Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive care units: an international online survey [PDF]
Background: On average 7% of patients admitted to intensive-care units (ICUs) suffer from a potentially preventable ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Our objective was to survey attitudes and practices of ICUs doctors in the field of VAP prevention.
Agodi, Antonella +8 more
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Az intenzív osztályok 2012. évi átalakításának hatása Magyarországon | Impact of reorganization of the Hungarian system of intensive care units in 2012 [PDF]
Absztrakt Bevezetés: Magyarországon 2012-ben átalakításra került az intenzív osztályok hálózata. Elkülönítették a multidiszciplináris osztályokat az őrző, megfigyelő jellegű osztályoktól ...
Gresz, Miklós
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Assessment of technology acceptance in intensive care units [PDF]
The process of deploy a technology in critical services need to be very careful planned and processed. As an example it is the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Abelha, António +6 more
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The Australian Incident Monitoring Study in Intensive Care: AIMS-ICU. The development and evaluation of an incident reporting system in intensive care [PDF]
Publisher's copy made available with the permission of the publisher © 1996 Australian Society of AnaesthetistsIntensive care units are complex, dynamic patient management environments.
Baldwin, I. +7 more
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Characterizing the Risk Profiles of Intensive Care Units [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To develop a new method to evaluate the performance of individual ICUs through the calculation and visualisation of risk profiles. METHODS: The study included 102,561 patients consecutively admitted to 77 ICUs in Austria.
Bauer, P +4 more
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Fatal pulmonary embolism following ankle fracture in a 23-year-old man
Patients with lower extremity injuries are at increased risk of venous thromboembolism. We report a case of fatal pulmonary embolism following a simple ankle fracture in a 23-year-old man. The diagnosis was confirmed post-mortem.
Stella Charitidou +2 more
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A Survey of Neurology-based Intensive Care Unit Specialists
Objective: We aimed to evaluate the neurology and intensive care training of neurology specialists who have started and/or completed intensive care subspecialty training and their views on neurological intensive care organizations. Materials and Methods:
Tuğçe Mengi, Hadiye Şirin
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Background Improving sepsis support is one of the three pillars of a 2017 resolution according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Septic shock is indeed a burden issue in the intensive care units.
Olivier Lesur +3 more
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Background: Bloodstream infections (BSIs) are one of the causes of morbidity and mortality in hospitalised patients. This study evaluated BSI's incidence, trend, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and mortality in AL Zahra Hospital in Isfahan, Iran ...
Nazila Kassaian +5 more
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Intestinal constipation in intensive care units [PDF]
Constipation is a common complication identified among critically ill patients. Its incidence is highly variable due to lack of definition of such patients. Besides the already known consequences of constipation, in recent years it was observed that this
Azevedo, Rodrigo Palácio De +3 more
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