Báo cáo y học: "Metformin-associated lactic acidosis in an intensive care unit" pptx

... defined according to the RIFLE (acronym indicating Risk of renal dysfunction; Injury to the kidney; Failure of kidney function, Loss of kidney function and End-stage kidney disease) criteria (increase ... bias by which only the more severely ill patients were dia- lysed. Finally, in some situations (e.g. cardiac arrest or shock), the exact role of metformin in explaining the degree of la...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... dif- ficile, and an increase in clindamycin susceptibility among C. difficile strains. Although this lead to increased use of antibiotics with anti-anaerobic activity, including cefotetan, ticarcillin-clavulonate, ... of sound infection control practices are most likely to succeed in terms of reducing antimicrobial resistance and enhancing overall antimicrobial efficacy. Conclusion Clin...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21

... R, ANZICS Database Manage- ment Committee: Changes in the incidence and outcome for early acute injury in a cohort of Australian intensive care units. Crit Care 2007, 11:R68. 2. Ympa YP, Sakr Y, ... 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 be...

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 ... definition excludes a near-miss error, and reflects our understanding of medication safety systems: drugs that are not administered cannot cause patient harm, and...

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 ... For these complex interventions, exploratory trials (in this case, the Leuven studies) should be followed by an adequately controlled and powered study to assess replicability an...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... and use of new computing technology is highlighted. In critical care, as in other areas of health care, clinicians are faced with rising health care costs and aging and increasingly complex patients. ... a period of time by changing the format of the ward round, this is an issue that needs to be recognized, anticipated, and Commentary Clinical information systems in the intensive...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... difference in obtained net ultrafiltration between low and intensive dose groups in the VA/NIH trial [7] and a study by Tolwani and colleagues [8]. So, maybe our ‘concept’ of what dose actually means in ... 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 auth...

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 ... morbidity in the former group. Larger morbidity and development of complications in diabetes can be explained by the often pre-existing organ dysfunction and pathophysiol...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... fi nally adapting the insulin infusion are very demand- ing for ICU staff . In addition, guidelines and protocols to steer the insulin infusion are mostly rough guides and experience and intuition ... competing interests. Published: 5 May 2010 References 1. Preissig CM, Rigby MR: A disparity between physician attitudes and practice regarding hyperglycemia in pediatric intensive care...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22