key questions in surgical critical care

... pump IAH Intra-abdominal hypertension IAP Intra-abdominal pressure ICF Intracellular fluid ICP Intra-cranial pressure ICU Intensive care unit IJV Internal jugular vein IL Interleukin INR International ... syndrome (SIRS) Q Q Q Q Q Key Questions in Surgical Critical Care 14 MCQs Cardiovascular System Questions Kqs-Q-s1-1.qxd 5/11/02 11:19 AM Page 14 KEY QUESTIONS IN SURG...

Ngày tải lên: 11/04/2014, 07:15

... Inspiratory:Expiratory ratio ICF Intracellular fluid ICP Intracranial pressure IgA Immunoglobulin A IL Interleukin IMV Intermittent mandatory ventilation INR International normalised ratio IPPV Intermittent positive ... between meals, being mainly milk or soya protein-based ᭹ Nasoenteric feeding: either into the stomach (nasogastric, NG) or jejunum (nasojejunal, NJ) using a fine bore feeding...

Ngày tải lên: 21/09/2012, 11:00

... moxifloxacin (in 19 patients), linezolid (in 14 patients), ampicilline-sulbactam (in 13 patients), clar- ithromycin (in 13 patients), piperacillin-tazobactam (in 12 patients), imipenem (in 11 patients), ... admissions and one in five requiring critical care (6). Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) virus infection is the first pandemic in which intensive care units (ICU) play a...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:04

... containing the rectum, internal genitalia and iliac vessels ᭹ Intraperitoneal portion in between the above: containing the small and large bowel ᭹ Retroperitoneum: containing the kidneys, urinary ... brain scan. Very good for retroperitoneal injury, less so for hollow viscus injury such as the bowel SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE VIVAS A ABDOMINAL TRAUMA: INVESTIGATIONS ᭢ 1 A ABDOMINAL TRAUM...

Ngày tải lên: 11/04/2014, 07:15

... patients in the CHR are managed in ICUs under the care of the Department of Crit- ical Care Medicine. These ICUs are closed units, staffed by fully trained intensivists and currently include one ... <0.001 Level of care NS NS Full care 1.00 Full care, but no CPR 1.23 (1.09 to 1.39) 0.001 Comfort care 1.35 (1.07 to 1.70) 0.010 *Time-independent (age, baseline creatinine, rand...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:31

... For example, forgetting to restart an infusion of heparin postoperatively is a lapse. Restarting the heparin infusion but entering an incorrect infusion rate despite knowing the correct rate ... substantially increase the number of reports. Some systems such as the AIMS-ICU (Australian Incident Monitoring Study in Intensive Care) and the ICUSRS (Intensive Care Unit Safety Reporting Syste...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:35

... standard concentration of insulin (Humulin R, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA) was 100 units in 100 ml of 0.9% saline solution. In the standard insulin group, insulin infusion was started ... standard insulin group and 83 of 254 (32.7%) in the intensive insulin group. The mean calorie intake in 24 hours was 23.1 ± 12.7 kcal/kg in the standard insulin group and 25.5 ± 1...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:35

... obtain CXRs after insertion of endotra- cheal tubes, intravenous lines and chest drains, but not after insertion of nasogastric tubes. In addition, CXRs were obtained in the case of worsening ... purposes) attending physician; and 'old expected finding' was any old finding predicted by the attending physician; a 'new unex- pected finding' was any new finding not predic...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:39

... Of 538 routine CXRs, 8% presented new ‘major’ findings; however, 58% of these were anticipated by the clinical examination, and only 3.4% of all routine CXRs presented findings not clinically anticipated. ... changes in 26 routine CXRs (12 changes in position of a medical device, and 17 changes in clinical management). There were also four non- routine CXRs, which resulted in five cha...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:45