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Báo cáo y học: " A stronger approach to weakness in the intensive care unit" doc
... distally in the
Figure 1
A flow chart giving an approach to generalized weakness and/or ventilatory failure in the intensive care unit. CK, creatine kinase; CSF,
cerebrospinal fluid; GBS, Guillain–Barré ... and
their relative contributions to the weakness may vary
considerably when this occurs. Elevated serum creatine
kinase may help to identify CIM, but the peak...
Báo cáo y học: "Is succinylcholine appropriate or obsolete in the intensive care unit" docx
... succinylcholine-induced
hyperkalaemia alone [8].
Unpredictable activity
In intensive care patients there is large variability in the
activity of plasma cholinesterase, an enzyme that metabolizes
Commentary
Is ... indicated to facilitate surgery by
ensuring an open airway. In the ICU these are absolute
indications, and rapid return of spontaneous ventilation is not
necessary, g...
Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: Acid–base abnormalities in the intensive care unit" doc
... outcome
prognostication. These data may be incorporated into daily
practice using a handheld calculator, or a computer-based
macro utilizing the relevant data points from the clinical
laboratory; automated abstraction ... value of the
SIG may be related to the time of assay. Since the natural
history of the SIG and its clearance value remains unknown
(similar to the earl...
Báo cáo y học: " Rational use of computerized protocols in the intensive care unit" ppt
... declared.
Acknowledgements
I am indebted to the medical, nursing, and respiratory therapy staffs of
the Intermountain Respiratory Intensive Care Unit and of the Shock-
Trauma/Intermountain Respiratory ICU, and to the ... under-
standing of clinical management of sepsis and ARDS has not.
Several clinical trials of promising therapeutic agents have
consistently failed to ident...
Báo cáo y học: "Advanced directives and treatment decisions in the intensive care unit" potx
... this
regard an informed surrogate can adjust to changing
circumstances and maintain a collaborative relationship with
the health care team while promoting the patient’s particular
value system and ... decision-making
played out in the media (for example the Schiavo case), a
relatively small percentage of Americans complete advanced
directives, as Tillyard notes. The reason...
Báo cáo y học: "Recently published papers: Heavyweight problems in the intensive care unit" potx
... paucity of
detailed data relating to mechanical ventilation parameters,
including the use of tracheotomies [2].
Frat and colleagues have examined the effect of obesity on
mechanically ventilated ... classed as very
obese. The results make interesting reading. There was no
association between increased mortality and obesity. There
was, however, an increase in morbidity with a trend...
Báo cáo y học: " Cost effectiveness of antimicrobial catheters in the intensive care unit: addressing uncertainty in the decision" doc
... general ward bed days and achieved
cost savings of AUD $130,000 per 1,000 catheters (Table 3).
The second analysis based on PSA to incorporate uncertainty
indicated that at a willingness -to- pay threshold ... catheters: incremental costs and health outcomes under baseline analysis
Catheter type Infections avoided
a
ICU bed days
released
a
Costs saved
a
(2006
AUD)
QALYs gained...
Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: "A HYBRID APPROACH TO REPRESENTATION IN THE JANUS NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSOR" pot
...
plex patterns of syntax and semantics arising from
verbs, by providing examples of the verb's usage,
Since IRACQ assumes that a large vocabulary is
available for use in the training examples," ... E.W., Ayuso, D.M., and Scha, R. The
Syntax and Semantics of the JANUS Semantic Inter-
pretation Language. In Research and Development in
Natural Language Understandi...
Báo cáo khoa học: ":Clinically important deep vein thrombosis in the intensive care unit: a survey of intensivists" pot
... generalizable to similar multidisciplinary
secondary and tertiary care settings in which the majority of
mechanically ventilated, critically ill patients are cared for.
However, in focusing on the ... significantly impaired cardiorespiratory reserve.
Therefore, they may be unable to tolerate a small PE that an
otherwise healthy outpatient might tolerate easily. Better qual-
it...
Báo cáo khoa học: "Elevated troponin and myocardial infarction in the intensive care unit: a prospective study" potx
... critically revised the manuscript. DC was guarantor.
Acknowledgements
This study was funded by a grant from the Regional Medical Associates
of McMaster University, Canada, and the Father Sean O'Sullivan ... Jesse RL, Warshaw MM, Valdes R
Jr: National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry Standards of
Laboratory Practice: recommendations for the use of cardiac
markers in coronary...
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