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ICU Management

Volume-18-issue-1-2018-1

2018 16 Mar

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ICU Management

Improving-diagnostic-stewardship-by-using-new-microbiological-technologies

2018 16 Mar

Describes an episode of sepsis in a leukaemia patient, whose treatment was early guided by using rapid diagnostics technology to identify the cause of infection. A 4-year-old patient under treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, diagnosed 6 months before, was admitted to the emergency room (ER) at midnight (00h33) due to a fever episode...Read more

ICU Management

Immune-dysfunction-in-sepsis

2018 16 Mar

An overview of the recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of immune system dysfunction in sepsis. Sepsis is defined as life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection (Singer et al. 2016). Sepsis-induced immune system dysfunction is an important sequelae of sepsis. The persistence of immune system dysfunction...Read more

IMAGING Management

Jfr-2018

2018 12 Oct

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ICU Management

Sepsis-code-implementation-at-vall-d-hebron-university-hospital-rapid-diagnostics-key-to-success

2017 22 Nov

Implementation of a sepsis code, Código Sepsis, in October 2015 at the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona has led to better detection and a significant reduction in mortality. The hospital is the largest in Barcelona, with more than 1,100 beds and 7,000 employees. The objectives of Código Sepsis are to increase suspicion of sepsis and...Read more

ICU Management

Poc-device-can-test-for-sepsis-from-drop-of-blood

2017 03 Jul

Researchers from the University of Illinois and Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Illinois, USA, have developed a new portable device, which they say is the first to provide rapid, point-of-care measurement of the immune system's response, without any need to process the blood. You might also like : New Biomarker Improves Early Sepsis Detection...Read more

IMAGING Management

New-hybrid-technology-for-faster-stroke-diagnosis

2016 19 Dec

Researchers in Europe will develop a new hybrid device that combines different imaging technologies and will help stroke patients in particular to receive quicker diagnosis and treatment. The project "Predictive Prevention and Personalised Interventional Stroke Therapy - P3 Stroke" is being undertaken by University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), in collaboration...Read more

ICU Management

Volume-16-issue-4-2016-1

2016 30 Nov

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Emergency-intraosseous-access-novel-diagnostic-and-therapeutic-possibilities-and-limitations

2016 30 Nov

The intraosseous needle is an essential tool in emergency settings when initial vascular access is difficult to achieve. This paper focuses on possible biochemical analyses on blood from emergency intraosseous needles, suggesting principles of use as well as pointing out advantages and shortcomings.   Intraosseous (IO) access has been used...Read more

ICU Management

Volume-16-issue-3-2016-1

2016 27 Sep

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Controversies-in-ventilator-associated-pneumonia-diagnosis

2016 27 Sep

Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a ‏major complication of mechanical ‏ventilation and represents the most ‏common reason for antibiotic prescription in ‏ventilated patients. Incidence ranges from 1.2 ‏to 8.5 cases per 1000 ventilator days or 9 to ‏27% cases per mechanically ventilated patient; ‏attributable mortality rates vary between 0% ‏and 70%...Read more

Health Management

Improving-patient-outcomes-1

2016 25 Aug

HOW TO DEFINE, MEASURE, AND INCREASE POSITIVE AND REIMBURSABLE PATIENT CARE OUTCOMES Due to increasing cost pressure, established remuneration models for healthcare services are changing all around the world. As part of the move toward value-based care, patient outcomes are entering the spotlight. Thus, hospital managers face the challenge of...Read more

ICU Management

Time-matters-think-sepsis-say-centers-for-disease-control

2016 24 Aug

Healthcare providers are the critical link to preventing, recognising, and treating sepsis, say the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in their Vital Signs report on sepsis, which was released on 23 August. Patients and their families should also be alert to sepsis, they add. Sepsis begins outside hospital for 80% of patients,...Read more

ICU Management

Treating-complications-from-abdominal-surgery

2016 30 May

Case Report Using Nonbronchoscopic BAL Use of the HALYARD* Mini-BAL Sampling Catheter proved invaluable in the case of a patient experiencing complications from abdominal surgery. Dr. Roberto Oggioni has been director of the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at S. Giovanni di Dio Hospital since 2012, and wrote up the case with colleague...Read more

ICU Management

Volume-16-issue-2-2016

2016 27 May

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Executive Health Management

Personalised-medicine-data-diagnosis-decisions

2016 18 May

The term Personalised Medicine has been extensively used within the last years to describe a paradigm shift in  research and medical application  towards an evidence based medicine. The Tübingen congress will focus on the clinical applicability of PM. Specifically we will highlight aquisition and analysis of highly complex data from patients, the...Read more

ICU Management

Patients-with-seizures-how-to-diagnose-and-treat

2016 04 Apr

When ICU patients experience prolonged seizures, immediate action is required to prevent long-term neurological damage. An article in the April issue of Critical Care Nurse provides diagnosis and treatment guidance for nurses and other clinicians whose patients experience continuous or recurrent seizures, convulsive or non-convulsive. The article...Read more

