Essential Guide to Acute Care - part 1 pdf

... 10 1 11 0 11 1 13 0 13 0 Systolic BP Ͻ70 71 80 81 10 0 10 1 17 9 18 0 19 9 200–220 Ͼ220 Respiratory rate Ͻ8 8 11 12 –20 21 25 26–30 Ͼ30 Conscious level New A V P U confusion Urine (ml/4 h) Ͻ80 80 12 0 12 0–200 ... to acute care / Nicola Cooper, Kirsty Forrest, Paul Cramp. — 2nd ed. p. ; cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN -1 3 : 97 8 -1 -4 05 1- 3 97 2-4 (...

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... reversible hypercapnia [11 ,12 ]. In other words, these people have acute but not chronic respiratory failure. Non-invasive ventilation has been shown to be a very suc- cessful treatment for acute respiratory failure ... prognostic indicators for patients admitted to intensive care. Intensive Care Medicine 20 01; 27: 74–83. Further resources • www.brit-thoracic.org.uk/iqs/bts_guide...

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... illness. Self-assessment: case histories Normal values: pH 7.35–7.45, PaCO 2 4.5–6.0 (35–46 mmHg), PaO 2 11 14 .5 kPa (83 10 8 mmHg), BE –2 to ϩ 2, st bicarbonate 22–28 mmol/l. 1 A 65-year-old man ... 24-year-old man • A 56-year-old lady with COPD who has been started on a diuretic for peripheral oedema, resulting in a 3 kg weight loss • A 14 -year-old girl with a severe asthma attack....

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... ventilation. American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine 19 99; 16 0: 15 85 15 91. 4. www.brit-thoracic.org.uk. Latest UK NIV guidelines for COPD. 5. Elliot MW. Non-invasive ventilation for exacerbations ... ACP J Club 19 99; 58. 11 . Wong B and Ball C. Asthma exacerbation. In: Ball C and Phillips R, eds. Evidence- Based On-Call Acute Medicine. Churchill Livingstone, Lond...

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... 12 0 274 7.4 2–3 h Haemaccel 14 5 5 .1 6.25 (25) 14 5 3 01 7.3 2–3 h Albumin 4.5% 14 5 Ͻ2 0 14 5 290 7.4 6 12 h Albumin 20% 14 5 Ͻ2 0 14 5 290 7.4 6 12 h *HES 6% 15 4 0 0 15 4 310 5.5 7–24 h Figure 5.9 Electrolyte ... order to provide a practical Number of failing organs Percentage of ICU patients Percentage mortality 0 35 .1 3.2 1 24.9 10 .6 2 16 .8 25.5 3 12 .1 51. 4 4 6...

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... Chest 19 93; 10 3: 18 26 18 31. 25. Bernard GR, Artigas A, Brigham KL et al. The American–European Consensus Conference on ARDS. American Journal of Respiratory Critical Care Medicine 19 94; 14 9: 818 –824. Sepsis ... of care. Critical Care Medicine 20 01; 29(7): 13 03 13 10. 3. Moreno R, Vincent JL, Matos R, Mendonca Q et al. The use of maximum SOFA scores to quantify organ dy...

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... Medicine 19 97; 336: 13 03 13 09. 13 . Kellum JA and Decker JM. Use of dopamine in acute renal failure: a meta- analysis. Critical Care Medicine 20 01; 29(8): 15 26 15 31. 14 . Renton MC and Snowden CP. ... Society 19 98; 46: 1 5. 4. Ball CM and Phillips RS. Acute renal failure. In: Acute Medicine (Evidence-Based On-Call Series). Churchill Livingstone, London, 20 01. Acute r...

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... surgery. Chest 20 01; 12 0: 11 47 11 51. 10 . American College of Cardiology practice guidelines: perioperative cardiovascular evaluation for non-cardiac surgery. www.acc.org/clinical/statements.htm 11 . Lee ... control trial of pre-operative optimisation of oxygen delivery. British Medical Journal 19 99; 318 : 10 99 11 03. 22. Bennett-Guerrero E. Automated detection of gastric luminal...

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