Search Tag: public health

ICU Management

Antibiotic-resistance-3

2022 16 Nov

Moderator Jean-Louis Vincent  Editor-in-Chief  @ ICU Management & Practice Professor Department of Intensive Care Erasme Hospital Université libre de Bruxelles Brussels, Belgium Panellists Jan De Waele Full Professor Ghent University Jordi Rello Full Professor Universitat Internacional de  Catalunya...Read more

ICU Management

Antibiotic-resistance-1

2022 14 Oct

Infections occur frequently in critically ill patients in the ICU. They may be the reason for admission and could also be due to immunosuppression associated with critical illness. Antibiotics are essential tools for treating both common and complex infections. It is recommended that antibiotics should be administered as soon as possible once an infection...Read more

ICU Management

Multidrug-resistant-gram-negative-bacteria-in-the-icu

2022 14 Oct

Severe infections by antibiotic resistant gram-negative bacteria are frequent in ICU patients. They are associated with high morbidity and mortality. Introduction Bacterial infections in patients hospitalised in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) are frequent, and they elicit an increase in morbidity and mortality. The emerging development...Read more

ICU Management

Lessons-from-ebola-planning-for-health-emergencies

2015 21 Jul

The Chicago Ebola Response Network's (CERN) response to the Ebola epidemic in 2014-2015 has provided a roadmap for how a regional public health network can anticipate and manage public health emergencies, according to a study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases . CERN — composed of Rush University Medical Center, University of Chicago...Read more