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2018 09 May

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Lives-forum-2018

2018 03 May

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2018 20 Oct

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Enabling-machine-learning-in-critical-care

2017 15 Sep

Critical care units are home to some of the most sophisticated patient technology within hospitals. In parallel, the field of machine learning is advancing rapidly and increasingly touching our lives. To facilitate the adoption of machine learning approaches in critical care, we must become better at sharing and integrating data. Greater emphasis on...Read more

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5-year-trends-of-critical-care-practice-and-outcomes

2017 15 Aug

According to researchers in the U.S., analyses of patients, practices, and outcomes from a large geographically dispersed sample of adult ICUs revealed trends of increasing age and acuity, higher rates of adherence to best practice, use of non-invasive mechanical ventilation and decreased use of antimicrobials, transfusions, and duration of renal...Read more

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What-is-the-role-of-benchmarking-for-intensive-care

2017 31 Jul

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

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2017 28 May

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Intensive-care-in-tunisia

2017 28 May

According to the World Bank classification, Tunisia is considered a lower middle-income country, corresponding to a country with a Gross National Income (GNI) per capita between USD1,026 and USD4,035 (World Bank 2015). The economic growth of Tunisia has been slowed following the 2011 Arab Spring, which was initiated in this country. Despite economic...Read more

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Ptsd-phenomena-after-critical-illness

2017 02 May

Experiencing critical illness and intensive care can be extremely stressful. Roughly 1 in 5 critical illness survivors have clinically significant post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in the year after intensive care, according to an article in press in the journal Critical Care Clinics. With advances in critical care medicine, more patients...Read more

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Personalised-medicine-in-intensive-care

2017 16 Mar

The specialty of intensive care medicine grew out of the realisation that critically ill patients needed more attention and specialised treatment than could be provided on a general ward, and that many of these patients had similar clinical problems and processes, so management would be facilitated if they were grouped together in one place. Since...Read more

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Professorial-clinical-units

2017 16 Mar

Advancing Research in the Intensive Care Unit via the Integration of a Nursing Professor Advances in healthcare and management strategies for the critically ill patient continue to evolve at a rate that can become challenging for individual clinicians to keep abreast. It is crucial that medical, nursing and allied health professionals use an evidence-based...Read more

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Intensive-care-in-china

2017 16 Mar

Medicine in mainland China has progressed rapidly during the past 20 years along with rapid economic development. Although the number of ICU beds, doctors and nurses has increased, postgraduate professional education is still lacking. This article gives an overview of the history and current state of intensive care in China.   Critical care...Read more

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Embracing-safety-as-a-science-we-need-to-tell-new-stories

2017 16 Mar

Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, FCCM, is Director, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Senior Vice President, Patient Safety and Quality and Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Dr. Pronovost is a leading authority on patient safety and developed a scientifically...Read more

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8-reasons-to-attend-isicem

2017 28 Feb

  The International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM) is a highly respected event on the critical care medicine calendar, and there are a host of great reasons for players throughout the industry to attend the event. Here are just a few:   1.  Stay Up-to-Date with Recent Developments   Every year, this world...Read more

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Quality-management-the-role-of-intensive-care-registries

2016 30 Nov

To initiate, maintain and advance a quality improvement programme in your intensive care unit consumes large amounts of time and energy. There are many advantages for quality management in joining an intensive care registry; the most important is access to precisely defined data for comparative audit.   Intensive Care Registries   Joint...Read more

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16th-international-conference-on-complex-acute-illness-iccai

2017 27 Jul

July 27-30, 2017 Politecnico di Milano in Milan Italy Conference Organizer: Giuseppe Baselli Additional meeting information coming soon! Read more