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Billing and Documentation: A Primer
Authors Todd Dorman, MD, FCCM Ronald Pauldine, MD, Fellow Dept. of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, US [email protected] Billing and documentation requirements are extremely complex for critical ill patients and no relief...
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Industry
HAMILTON MEDICAL: RAPHAEL XTC www.hamilton-medical.com In March 2006 at ISICEM in Brussels, Hamilton Medical will launch the Raphael XTC, a single ventilation solution for both noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) and invasive ventilation. Combining the RAPHAEL platform with a single-limb breathing circuit and...
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Anaesthesiology & Cardiology
Authors Fabian Spöhr, MD BerndW. Böttiger MD, DEAA Dept. of Anesthesiology Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, Germany http://erc.edu/index.php/newsitem/en/nid=146 [email protected] Risk of life-threatening bleeding complications has prevented the use of thrombolytic drugs...
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Measuring Patient Satisfaction
Authors Thomas Heidegger, MD, DEAA Quality Manager in Healthcare, Consultant Anaesthetist Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, Switzerland [email protected] Detlef Saal, MD, DEAA Consultant Anaesthetist, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen Switzerland Yvonne Husemann,...
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IC Beds cf. Other Healthcare Provision in Four European Countries
Authors David L. Edbrooke, FRCA Professor Intensive Care Royal Hallamshire Hospital Sheffield, UK [email protected] Bertrand Guidet, MD Professor, Intensive Care Hospital St. Antoine Paris, France Akos Csomos, MD, DEAA Consultant, Intensive Care Markhot Teaching Hospital...
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Sharing Knowledge in Intensive Care
Thank you to all of you who kindly supported the launch of ICU Management. Over 2000 copies of the first issue were circulated during the ESICM congress in Berlin last year, where the journal was warmly received by professionals from all disciplines related to intensive care. ICU Management aims to disseminate information on...
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Managing a Patient’s Refusal of Vital Supports
A uthor N. Zamperetti, MD, PhD Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy C orrespondance [email protected] Managing the request of an ICU patient to forgo intensive supports can be extremely difficult. Keeping...
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Patient Privacy Versus Teamwork and Surrogate Decision Making
A uthor Tom Woodcock, MB.BS M.Phil FRCA Director, General Intensive Care Unit and Chair Clinical Ethics Group Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust Professor Woodcock provides thought-provoking case studies to help train intensivists on how to handle the sometimes complex legal and ethical issues affecting...
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Managing Staff Levels: A Prerequisite to Control Rate and Appropriateness of ICU Resource Use
A uthor G. Iapichino Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione dell’Università degli Studi di Milano Azienda Ospedaliera – Polo Universitario San Paolo, Milano, Italy C orrespondence [email protected] A cknowledgement I am deeply indebted...
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Allocation of ICU Resources: First Come First Serve vs. Service When Needed
A uthor Jukka Takala, MD, PhD Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, Director and Chief Physician, Clinic of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Bern (Inselspital) Bern, Switzerland C orrespondence [email protected] In response to the preceding comments...
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