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Six-icu-patient-and-family-info-resources

2015 09 Jun

Information in plain language at a confusing and stressful time can be of great help to patients and their friends and families both during and after a stay in the ICU. Here are ICU Management’s selection:    My ICU care - Society for Critical Care Medicine Includes information on decision making, participating in care, what questions to ask, why...Read more

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Sepsis-2016-paris

2016 06 Dec

The International Sepsis Forum (ISF) is a non-profit organization, focused on improving the management of sepsis through educational efforts. A council of international experts and opinion leaders heads the ISF and drives all its activities. The ISF provides international consensus on the latest understanding of key scientific and clinical issues through...Read more

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Swedish-society-for-emergency-medicine-2017-sweets-2017

2017 22 Mar

SWESEM is the Swedish Society for Emergency Medicine, the national association for Swedish Emergency Physicians. We are happy to see Emergency Medicine become a primary specialty in Sweden 2015. Find SWESEM on Social Media      Read more

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Bedside-ultrasonography-6-success-factors-for-implementation

2017 27 Jan

Nidhi Nikhani, MD, shares  6 steps to implement ultrasonography in critical care, based on implementing ultrasound-guided central venous catheterisation (CVC) at Banner Health. 1. Define clinical challenges to be solved by implementing bedside ultrasound Banner Health faced the challenge of placing peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC)...Read more

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5-strategies-to-ensure-gender-parity-in-critical-care-medicine

2017 08 Mar

Intensive care clinicians and researchers from around the world have published recommendations to improve the acknowledged gender inequity in the discipline, making a strong call to action “to better leverage our collective talent to the benefit of our profession and critically ill patients worldwide”. The article is available ahead of print in the...Read more

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2017 04 Sep

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What-does-it-mean-to-be-an-intensivist-a-philosophical-view-of-intensive-care

2017 27 Apr

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.  ...Read more

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Euroanaesthesia-2018

2018 02 Jun

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Point-of-care-ultrasound-is-a-hit-in-paediatric-intensive-care

2017 09 Sep

  Dr Akash Deep (right) and Vanessa Wickens, UK education manager and clinical lead at SonoSite, with the ultrasound system Ultrasound technology is helping the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at King’s College Hospital to rapidly obtain vascular access in critically ill patients. Dr Akash Deep, Director of PICU, explained: “PICU treats...Read more

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Adult-education-for-icu-management-a-better-way

2017 22 Nov

Frequently, formal education sessions crafted for medical professionals fall short in their ability to advance the competency of providers. There is a better way! It involves utilising knowledge from the adult education world and applying it to our critical care domain. A move to active teaching and learning strategies improves outcomes from the education....Read more

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2019 13 Mar

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Sweets-swedish-emergency-medicine-talks-2020

2020 11 Mar

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2020 14 Sep

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Mitigating-the-risk-of-harm-during-the-transition-from-controlled-to-assisted-mechanical-ventilation-1

2021 30 Sep

Monitoring the strength of the patient´s breathing effort, titrating the sedation, and selecting the correct mode of ventilation is vital when transitioning from controlled to assisted ventilation. Assessing The Transition From Fully Controlled to Assisted Ventilation One of the key issues with mechanical ventilation is the transition...Read more

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2022 03 Jan

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Baccn-conference-2022

2022 17 Oct

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Blood-diseases-in-the-icu-2023

2023 09 Jan

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Improving-clinical-outcomes-with-early-enteral-nutrition

2022 14 Oct

An overview of the benefits of early enteral nutrition, clinical evidence and recommendations, reasons for delayed enteral feeding in critically ill patients and optimal solutions. Early enteral nutrition is proven to improve clinical outcomes and reduce acute care costs. Nutrition clinicians support the belief that enteral nutrition is...Read more

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Wicc-2023-16th-world-intensive-and-critical-care-congress

2023 26 Aug

<marquee behavior="slide" direction="left" scrollamount="30"><h2 style="text-align: center;"> Find WICC2023 on Social Media <h2 style="text-align: center;"> </marquee> Read more