Báo cáo y học: "Underpowered trials in critical care medicine: how to deal with them" pps

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22

... University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. Correspondence: Stephen E Lapinsky, stephen.lapinsky@utoronto.ca The rapid development of computing technology has had a major impact on health care, particularly ... namely, the attending physicians and fellows. This may be because of the longer time they were involved in the study, allowing more familiarity with the PDA platform. They were also m...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21

... 2002 in Critical Care Medicine (too late for inclusion in the review by Booth and coworkers [9]), examined the effects of erythromycin in ventilated patients. It adds considerably to the body of evidence ... of an intrinsic cholinergic pathway smooth muscle Cisapride Activates 5-HT 4 Motility Initiates peristaltic reflex by simultaneously activating ascending excitatory and recept...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 19:21

... while minimizing seasonal influences. Continued investigation is necessary to optimize healthcare quality and to compare the effectiveness and efficiency of different ICU utilization and care strategies, ... healthcare systems according to changes in disease incidence or outcome, and for planning research studies according to the characteristics of the disease. Large-scale longitu...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... uncomplicated, limited, single-organ patho- physiology to the critically ill patient. However, defining subsets of critical care patients to explore these hypotheses may be fruitful. For example, elevated ... purposes) Critical Care Vol 11 No 6 Ackland and Mythen novel biomarkers in the general critically ill population. This would seem a crucial step to justify the continued...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20

... drains, tubes) to be incorporated into the plan of care of critically ill adults. These and other strategies intended to decrease the frequency and severity of delir- ium have b een successfully ... be implemented in the critical care setting. Finally, different patterns of pra ctice may play an important role in criti cal care outcomes [23]. Currently, a paucity of data exist...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... emphasizing how qualitative findings link to and confirm quantitative findings, as well as how quantitative findings inform qualitative findings – thereby validating findings and enhancing generalizability. ... eventually facilities in the Prairie Provinces) learn from research undertaken within TREC in ways meaningful to them 3. To contribute to creating sustainable enhanced...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... Churchill Introduction Critical care medicine is a relatively young discipline that has rapidly grown into a full-fl edged specialty. Demand for intensive care has steadily escalated, and the ratio of intensive care ... less invasively. Abscess drainage, stent placement, interruption of torrential gastro intestinal bleeding, coiling of intracerebral aneurysms, and percutaneous co...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21

... conducting high-quality clinical studies in the critically ill population is widely recognised. Heterogeneity in patient populations and clinical practice, diagnostic uncertainty, concerns with ... the validity of the findings, the outcomes nonetheless appear compatible with international standards and indeed are broadly indicative of the success of modern intensive care medicine. M...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... echocardiography examination. Although there are increasing data supporting the role of TDI in clinical cardiology [12], there are scant data regarding its application to critical care. In this study of critically ... surgery, sepsis, drugs and toxins. Transthoracic echocardiography is gaining acceptance as a powerful diagnostic tool in this setting [1]. In recent years, tissue D...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20