Báo cáo khoa học: "Re-examining ethical obligations in the intensive care unit: HIV disclosure to surrogates" ppt

... dishonest with him, and for putting him at risk during intercourse. Commentary Re-examining ethical obligations in the intensive care unit: HIV disclosure to surrogates Anthony T Vernillo 1 , Paul R ... decision-maker. Non- disclosure upheld both the physicians’ duty to maintain the patient’s confidentiality, and their duty to the surrogate to provide all nec...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... meeting abstracts of nosocomial infection in intensive care units in Europe: results of the European Prevalence of Infection in Intensive Care (EPIC) Study; EPIC International Advisory Committee. JAMA ... unknown owing to the potential for increased emergence of resis- tance to the newly selected antibiotic classes [30]. Combining antibiotic therapy The use of combin...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21

... universal, particularly in developing countries. Until then, we have to continue to rely on, and improve, the clinical clock. Currently, consensus definitions for AKI exist and are being increasingly used in the ... us in recruiting patients, but also serve as clinical endpoints for evaluating interventions in AKI. In the future, outcomes in AKI will include intermediate...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20

... purposes) Available online http://ccforum.com/content/12/2/137 Abstract Increasing numbers of patients are surviving the intensive care unit. Concordant with our shifting focus to minimizing intensive care unit-acquired ... through the administrators contributing to the implicated system-level errors. Commentary Pharmacotherapeutic friendly fire in the intensive care...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 10:20

... further aggravating the problem of power, the study turned out to realize intensive insulin therapy, but without tight glycaemic control. The median morning blood glucose level in the intensive treatment ... than the preset target of 80 to 110 mg/dL (4.4 to 6.1 mM). As a result, only 39.4% of the patients in the intensive treatment groups remained within range fo...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... important insight into another potential problem introduced by computing tech- nology in the ICU. These investigators evaluated the effect of the introduction of an electronic patient record on team interactions ... Furthermore, the rate of research know- ledge production is outstripping our ability to incorporate this information into patient care. These factors, as well as the...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... week, targeting a Kt/V urea threshold. However, as long as we know neither the nature nor the kinetics of many of the ‘toxins’ involved in the acute ‘uraemic syndrome’ we will always have to rely ... greater determining factor of outcome in critically ill acute kidney injury patients than the dose of dialysis. Finally, despite the previous seminal study [2] by the senior a...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:20

... reported in the previous issue of Critical Care, Vincent and colleagues [1] investigated the possible increased risk of patients with insulin-treated diabetes for morbidity and mortality in the intensive ... However, in the previous issue of Critical Care, Vincent and colleagues report no di erence in mortality between patients with insulin- treated diabetes and pati...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... testing, interpretation of the blood glucose results, and fi nally adapting the insulin infusion are very demand- ing for ICU staff . In addition, guidelines and protocols to steer the insulin infusion ... the ongoing CHiP (Control of Hyperglycemia in Pediatric Intensive Care) trial in the UK, will provide further knowledge about this intriguing topic. In conclusion,...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22