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- 27/09/2012
Scientists led by the President of The University of Manchester have demonstrated a drug which can dramatically limit the amount of brain damage...
READ MOREScientists led by the President of The University of Manchester have demonstrated a drug which can dramatically limit the amount of brain damage...
READ MOREESA members are invited to comment on the update of the European Trauma guideline entitled 'Management of bleeding and coagulopathy following major...
READ MOREEmerging Therapeutic Options for the ICU Patient Tuesday 16 October at 12:30 – 14:00 Room Rome, Lisboa Congress Centre Chairs Mervyn Singer,...
READ MOREBy focusing exclusively in the field of ventilation, HAMILTON MEDICAL has become specialized in advanced ventilation solutions, designated as Intellig
READ MOREA commonly used, inexpensive diagnostic tool, the dipstick proteinuria (DP) urine test, may provide an easier, more effective way to predict Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in patients with sepsis or severe blood poisoning infections. Led by Dr. Javier Neyra at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, researchers have found a new prognostic application...
READ MOREThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will review a new study in which it is indicated that patients taking azithromycin are at a slightly increased risk of sudden cardiac death than patients treated with amoxicillin, ciprofloxacin, or no antibiotic at all. The observational study entitled “Azithromycin and the Risk of Cardiovascular Death”,...
READ MOREThe Competency-Based Training in Intensive Care Medicine in Europe (CoBaTrICE) collaboration was established in 2003 with a grant from the European Union’s Leonardo Programme, and endorsement from the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and the national training organisations (NTO) of 42 countries, including all those of the EU. The aim was...
READ MOREIntroduction Does the caloric intake of critically ill patients make a difference? Ever since initial measurements with indirect calorimetry were made, it has been obvious that predictions from body size end up with some + 30 percent uncertainty with regard to the actual energy expenditure of a patient. Following this realisation, a long line of modified...
READ MOREIntroduction In the US alone, up to 1,000,000 emergent intubations are performed annually in the acute care setting, both in and out of hospital (Weingart et al. 2012; Wang et al. 2011; National Emergency Number Associtation 2011). Meanwhile, multiple studies have demonstrated varying rates of successful endotracheal intubation (ETI). While anesthesiologists...
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