Diabetic Heart Attack Survivors Benefit From Intensive Insulin Therapy
Diabetic patients who received intensified insulin treatment following a heart attack survived for two years longer than patients treated with... Read more
ESA 2014: Covidien Symposia on Sedation and Patient Safety
New vital signs in procedural sedation: luxury or necessity? Covidien Symposium at Euroanaesthesia 2014 Sunday, 1 June, 12:15 – 13:45,... Read more
ESA 2014: Masimo to Present Symposia
Symposium June 1st Location: Stockholmässan Room K1 Chairperson: Jean-Louis Vincent Dates: Sunday June 1st, 12:15 to 13:45 - ... Read more
ESA 2014: AMBU Exhibits Latest Innovations in Airway Management
Ambu develops, produces and markets diagnostic and life-supporting devices. Ambu's products are used in hospitals, clinics and emergency services... Read more
Telemedicine Guidelines to Address ICU and Patient Safety
Telemedicine still surrounded by confusion, industry organisations aim to clarify matters The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB)... Read more
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INTUBE study: airway management practice in critically ill patients
Why study endotracheal intubation? Endotracheal intubation (ETI) in critically ill patients is a potentially life-threatening procedure, and approximately one-third of ETIs are complicated by severe hypoxia, cardiovascular collapse and cardiac arrest. Critically ill patients are prone to severe complications as the consequence of the underlying... Read more
Antibiotic decisions in the ICU: a dragon’s tale
Medical decision-making about antibiotic use in critically ill patients is challenging and complex. The need for antibiotic stewardship requires judicious prescription and choice of antimicrobials, as the need for effective therapy has to be put in balance with the need to limit undue selection pressure, and all this must be done in a context of... Read more
Bright spots: music in the ICU
The intensive care unit (ICU) is a rather obscure place for many people. It is a place where you are exposed to the fragility of existence, where you have to deal with the fine line between life and death. Every day I desperately try to illuminate this dark place, with a conversation, with a joke, with trying to facilitate the patients’ or families’... 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... 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... 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... Read more
From Our Journals
Telemedicine is the Future
Professor Gernot Marx is Director of the Department of Intensive Care... Read more
Indirect Calorimetry to Measure Energy Requirements: From Consensus to Daily Practice
Why Personalize Nutrition Therapy? The need for personalized... Read more
Sandeep Bansal
1. What are your key areas of interest and research? My interest is... Read more
Interoperability: Slow Progress But Willingness to Improve
A mere 6% of clinicians can effectively access information from healthcare... Read more
Making the MAGIC
Guiding Vascular Access Selection for Intensive Care - a Summary of Michigan... Read more
The Power of Listening: Engaging the Consumer
Darryl O’Callaghan and Julie Vermeir are survivors of a road trauma... Read more
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NovaPort cannulas
The safe access to the vascular system
NovaPort cannulas are designed specially to meet the needs of extracorporeal lung and heart support circuits and perioperative perfusion in minimally invasive heart surgery. All blood-contact surfaces of the NovaPort cannulas are coated with the bio-...
BeneVision N22/N19 Patient Monitor
Patient Monitoring and Life Support
Always in sight, always in mind Features Mindray believes the best way to predict the future is to create it. The revolutionary BeneVision N22/N19 is designed to optimize user experience by satisfying all your clinical demands. With visionary-stimulating...
PhenoTest™ BC kit
The Accelerate PhenoTest™ BC kit is the first application of the Accelerate Pheno™ system. It provides with less 5 minutes operator hands-on time within 1.5 hour the identification of the most prevalent micro-organisms seen in blood stream infections....
HAMILTON-C3 Ventilator: The compact high-end ventilation solution
The HAMILTON-C3 ventilator is a modular high-end ventilation solution for all patient groups. Offering a number of unique features, the HAMILTON-C3 is one of the first ventilators featuring the “Ventilation Autopilot” INTELLiVENT-ASV®. The HAMILTON-C3’s...
Customized sets
medos customized tubing sets
Medos customized tubing sets have been individually designed, so that all customer requirements, depending on application and need can be realized. Furthermore tubing sets can be refined by rheoparin or x.eed coating.