Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive care units: an international online survey [PDF]
, 2013 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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ICUs worldwide: Results of a nationwide survey of Colombian intensive care units [PDF]
, 2002 Sixty-three of 89 identified intensive care units in Colombia (Evaluation of Intensive Care in Colombia) participated in this voluntary study. A convenience sample of 20 intensive care units, each submitting 200 patients or more, was chosen, from which ...
Celis, Edgar
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A short form of the neonatal intensive care unit family needs inventory [PDF]
, 2016 ObjectiveThe identification of parental needs in Neonatal Intensive Care Units is essential to design and implement family-centered care. This article aims to validate the Neonatal Intensive Care Units Family Needs Inventory for the Portuguese population,
Alves, Elisabete +4 more
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Humanization care in intensive care units: integrative review [PDF]
, 2016 Objective: to identify what the national literature has addressed about humanization of care in Intensive Care Units in online databases from 2009 to 2013.
Fernandes, Marcos Henrique +2 more
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Routine gastric residual volume measurement to guide enteral feeding in mechanically ventilated infants and children : the GASTRIC feasibility study [PDF]
, 2020 Background The routine measurement of gastric residual volume to guide the initiation and delivery of enteral feeding, is widespread in paediatric intensive care and neonatal units, but has little underlying evidence to support it.
Andrzejewska, I +17 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]
, 2016 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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End of Life Care Practices for Patients Who Die in Intensive Care Units (ICU) [PDF]
, 2017 Today, one in five hospital deaths happens in the intensive care unit with the expectation of twice as many by 2030. Increasing, mortality has triggered a growing attention to end-of-life (EOL) care in the ICU.
Ghabeljoo, Jila
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Assessment of technology acceptance in intensive care units [PDF]
, 2014 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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COVID-19 in Intensive Care Units [PDF]
, 2020 Klinički se virus prezentira od vrlo blagih simptoma, blage prehlade pa sve do pneumonije koja može dovesti do akutnoga respiratornog zatajenja i u kasnijoj fazi multiorganskog zatajivanja sa smrtnošću od 2 do 10 %.
Alen Protić
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Characterizing the Risk Profiles of Intensive Care Units [PDF]
, 2010 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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