Báo cáo y học: "Renal failure in the intensive care unit: acute kidney injury compared to end-stage renal failure" pptx
Báo cáo y học: "Renal failure in the intensive care unit: acute kidney injury compared to end-stage renal failure" pptx
... stay in ICU (days; median [range]) 7 (1 to 270) 10 (1 to 219) 2 (1 to 64) <0.0001
a
Excluding renal failure. AKI, acute kidney injury; ESRF, end-stage renal failure; ICU, intensive care unit; ... in serum creatinine
by >300% from baseline). A total of 797 patients had pre-
existing ESRF and 2,782 patients had advanced AKI, of
Letter
Renal failure in the...
Báo cáo y học: "Rotating antibiotics in the intensive care unit: feasible, apparently beneficial, but questions remain" docx
... aureus.
Available online http://ccforum.com/content/6/1/009
Raymond et al. from the University of Virginia, USA published
work into rotating empirical antibiotics in an intensive care
unit in June 2001 ... January 2002
Critical Care 2002, 6:9-10
© 2002 BioMed Central Ltd (Print ISSN 1364-8535; Online ISSN 1466-609X)
Abstract
Rotating antibiotics in the intensive care unit...
Báo cáo y học: "Delirium assessment in the intensive care unit: patient population matter" ppsx
... also varied. These ICU
delirium screening instruments differ in the components of
delirium they evaluate, in their threshold for diagnosing
delirium, and in their ability to be used in patients ... change in cognition that develops over a short
period of time and fluctuates during the course of the day.
There also must be evidence from the history, physical exami-
nation,...
Báo cáo y học: "Sedation practice in the intensive care unit: a UK national survey" potx
... sub-
stantial involvement in revising and drafting the article, and in
interpreting the data. All authors contributed to drafting and
revising the article, and approved the final manuscript.
Key messages
• ... com-
monly used agent.
Discussion
Sedation scoring
The majority of responding ICUs (88%) in our survey use a
sedation scoring system. This has increased considerably
s...
Báo cáo y học: "Hot times in the intensive care unit" pdf
... therapy. Although a study by
Bernard and colleagues [2] showed that intra venous
ibuprofen was eff ective in diminishing the severity of
hyperthermia in patients with acute lung injury, there ... in critically ill patients, acute kidney insuffi ciency is
a common occurrence in the ICU. In the study by Morris
and colleagues [1], intravenous ibuprofen was adminis-
tered...
Báo cáo khoa học: " Research ethics in the intensive care unit: current and future challenges" pdf
... the
research setting, nor were they conceived to meet the unique
challenges we face in the ICU. Now, we are asking that the
ethical principles be stretched to encompass the uncertainty,
the risks, the benefits ... quality of these lives saved. At the crossroads of medical
and surgical fields, at the forefront of technology, with its
capacity for extensive haemodynamic...
Báo cáo khoa học: "Robotic telepresence in the intensive care unit" ppsx
... access to senior level intensive care
physicians, and conversely it requires the intensivist to have
access to the intensive care unit (ICU). The strategic use of
information technology (IT) ... easier to appreciate when they are seen directly by
the physician rather than being conveyed by a third party.
Telepresence is unique in that nurses, patients, and families
i...
Báo cáo y học: "Multiple-center evaluation of mortality associated with acute kidney injury in critically ill patients: a competing risks analysis" pdf
... of increasing
severity (Risk of renal dysfunction, Injury to the kidney,
and Failure of kidney function) and two outcome classes
(LossofkidneyfunctionandEnd-stagekidneydisease)
(Table 1). Furthermore, ... Prata MM: Acute kidney injury in intensive care unit patients: a
comparison between the RIFLE and the Acute Kidney Injury Network
classifications. Crit C...
Báo cáo y học: "Quality of life before intensive care unit admission is a predictor of survival" pptx
... substantially to the study. JGMH ana-
lyzed and interpreted the data and drafted the manuscript.
PES conceived of the study, contributed to the interpretation
and analysis of the data, and revised the ... admitted to the ICU.
Introduction
It is difficult for doctors to predict whether a critically ill patient
will survive intensive care treatment. Mortality in pa...