ICU Management

Sepsis-3-towards-earlier-recognition-and-management-1

2016 11 Mar

The updated definitions and clinical criteria for sepsis have been welcomed by Professor Jean-Louis Vincent, ICU Management & Practice’s Editor-in-Chief, who says: “we are finally back to reason – the new recommendations fit the current language.” The new definitions are published in the 23 February issue of JAMA, and aim to facilitate earlier recognition...Read more

ICU Management

Frailty-in-the-critically-ill-patient

2016 11 Mar

This review explores current definitions of frailty, methods available to diagnose it, and its application to perioperative and critically ill patients. Frailty is increasingly recognised as a potential contributor to patient outcome during an episode of critical illness. However, there is currently no consensus definition or assessment tool....Read more

ICU Management

Vap-old-definitions-like-old-wine-may-be-best

2016 08 Mar

A single centre retrospective study that evaluated the accuracy in high-risk trauma patients of the infection-related ventilator-associated complications (IVAC) algorithm for detecting ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) found that it failed to detect nearly three-quarters of patients with VAP. The study is published in Respiratory Care . Following...Read more

Cardiology Management

The-benefit-trial-accelerating-diagnosis-treatment-and-research

2016 06 Mar

According to an article published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases by the Global Chagas Disease Coalition, without a more efficient treatment, more than 200,000 people living with Chagas disease will die from heart disease in the next five years. The conclusion is based on the findings from the international, multicenter, double-blind and placebo-controlled...Read more

ICU Management

Sepsis-3-towards-earlier-recognition-and-management

2016 22 Feb

The updated definitions and clinical criteria for sepsis have been welcomed by Professor Jean-Louis Vincent, ICU Management & Practice ’s Editor-in-Chief, who says: “we are finally back to reason – the new recommendations fit the current language.” The new definitions are published in the 23 February issue of JAMA , and aim to facilitate earlier recognition...Read more

ICU Management

Diagnosing-frailty-with-innovative-sensor

2016 15 Feb

A noninvasive, cost-effective and portable sensor could be used to diagnose frailty syndrome in elderly people - the result of PhD research by engineer Nora Millor at the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre in Spain. Millor (pictured) notes that current diagnostic methods, such as the Fried criteria rely on determining the presence of components...Read more

IMAGING Management

Robotic-biopsy-combines-mri-and-us

2016 26 Jan

MRI and Ultrasound is being combined in a robot, in research being conducted at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. The project shows promise in improving diagnosis of both breast cancer, by reducing false negatives, and muscle diseases. Foad Sojoodi Farimani, one of the project leaders of the European research project MRI and Ultrasound...Read more

IMAGING Management

Us-can-improve-ovarian-cancer-diagnosis

2016 19 Jan

Ovarian cancer tends to be diagnosed late and currently lacks effective screening tests , unlike breast cancer. Newly published research reports a promising model to aid diagnosis. An algorithm for the assessment of adnexal masses with ultrasound allows quantification of the risk of malignancy, according to work published in the American Journal...Read more

Cardiology Management

Heart-disease-why-gender-difference-matters

2015 27 Oct

Despite the fact that heart attacks kill more women, research on breast cancer is generally conducted more than on heart disease. The general perception is that breast cancer is the disease that kills most women but while that may be true for younger women, heart disease is the major killer for women overall.  Statistics Norway figures show that 645...Read more

Executive Health Management

Disparities-in-cancer-care

2015 06 Oct

In Europe, access to quality cancer remains a big issue. Great heterogeneity exists with respect to drugs, screening programmes and resources among different countries in Europe. The most neglected of all cancer populations comprise of those with lower rates of early diagnosis and treatment compliance. Migrants and refugees appear to be one of those...Read more

Executive Health Management

Iom-report-teamwork-critical-for-improved-diagnosis-1

2015 22 Sep

Data on diagnostic errors are sparse, few reliable measures exist and errors are often found in retrospect, an independent research committee has found with poor teamwork a chief cause.  “Diagnostic errors stem from collaboration and communication among clinicians, patients, and their families, a health care work system ill-designed to support the diagnostic...Read more

IT Management

Iom-report-it-can-support-better-diagnosis

2015 22 Sep

  “A well-designed health IT system can facilitate timely access to information, communication among health care professionals, patients, and their families, clinical reasoning and decision making, and feedback and follow-up in the diagnostic process,” an independent research committee has said in its report released today. In its report...Read more

ICU Management

A-s-p-e-n-fluids-electrolytes-and-acid-base-series-and-certificate-of-training-program

2015 21 Jul

A.S.P.E.N. is a new training series focusing on fluids, electrolytes and acid-base. If you need a better understanding of fluid and electrolyte management and if acid-base frequently puzzles you, then this training series is for you. Learn how to diagnose and treat the various extracellular and intracellular electrolyte disorders in your nutrition support...Read more