical Care Centre at Sabadell Hospital, his management experiences and strategic aims for improving intensive...
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Therapeutic Hypothermia for all Cardiac Arrest Patients
Author Michael Holzer, MD Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Vienna [email protected] Dr Michael Holzer presents the rationale for cooling all comatose patients after cardiac arrest. About 17 million people worldwide die from cardiovascular diseases each...
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What can Critical Care Learn From HRO
Authors Tanja Manser, PhD Centre for Organizational and Occupational Sciences ETH Zurich [email protected] David M. Gaba, MD Stanford University Patient Simulation Centre of innovation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System Geoffrey K. Lighthall, PhD, MD...
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A Novel Collaborative Model to Improve ICU Care in Michigan
Authors Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD Dept. of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, USA [email protected] Christine A. Goeschel, RN, MPA, MPS Keystone Centre for Patient Safety and Quality Michigan Health and Hospital Association Lansing, USA...
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Cardiac Output Monitors
ECRI is a totally independent non profit research agency designated as a Collaborating Centre of the World Health Organization (WHO). Such organizations are appointed to contribute to WHO’s public health mission by providing specialized knowledge, expertise, and support in the health field to the WHO and its member nations. ECRI is widely recognized...
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Cardiac Output Monitoring with Intravascular Catheters
Authors M Cecconi Dept. of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care University of Udine, Italy E McKinney St George's Hospital, London A Rhodes St George's Hospital, London [email protected] In this paper we present the main characteristics of devices that can provide cardiac...
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Communication with the Administration
Authors Ronald Pauldine, MD, Fellow Todd Dorman, MD, FCCM Dept. of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, US [email protected] In previous articles in this series, Drs Pauldine and Dorman have discussed communication skills in...
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