Promising Results for new Antibody Drug in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients: Smokers Respond Well
New results from a trial of an antibody that helps the immune system to recognise and attack cancer cells have shown particularly encouraging... Read more
Cystic Fibrosis: New Compounds Display Strong Therapeutic Potential
Cystic fibrosis is a lethal genetic disorder that in France affects one child per 4,500 births. An international team led by scientists at... Read more
Can Mild Hypothermia Treatment Improve Neuron Survival After Traumatic Brain Injury?
Moderate reductions in body temperature can improve outcomes after a person suffers a traumatic brain injury (TBI). New research that identifies... Read more
Can Traumatic Brain Injury Impair a Child's Working Memory?
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) during childhood can have long-term effects on cognitive and psychosocial functioning, including poor academic... Read more
Drug Is Found to Eradicate HIV Permanently from Infected Cells
The topical anti-fungal drug Ciclopirox causes HIV-infected cells to commit suicide by jamming up the cells’ powerhouse, the mitochondria — according... Read more
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Gender as Parameter when Planning Quality Improvement in Clinical Pathways
Different preferences based on gender, influence the patient’s perspective of good quality in care and treatment.As future healthcare points towards more outpatient treatment and less hospitalisation, and as the majority of quality-studies are related to patients who are hospitalised or have chronic diseases, it seems interesting to explore the patient... Read more
What is the Role of Benchmarking for Intensive Care?
Although the evaluation of a single intensive care unit (ICU) over time can produce insightful results, self-reflection can lead to excessive optimism or criticism. Benchmarking against other ICUs can provide ICU staff and hospital managers with a broader view and clearer perspectives of targets for improvement. This approach is now used among hospital... Read more
Apps on Intensive Care
My app on Intensive care Complete: ABG is for bedside diagnosis. It uses a physiochemical approach and is a mix of traditional approach and Stewart’s. The complete ABG is an app designed for bedside use. The point-of-care version of the app is available for the Iwatch. Both the Complete ABG and ABG Book are the only apps that use the traditional... Read more
White Papers and Case Studies
High-End Transport Ventilation Around the World
2015 28 Oct
Interview with Georg Keunecke of FAI rent-a-jet AG on the global use of the HAMILTON-T1 as an ICU transport ventilator. Georg Keunecke is the Chief Flight Paramedic and Representative for Medical Devices with FAI rent-a-jet AG (dba Flight Ambulance International). Headquartered at the Nuremberg International Airport, the company serves a wide range... Read more
Clinical And Economic Effects Of The i-Stat POCT Solution
2016 09 Dec
INTRODUCTION In Germany, emergency departments (EDs) often suffer from overcrowding, which may lead to stressful working conditions, increased risks for patients and costs for additional staff, as well as for investments in equipment. Furthermore, overcrowding has the potential to extend patient waiting times, in some cases rising up to 6 hours and... Read more
Establishment of Ambulatory Emergency Services at James Paget University Hospital
2016 09 Dec
INTRODUCTION A study of emergency admissions in England found that over a quarter of admissions did not require an overnight stay (length of stay [LoS] of zero).1 This suggests that many emergency patients could benefit from ambulatory emergency care (AEC).1 Fundamental to AEC is the identification and management of patients with acute medical... Read more
From Our Journals
Implementation Challenges of Crew Resource Management
Crew Resource Management (CRM) human factors awareness training is a useable... Read more
Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Who Could Benefit?
This article summarises the current ratio and scientific evidence on which... Read more
Omitting Routine Chest Radiographs in Intensive Care Units
The Economic ImpactWe studied the economic impact of omitting routine chest... Read more
Confronting Risk
That the use of ionising radiation for medical purposes holds both tremendous... Read more
Radiology in the Care Continuum
Where do you see radiology’s place in the care continuum? I see radiologists... Read more
Organisational Development: Achieving Change
A wanderer asks a woodcutter in the forest the way. The woodcutter says... Read more
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