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Medicina, 2023 Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is a treatment paradigm used to remove harmful molecules from the body. In short, it is a technique that employs a process that functions partially outside the body and involves the replacement of the patient’s plasma.
Guleid Hussein +6 more
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Neuromonitoring in the ICU [PDF]
International Anesthesiology Clinics, 2015 Monitoring of patients with critical neurologic illness has expanded significantly over the past several decades. Prior to the advent and application of technologies such as continuous EEG (electroencephalogram), intracranial pressure monitoring, brain tissue oxygenation and multimodal monitoring, the care of these critically ill patients relied on ...
Khalid A. Hanafy, Andrew C. Schomer
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ICU and Non-ICU Cost per Day [PDF]
Survey of Anesthesiology, 1995 The purpose of this study was to compare the cost of a day spent in an intensive care unit and a day spent on a general nursing unit. A descriptive design was used, based on patient level data, to examine and compare unit costs per day for each of the ICU and non-ICU portions of a patient’s hospital stay. Records from 386 patients who were treated in a
Philip Jacobs +4 more
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AMA Journal of Ethics, 2014 Telemedicine intensive care units enable off-site physicians to cover many care centers, thereby increasing efficiency and access to care, although their use also raises concerns about varying standards of care, unreliable equipment, the erosion of trust in the patient-physician relationship, and the adequacy of the informed consent process.
Michael A. DeVita, Allison Harriott
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ICU Survivors Experience of ICU Diaries: An Ancillary Qualitative Analysis of the ICU Diary Study
Critical Care Explorations, 2021 OBJECTIVES: To investigate patients’ experience of ICU diaries 6 months after ICU discharge among survivors. This study was designed to add insight into a large randomized study, which found no benefit of the ICU diary to post-traumatic stress disorder among critically ill patients having received mechanical ventilation.
Flahault, Cécile +7 more
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Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2023 How to cite this article: Jagathkar G. Elderly in the ICU. Indian J Crit Care Med 2023;27(3):157-158.
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Influence of ICU-bed availability on ICU admission decisions [PDF]
Annals of Intensive Care, 2015 The potential influence of bed availability on triage to intensive care unit (ICU) admission is among the factors that may influence the ideal ratio of ICU beds to population: thus, high bed availability (HBA) may result in the admission of patients too well or too sick to benefit, whereas bed scarcity may result in refusal of patients likely to ...
Jean‑Paul Gouello +10 more
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The Linacre Quarterly, 2017 “A swimming pool in the ICU? You must be nuts.”1 The nurse's voice was almost lost amidst the whooshing ventilator and infusion pumps.
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