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Making co-enrolment feasible for randomised controlled trials in paediatric intensive care. [PDF]
Enrolling children into several trials could increase recruitment and lead to quicker delivery of optimal care in paediatric intensive care units (PICU).
Ball, T +21 more
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Background Hypertonic sodium lactate (HSL) may be of interest during inflammation. We aimed to evaluate its effects during experimental sepsis in rats (cecal ligation and puncture (CLP)).
Emmanuel Besnier +10 more
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Background Plasma hyaluronan concentrations are increased during sepsis but underlying mechanisms leading to high plasma hyaluronan concentration are poorly understood.
Jaap van der Heijden +6 more
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[The meaning of caring in the intensive care unit].
This qualitative research with a phenomenological approach searchs to understand the meaning of care in the highly technical world of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), viewed from the nurses’ perspective. It was developed in a University Hospital in Porto Alegre, RS, between 1998-2000, with seven nurses as participants.
Lucena, Amália de Fátima +1 more
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The Impact of Care Bundle Approach in Preventing Central Line-associated Bloodstream Infections in Surgical Intensive Care Units [PDF]
Objective:Healthcare-associated infections (HAI), which pose a significant risk to patient safety, are one of the most frequent complications that inpatients encounter.
Çavdar, İkbal +3 more
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Oral Care in the Intensive Care Unit [PDF]
One of my favorite aphorisms is, “The mouth really is part of the body.” The mouth gets limited exposure in medical education and has been delegated to dentistry, where emphasis is directed to 2 major clinical infections: caries and periodontitis.
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Spiritual care in the intensive care unit
The aim of the present paper is to describe the real possibilities of providing spiritual care in intensive care units (ICUs) in Poland. Faced with suffering and death, critically ill patients and their families need a source of comfort and hope. Spiritual care is intended to bring relief to them by responding to their spiritual needs.
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Year in review in Intensive Care Medicine 2012. II: Pneumonia and infection, sepsis, coagulation, hemodynamics, cardiovascular and microcirculation, critical care organization, imaging, ethics and legal issues [PDF]
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Rocco, P +63 more
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Hazards of the intensive care unit [PDF]
Complications arise in the introduction, maintenance, and use of devices for life support and monitoring in an intensive care unit. Since recognition of such complications is frequently difficult in this clinical setting, the radiologist is often in a position to be the first to detect complications associated with the use of endotracheal and ...
C E, Ravin, C E, Putman, T C, McLoud
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Antimicrobial susceptibility at intensive care units in Sudan, antibiogram development
Antibiograms are statistics on bacterial spectrum and resistance rates. It is of importance to regularly monitor the trends in antimicrobial resistance within the institution through the periodic cumulative resistance to provide the effective empiric ...
Ghada Omer Hamad Abd El-Raheem +8 more
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