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#ISICEM23: Effects of Therapeutic-Dose Heparin in Hospitalised Patients With COVID-19
2023 21 Mar
At the #ISICEM23 this week in Brussels, the benefits and harms of therapeutic-dose heparin varied by hospitalised COVID-19 patient characteristics were discussed, and the importance of considering the heterogeneity of treatment effect (HTE) in the design and analysis of randomised clinical trials was highlighted. To date, RCTs that have tested...Read more
Prehospital Physician Presence During Paediatric OHCA
2023 22 Feb
A study was conducted to investigate whether the presence of prehospital physicians affected the neurological outcomes of paediatric patients who experienced an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). The study included paediatric patients who were 17 years old or younger and were registered in a database between June 2014 and December 2019. The...Read more
Antibiotic Review Kit for Hospitals
2022 11 Oct
Antibiotic overuse is a growing problem in healthcare. Antimicrobial resistance has a significant impact on global public health, and its effects are similar to that of malaria and HIV. Antimicrobial resistance caused nearly 4.95 million deaths in 2019. In addition, antimicrobial resistance has significant economic consequences on healthcare systems. ...Read more
Prehospital Lyophilised Plasma Transfusion for Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy
2022 02 Aug
Trauma-induced coagulopathy affects approximately 20 to 50% of patients with severe trauma. Its occurrence increases transfusion requirements, multi-visceral failure, and mortality. Blood transfusion is the primary therapy for trauma-induced coagulopathy. However, optimal modalities for plasma transfusion in a prehospital setting remain undefined....Read more
Prehospital Time and In-Hospital Trauma Mortality
2022 12 Jul
Time has always been considered an essential determinant of outcome in the early care of trauma patients, and the concept of trauma as a time-sensitive condition has been part of education and policy for decades. However, data on system performance from physician-staffed EMS are far less abundant than data from EMS systems. Physician-staffed EMS is...Read more
Industry News
Nova Biomedical New Generation StatStrip Glucose Hospital Meter Obtains FDA 510k Clearance
2024 15 May
Nova Biomedical announces the U.S. launch of our New Generation StatStrip Glucose Hospital Meter System. The new meter includes many features that make hospital glucose testing easier and more cybersecure while retaining the accuracy, freedom from interferences, and FDA clearance for use with critically ill patients that StatStrip has provided...Read more
Acadia Hospital welcomes Kristen Sparks, MD to Consult Services
2024 12 Mar
Kristen Sparks, MD recently joined the Consult Services team at Northern Light Acadia Hospital. In her new role, Dr. Sparks will provide high level psychiatric assessments and treatment recommendations to providers at 22 emergency departments across the State of Maine. Dr. Sparks attended Ohio State University where she earned her medical...Read more
Getinge Expands its Virtual Hospital to Add More Value for Visitors
2022 27 Oct
Since the opening in 2021, Getinge’s Virtual Hospital has offered visitors to experience hospital solutions in different rooms. The online facility is now coming together as a whole, with entire hospital departments allowing visitors the full picture of how the MedTech suppliers broad range of solutions work together throughout the clinical pathway....Read more
New Study Shows Getinge Innovation Can help Hospitals Lower Anesthetic Waste by Up to 58 Percent
2022 31 Mar
A newly released study in the Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing shows that the unique Automatic Gas Control (AGC) in Getinge’s anesthesia machine Flow-i, lowers sevoflurane wastage by up to 58 percent; a sustainable and economic approach without compromising patient safety. [1] The climate challenges calls for actions from both individuals...Read more
Temple University Hospital Adopts Masimo Centroid™
2022 08 Feb
Premier Philadelphia Academic Medical Center Implements Advanced Masimo Wearable, Wireless Patient Position, Orientation, and Activity Sensors in its ICUs Masimo and Temple Health has announced that Temple University Hospital (TUH) , a 722-bed academic medical center located in Philadelphia, is expanding its use of Masimo technologies with...Read more
Articles
Critical Care Monitoring: Time for Hospital-Wide Monitoring and Response Capabilities?
2024 17 May
Physiological monitoring has a rich 200-year history. In this article, the authors look into the components of an ideal monitoring system and highlight how advancements in modern technology could enable the development of an effective continuous monitoring and response system. The continuous monitoring of patient vital signs is a required...Read more
Taking Care of the Lung Donor: A Task For Every Hospital
2024 17 May
Every hospital can contribute to adequate lung donation. Learning and understanding the management of potential donors will allow them to receive proper care and be referred to save a life. Introduction Organ transplants are, in many cases, the only therapeutic option for patients with terminal diseases in different organs (Westphal...Read more
When Hospitals Shrink: Preventing Loss of Hospital Beds Through Effective Bed Management
2024 19 Apr
With an ageing population and more sophisticated treatments, hospitals must become more bed-efficient or risk contracting. Strategic management is needed since ineffective bed management can reduce bed availability. Introduction There are multiple challenges for healthcare institutions in the coming decades. Important demographic changes...Read more
Why Artificial Intelligence is Not Fixing the Problem of Sepsis in the Hospital
2023 13 Oct
The use of Artificial Intelligence in detecting sepsis, AI prediction/detection models and how these healthcare tools need to complement clinical expertise. The potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare has generated significant excitement and discussion. However, it's important to distinguish between the theoretical...Read more
Applying International Sepsis Guidelines by Screening High-Risk Hospitalised Patients With PSP
2023 13 Oct
Hospital and ICU nosocomial sepsis screening for acutely ill and high-risk patients and daily measurement of PSP to diagnose nosocomial sepsis three to five days before the onset of symptoms. Introduction Sepsis is a major public health threat and is responsible for 11 million deaths per year (Rudd et al. 2020) among 48.9 million cases....Read more
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