Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: The role of biomarkers in the diagnosis and management of communityacquired pneumonia" potx
Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: High-frequency oscillatory ventilation in adults — a review of the literature and practical applications" ppsx
... V
t
received by the patient depends on a
number of factors, including the size of the endotracheal tube,
the airway resistance, and the compliance of the total respira-
tory system. Unfortunately, there ... is the decoupling of
oxygenation and CO
2
elimination. Ventilation is determined by
changes in power (a surrogate for V
t
) and in frequency.
Simply increa...
Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: The role of the intensive care physician in mass casualty incidents: planning, organisation, and leadership" pot
... ultimately
admitted to the ICU.
Review
Clinical review: The role of the intensive care physician in mass
casualty incidents: planning, organisation, and leadership
Peter J Shirley and Gerlinde Mandersloot
Royal ... [17,18].
Reflection and debriefing
The problems we faced following the events of July 2005
were not unique and are seen on an ongoing basis in other
p...
Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: The role of biomarkers in the diagnosis and management of communityacquired pneumonia" potx
...
standard of care in the next few years.
Indicators of prognosis
CAP is the leading cause of death from infection in west-
ern countries [43]. Ideally, the management strategy
and nature of the ... Christ-Crain M, Opal SM: The role of biomarkers in the
diagnosis and management of community-acquired pneumonia. Critical Care
2010, 12:203.
Page 4 of...
Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: What is the role for autopsy in the ICU" doc
... of the growing impact of the opinions of patients
and their relatives, physicians are often forced to discuss
necropsy with them. As a result, the autopsy rate in
France has markedly declined ... 32% in the 1980s, and an increase in
undiagnosed infections of 30%. Gerain and colleagues [36]
studied the causes of death in oncology patients who died
in an...
Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: Drotrecogin alfa (activated) as adjunctive therapy for severe sepsis – practical aspects at the bedside and patient identification Pierre-François Laterre and Xavier Wittebole" pdf
... activity by limiting thrombin formation and by inhibition
of factors VIIIa and Va, and it promotes fibrinolysis by inhibiting
plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 and thrombin-activatable fib-
rinolysis ... the
consideration of drotrecogin alfa (activated) as adjunctive
therapy for severe sepsis. In the PROWESS study, the time
window between the development of the first...
Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: The management of hypertensive crises" ppsx
... hypertension [29,43–45]. In addition to
activation of the renin–angiotensin system, vasopressin,
endothelin, and catecholamines are postulated to play
important roles in the pathophysiology of ... accompanied by evidence
of renal disease and by signs of vascular injury to the heart,
brain, retina and kidney, and by a rapidly fatal course ending
in heart attack, ren...
Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: Acid–base abnormalities in the intensive care unit" doc
... studies of acid–base prediction of outcome
should strongly consider including each of these variables in their
methodology. Further evaluation of these and potentially other
markers of morbidity and ... utility identified in some studies
that is conspicuously lacking in others? The answer may be
found in the timing. Much like base excess, the value of the
SIG m...
Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: Noninvasive ventilation in the clinical setting – experience from the past 10 year" pps
... duration of invasive
ventilation, and decreasing the incidence of nosocomial
infections, mortality, and length of ICU and hospital stays. The
International Consensus Conference [37] on the use of NIV
in ... surgery
No active gastrointestinal bleeding
No impairment in swallowing
Hemodynamic and rhythm stability
Adequate fitting of the interface
102
A multicenter r...
Báo cáo y học: " Clinical review: Vasculitis on the intensive care unit – part 1: diagnosis" doc
... leucocytosis, and a raised
erythrocyte sedimentation rate and capsular reactive protein
are typical findings, but they add little in determining the
specific diagnosis. The urea and creatinine ... particularly in PAN. Urinalysis must be
performed. Is the patient being treated for urinary sepsis on
the basis of blood and protein on the urine dipstick in the
absence...
Báo cáo y học: "Clinical review: Vasculitis on the intensive care unit – part 2: treatment and prognosis" ppsx
... outcomes
while avoiding unnecessary immunosuppressive therapy. In this
second part of the review we consider the role played by the
ICU in their treatment and look at the prognosis of the fulminant
presentations. ... acutely during
treatment of the vasculitis, and in 20–40% of cases this will
need to continue in the long term [4]. Unfortunately, of those...