Báo cáo khoa học: "Elevated troponin and myocardial infarction in the intensive care unit: a prospective study" potx
Báo cáo khoa học: "Elevated troponin and myocardial infarction in the intensive care unit: a prospective study" potx
... classified as having MI or no
MI during their ICU stay [2].
Statistical analysis
We report continuous data as mean and standard deviation or
median and interquartile range (IQR), as appropriate. ... evidence of
myocardial ischemia. An elevated troponin alone cannot
establish a diagnosis of myocardial infarction (MI), yet the
optimal methods for diagnosing MI in the intens...
Báo cáo khoa học: ":Clinically important deep vein thrombosis in the intensive care unit: a survey of intensivists" pot
... intervals, as well as measures of cen-
tral tendency and dispersion (mean and standard deviation
[SD]). Within each domain (patient factors and ultrasono-
graphic features), we ranked the characteristics ... from coast to
coast in Canada, and our response rate was 99%. We believe
that our results are generalizable to similar multidisciplinary
secondary and tertiary care settin...
Báo cáo khoa học: "Remifentanil for analgesia-based sedation in the intensive care unit" pdf
... other
without a goal-orientated protocol [13]. It is probable that
adherence to a strict and goal-orientated algorithm for
defining, assessing and reassessing analgesia and sedation
is more important than ... overdosing are available, as is the case
for remifentanil. The two observations made by Breen and
coworkers [2] and Muellejans and colleagues [1] suggest
that this ag...
Báo cáo y học: "Advanced directives and treatment decisions in the intensive care unit" potx
... can adjust to changing
circumstances and maintain a collaborative relationship with
the health care team while promoting the patient’s particular
value system and respecting the individual’s autonomy.
Despite ... Schiavo case), a
relatively small percentage of Americans complete advanced
directives, as Tillyard notes. The reasons for this may be
multifactorial, ranging from...
Báo cáo khoa hoc:" Neurohumoral, immunoinflammatory and cardiovascular profile of patients with severe tetanus: a prospective study" docx
... re-evaluated by
another blinded echocardiographist.
Statistical analysis
Continuous variables are described as means and stand-
ard deviation or medians and range; categorical variables
are described ... tubes and
stored at -80°C for later measurement of plasma catecho-
lamines and TNF-α levels. Catecholamine levels (epine-
phrine, norepinephrine, dopamine and total
catecholamines)...
Báo cáo khoa học: "nformed consent for research obtained during the intensive care unit stay" docx
... criteria regarding the decision-making capac-
ity of patients are lacking in international and national direc-
tives, investigators usually use their clinical judgement and the
Glasgow Coma Scale ... intensive care
unit stay
Catherine Chenaud, Paolo Merlani, Samuel Luyasu and Bara Ricou
Service of Intensive Care, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Intensive...
Báo cáo y học: "Is succinylcholine appropriate or obsolete in the intensive care unit" docx
... encephalitis and acute renal failure.
Potassium release can be further augmented by acid–base
balance disturbances and by corticosteroids [6,7]. The
induced hyperkalaemia causes arrhythmias and ... activity
In intensive care patients there is large variability in the
activity of plasma cholinesterase, an enzyme that metabolizes
Commentary
Is succinylcholine appropriate or ob...
Báo cáo y học: " Rational use of computerized protocols in the intensive care unit" ppt
... nursing, and respiratory therapy staffs of
the Intermountain Respiratory Intensive Care Unit and of the Shock-
Trauma/Intermountain Respiratory ICU, and to the Respiratory Care
Department of the ... Chalmers T, Lau J: Randomized controlled trials and meta-
anlayses in gastroenterology: major achievements and future
potential. In Doing More Good than Harm: the Eva...
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 ... gap.
Critical Care April 2005 Vol 9 No 2 Kaplan and Frangos
Abstract
Acid–base abnormalities are common in the critically ill. The
traditional classificati...
Báo cáo y học: "Recently published papers: Heavyweight problems in the intensive care unit" potx
... recently in Intensive Care Medicine add more
weight to the arguments against such views [2,3].
In the study by Sakr and colleagues, the European obser-
vational Sepsis Occurrence in Acutely Ill Patients ... reading. There was no
association between increased mortality and obesity. There
was, however, an increase in morbidity with a trend towards
longer length of stay,...