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SSAI 2022 - Scandinavian Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
2022 08 Jun
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Quality of Life for the Global Patient
2021 04 Nov
In our world live 7.8 billion people. Pharma only focuses on cancer treatments for 1.6 billion people. How can the other 6.2 billion people hold no interest for pharma? Even from a commercial perspective, it is unwise to neglect these people. And don’t say that there is no profit possible in low- and middle-income countries. Pharma can turn a profit... Read more
Postop Virtual Care Reduces Drug Errors and Pain
2021 18 Oct
Postoperative patients often require use of acute services like acute hospital care, brief acute hospital care, and emergency department visits. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has left a backlog of people waiting for non-elective surgeries. One way that hospitals cope with this demand and ensure hospital capacity is by reducing the demand for... Read more
Verdict: NSAIDS Do NOT Worsen COVID-19 Outcomes
2021 11 May
The verdict is in. Findings from the ISARIC CCP-UK (International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infection Consortium Clinical Characterisation Protocol United Kingdom) study, the largest of its kind, show that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen, do not result in higher rates of death or disease severity in patients... Read more
How Should We Manage Sedation in Critically-Ill COVID-19 Patients?
2021 22 Feb
Clinical Practice Guidelines The Choosing Wisely top five guidelines published a few years ago by the Chest Association of Physicians, the American Thoracic Society, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and the American Association of Critical Care Nurses state that mechanically ventilated patients should not be deeply sedated without a specific... Read more
25th ESRA-SPAIN Annual Meeting European Diploma of Regional Anesthesia (EDRA)
2019 02 Oct
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Outcomes of ABCDE Bundle in Mechanically Ventilated Patients
2019 26 Jun
Increasing focus on ICU utilisation and survivorship has also resulted in a greater focus on the long-term consequences of critical illness. Post Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) is characterised by physical, cognitive, and emotional manifestations and can have a long-lasting impact on survivors of ICU as well as their families and caregivers. ... Read more
Top Target Treatments infographic
2019 22 May
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Study: Massage and Guided Imagery Can Reduce Pain and Anxiety
2017 01 Feb
Clinical massage and guided imagery may improve patients’ comfort at a very low cost, according to a study published in Critical Care Nurse (CCN) , the journal of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. Researchers with Beaumont Health System in Royal Oak, Michigan, USA, found that patients in a progressive (intermediate) care unit reported... Read more