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... duplication in work. In our study, enabling residents to print a daily note from their handheld computer offset the additional work of data entry. Ideally, the handheld system should be integrated ... computers inaccessibility. Handheld computing technology is versa- tile and relatively inexpensive [2], combining many of the benefits of electronic patient records and paper charts....

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21

... 5-HT 4 Motility Initiates peristaltic reflex by simultaneously activating ascending excitatory and receptors on intrinsic stimulant descending inhibitory neural pathways sensory neurones 5-HT, 5-hydroxytryptamine. Table ... of evidence by studying 40 patients randomly assigned to either placebo or erythromycin 250 mg four times daily in 50 ml 5% dextrose. Enteral feeding was commenced at 50...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 19:21

... healthcare delivery strategies. Those studies that include longitudinal data provide important additional insights into sepsis epidemiology while minimizing seasonal influences. Continued investigation ... fatality rates approaching 50%. The data confirm previous secular trends in the incidence and mortality of sepsis [2-4] and define the severity of disease and heterogeneity of case-mix ty...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... population clinical research in critical care medicine and the dangers of extrapolating population- centred, relatively uncomplicated, limited, single-organ patho- physiology to the critically ill patient. ... purposes) Critical Care Vol 11 No 6 Ackland and Mythen novel biomarkers in the general critically ill population. This would seem a crucial step to justify the continued efforts...

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... be implemented in the critical care setting. Finally, different patterns of pra ctice may play an important role in criti cal care outcomes [23]. Currently, a paucity of data exists regarding global ... delirium rates in the present study. Our findings have significant clinical and research implications. First, they confirm the previous findings from single-center studies showing that...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... echocardiography is gaining acceptance as a powerful diagnostic tool in this setting [1]. In recent years, tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) has gained increasing accept- ance as a means of noninvasively assessing ... echocardiography examination. Although there are increasing data supporting the role of TDI in clinical cardiology [12], there are scant data regarding its application to crit...

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... of conducting high-quality clinical studies in the critically ill population is widely recognised. Heterogeneity in patient populations and clinical practice, diagnostic uncertainty, concerns ... overlapping nature of the presenting illnesses are amongst the inherent difficulties. Influential studies in this population therefore increasingly involve multicentre, collaborative efforts us...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... therapy [2]. Competing interests: None of the authors have any potential financial or non- financial competing interests. References 1. Morgan C, Zappitelli M, Gill P: Statin prophylaxis and inflamma- tory ... Takala J: Administration of the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor NG-methyl-L-arginine hydrochloride (546C88) by intravenous infusion for up to 72 hours can promote the resolution of shoc...

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