Báo cáo khoa học: "Recently published papers: Therapies failed, disputed, and beneficent" pps

... The authors reported a number of key observations. First, they Commentary Recently published papers: Therapies failed, disputed, and beneficent Gareth Williams University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester ... bleeding and other fatal and life-threatening events compared with the previous landmark studies [5,6]. The also observed that intensive care unit (ICU) mortality rates f...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:21

... renal replacement therapy, and deep venous thrombosis and stress ulcer prophylaxis. Commentary Recently published papers: Bugs, fluids, obesity and food Neil Hall 1 and Gareth Williams 2 1 Specialist ... the management of severe sepsis and septic shock following expert systematic review of the literature, a consensus conference and numerous roundtable debates. Key areas covere...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... in our critically ill patients, and in fairness the authors do not make any extravagant claims. Dubois and colleagues [1] point out that this is a pilot study and will hopefully pave the way ... journal demonstrated that up to 11% of Commentary Recently published papers: putting fluids in and taking fluids out Catriona JM Shaw 1 and Lui G Forni 2,3 1 Department of Nephrology, Wo...

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... 18-month period. In particular, the Commentary Recently published papers: Curing, caring and follow-up Gareth Williams Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospitals of Leicester, ... pointed out in Angus and Crowther’s typically erudite and enlightening accompanying editorial, this data must be treated with caution because heparin administration was not randomi...

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... that Commentary Recently published papers: Asking the unanswerable – measuring the immeasurable and decontaminating the infected Hardeep S Benepal 1 and Lui G Forni 2 1 Renal and Critical Care Registrar, ... six bands that were determined prospectively. The patients were predominantly male, over 60 years old and overweight. Cardiac surgery was the reason for admission in 85% of in...

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... disease patients. However, enthusiasm for this technique in other Commentary Recently published papers: all the usual suspects and carbon dioxide Jonathan Ball Lecturer in Intensive Care Medicine, Department ... dangers and benefits of this monitoring intervention. December saw the publication of two further large-scale, multicentre trials into the use of pulmonary artery catheters. A...

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... expert choice, and on what basis? Perrin and colleagues surveyed UK clinicians (general and respiratory physicians, and intensivists) to investigate their clinical decision-making and criteria ... Kirk-Bayley and Venn ventilation (and therefore to undergo PCT) and so are predisposed to VAP by definition. The only real way to show that these slow weaners are worse off with a PCT...

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... organ dysfunction score and development of delayed septic shock, and secondary end-points included duration of stay in critical care and mechanical ventilation, and survival to hospital discharge and at 60 ... Carbert and Venn stress that early treatment with glucocorticoids and use of a continuous infusion could account for the positive findings in their trial compared with pre...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 22:22

... nonteaching hospitals than in Commentary Recently published papers: An ancient debate, novel monitors and post ICU outcome in the elderly James Sadler 1 and Gareth Williams 2 1 Specialist Registrar ... relationship between Mv–a CO 2 and CI has long been recognized, as derived from the Fick principle, this study suggests an easier and less invasive way to apply the same concept an...

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... establishing a link between hypoproteinaemia and poor outcome in ALI [14]. They then went on to conduct a randomized controlled trial of albumin and furosemide versus placebo in a small group ... the treatment group at 24, 48 and 72 hours. In terms of clinical outcomes, 30-day mortality was 7/20 (35%) in the treatment arm and 9/20 (45%) in the placebo arm, and median ventilator-free...

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