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Sharing Solutions in Management
Growing and changing needs in intensive care require innovative and varied solutions. In this issue, we cover some of these solutions, from proposed legislation aimed to encourage trials for paediatric medicines, to the application of industry-based process control techniques to intensive care management. Solutions are increasingly to be found across...
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European Commission Proposal on Medicines for Children: Enough Incentives for Industry?
Author Helicia Herman Editor European Affairs C orrespondence [email protected] The proposal for a regulation on medicinal products intended for paediatric use ( http://dg3.eudra.org ) adopted by the Commission in September 2004, is designed to increase the availability of medicines tested...
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Managing Implementation of Medical Emergency Teams in Australia
Authors Nancy Santiano, RN MClinNsg Simpson Centre for Health Services Research New South Wales Australia Jeff Murphy, RN, ICUCert, ICU Campbelltown Hospital NSW, Australia Michelle Cretikos, MBBS, MPH Ken Hillman, FRCA, FANZCA, FJFICM...
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A Law for End of Life Care in France
Author François Lemaire Service de Réanimation Médicale Hôpital Henri Mondor Créteil, France C orrespondance [email protected] Acknolodgement I am indebted to Nicolas Fulli-Lemaire for his editorial assistance After a case of euthanasia attracted attention in France in 2003, the Parliament...
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Monitoring Blood Gasses and Metabolic Parameters at the Bedside:
Clinically and Economically Justified? A uthors Kees H. Polderman Senior Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine Armand R.J. Girbes Professor of Intensive Care Medicine Dept. of Intensive Care, VU, University Medical Centre Amsterdam, The Netherlands C orrespondance...
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Remifentanil Use in the ICU: A Health Economic Viewpoint
Author Manu Malbrain MD Director of ICU, Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen C orrespondence [email protected] Due to its unique pharmacokinetic profile, remifentanil may lead to improved clinical outcomes and cost-savings in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Abstract Unlike...
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Nutrition Management
A uthor Jan Wernerman, MD PhD Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, Dept. Of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge,Stockholm Sweden C orrespondence [email protected] Dr Wernerman reviews the limited current-day...
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Step Down Wards: Advantages and Disadvantages
A uthor H. Burchardi Göttingen, Germany Professor Burchardi shares his views on step down wards with ICU Management readers. Step down wards are care units between the level of an intensive care unit and the normal ward. Various types are possible: the intermediate care unit (IMC), post operative monitoring (recovery),...
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An Interview with Prof. Marko Noc on Management in Intensive Care
I nterviewee Professor Marko Noc Head, Centre for Intensive Internal Medicine, University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia Correspondence [email protected] As a teacher, researcher and manager in intensive care, Professor Noc promotes international training of his personnel,...
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General Health Care in Austria
A uthor Alfons F. Hammerle Dept. of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Vienna C orrespondence [email protected] Dr Alfons Hammerle gives an account of statistics profiling the general health care in Austria, and outlines recommendations for...
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