Impact of gender on post- traumatic intensive care and outcomes
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2019 Background Several reports indicate gender disparities in health care provision. There is a well-documented male patient dominance in intensive care unit (ICU) admittance.
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BMC Anesthesiology, 2019 Background Goal Directed Fluid Therapy (GDFT) represents an objective fluid replacement algorithm. The effect of provider variability remains a confounder.
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Risk Factors of Intraoperative Dysglycemia in Elderly Surgical Patients [PDF]
, 2019 BACKGROUNDː Dysglycemia is associated with adverse outcome including increased morbidity and mortality in surgical patients. Acute insulin resistance due to the surgical stress response is seen as a major cause of so-called stress hyperglycemia. However,
Knaak, Cornelia +8 more
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Descending aortic calcification increases renal dysfunction and in-hospital mortality in cardiac surgery patients with intraaortic balloon pump counterpulsation placed perioperatively : a case control study [PDF]
, 2012 Introduction: Acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery increases length of hospital stay and in-hospital mortality. A significant number of patients undergoing cardiac surgical procedures require perioperative intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP ...
Bingold, Tobias Michael +9 more
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Improve Intra-Operative Nurse-to-Nurse Communication Using a Safety Checklist [PDF]
, 2015 Poor and inadequate handoff, or transfer of care of the surgical patient care from the primary to the relief operating room registered nurse circulators, can result in irreversible patient harm, or sentinel events, such as retained foreign items. In this
Rowe, Silvinita Tadeo
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The OneTogether collaborative approach to reduce the risk of surgical site infection: identifying the challenges to assuring best practice [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Surgical site infections (SSI) account for 16% of healthcare associated infections, and are associated with considerable morbidity, mortality and increased costs of care.
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PAIN Reports. Introduction:. A ketogenic diet (KD) can benefit a range of neurological conditions, including different types of peripheral neuropathy. Bortezomib (BTZ), a first-line chemotherapy for treating multiple myeloma, has neurotoxic effects and often induces
Lana L. Heslop +8 more
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Predictors of weaning failure in case of VA ECMO implantation
Scientific Reports, 2022 The use of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO) for the treatment of refractory cardiogenic shock has increased significantly. Nevertheless, early weaning may be advisable to reduce the potential for severe complications.
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Anesthesia Preoperative Clinic Referral for Elevated Hba1c Reduces Complication Rate in Diabetic Patients Undergoing Total Joint Arthroplasty [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is risk factor for complications after orthopedic surgery. Objectives: We tested the hypothesis that anesthesia preoperative clinic (APC) referral for elevated glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) reduces complication rate ...
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Direct Current Auditory Evoked Potentials During Wakefulness, Anesthesia, and Emergence from Anesthesia [PDF]
, 2001 Direct current auditory evoked potentials (DC-AEPs) are a sensitive indicator of depth of anesthesia in ani-mals. However, they have never been investigated in humans. To assess the potential usefulness of DC-AEPs as an indicator of anesthesia in humans,
Bauer, Herbert +5 more
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