VAP: Old Definitions like Old Wine May Be Best?
A single centre retrospective study that evaluated the accuracy in high-risk trauma patients of the infection-related ventilator-associated complications... Read more
Study: Crew Resource Management Training in Simulation
Evaluation of a simulation team–based crew resource management training programme that included emergency department and ICU staff showed that... Read more
CLABSI Rates Cut with Catheter Maintenance Bundle
Evaluation of a central catheter maintenance bundle developed to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) found that... Read more
CHEST Trial - BMJ Stirs Controversy Over Data Release
Use of starch for fluid resuscitation was suspended by European and U.S. regulators following publication in the New England Journal of Medicine... Read more
Dedicated Resuscitation Unit Improves Transfer Times for Critically Ill Patients
A critical care resuscitation unit (CCRU) at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) has significantly improved transfer times for non-trauma... Read more
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What’s the future of intensive care medicine?
Over time, I think we are going to recognise that we can’t continue to develop or introduce new technology. Because of cost we are going have to be satisfied with the technologies that we have. I think the future of intensive care will be smaller as people get healthier. They are going to be less likely to come into intensive care units and more likely... Read more
5 ICU Design Projects
Leland Kaiser, Hospital Futurist says, "The hospital is a human intervention and as such, can be reinvented at any time." With rapid advancement in technology and architecture, the hospitals of tomorrow are likely to be more home than hospital. The Intensive Care Unit is no different and the layout and structure of future ICUs is likely to be very different... Read more
What Does it Mean to be an Intensivist? A Philosophical View of Intensive Care
Wikipedia defines intensive care medicine as a branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and management of life-threatening conditions requiring sophisticated organ support and invasive monitoring. 1 To this, I would add the line ‘for the patient’s benefit’ since this alters the above definition fundamentally. Intensive care is an all-encompassing... Read more
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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
Quality and Safety In Radiology
A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPQuality of Healthcare Quality healthcare by definition... Read more
From Independent Attorney to Critically Ill Patient
How Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Changed My Life in a Split SecondLife... Read more
Health: The Economic Growth Engine of the 21st Century
Is there a correlation between health and economic growth? Can the healthcare... Read more
Management and Leadership in Cardiology
INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR TIENUSH RASSAF HealthManagement.org, Europe’s... Read more
Clinical Use of Coronary CT Angiography
CHANGE OF PARADIGMDuring the last decades we have witnessed a tremendous... Read more
Informatics Drives Radiology Today – Interview with Hassen Gharbi
Hassen A. Gharbi from Tunisia was recognised at ECR 2016 in Vienna for... Read more
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