Variations in intraventricular hemorrhage incidence rates among canadian neonatal intensive care units

... Characteristics of infants with different grades of IVH are shown in the Table The variation in the incidence rates of diagnosed IVH among the 17 NICUs is shown in Fig The incidence rate ranged ... variations in the incidence of diagnosed IVH among preterm infants admitted to NICUs did not adjust for variations in patient population In our study, we found that risk...

Ngày tải lên: 31/08/2015, 13:09

... significant Figure Summary of cases of acute kidney injury and incidence from the Australia New Zealand Intensive Care Society Adult Patient Database, 1996–2005 acute kidney injury and incidence ... confidence intervals) for the association of acute kidney injury and hospital mortality stratified by two-year intervals from the Australia New Zealan...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:21

... whether fluvoxamine monotherapy is effective for certain domains of delirium symptoms or for all delirium symptoms equally Given the role of sigma-1 receptors in the regulation of a number of neurotransmitters, ... article as: Furuse and Hashimoto, Sigma-1 receptor agonist fluvoxamine for delirium in intensive care units: report of five cases Annals...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 23:21

... cycle In addition, an amplitude index was calculated as follows: Amplitude index = amplitude ÷ mean of variables × 100 Statistical analysis Data were analyzed with SPSS and Statview ANOVA was ... eleven neonates (59.4%) were intubated and 72 neonates (38.5%) received oxygen Rhythmicity analysis Results of the analyses of rhythmicity are summarized in Table To ensure the...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:20

... onitoring of quality indicators fits into the daily routines in the hospital setting (n=140) 10) M onitoring of quality indicators can be done without huge investments (n=140) 11) M onitoring of ... as: de Vos et al., Implementing quality indicators in intensive care units: exploring barriers to and facilitators of behaviour change Implementation Sc...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... important in changing clinician behaviour[40] Horbar and colleagues conducted a cluster- randomized trial of 114 neonatal ICUs (which have similar organizational structure to adult ICUs) to evaluate ... Ontario Critical Care LHIN Leadership Table Inventory of Critical Care Services – An analysis of LHIN-Level Capacities Ontario Ministry of Health and Longterm Care; 2...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:21

... critical patients with sepsis In Italy, antithrombin III is marketed by Aventis-Behring and by Baxter • • • In Italian hospitals this drug is widely used in patients admitted to intensive care ... study and aims The study was based on a multicenter observational design From 20 May to 20 July 2001 all consecutive patients admitted to ICUs in 20 Italian hospi...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 19:21

... Critical Care December 2003 Vol No Cardoso et al Table Geographic distribution of Portuguese intensive care units and intensive care physicians surveyed Physicians Location Intensive care units Surveyed ... care physicians have already participated in a European survey conducted by Vincent [10] in 1996, a small number were included (24 physicians), and a natio...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... to ask for the current practice of analgesia and sedation in German ICUs Methods Data collection From an address database of the German Society for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine ... survey shows that morphine did not have a major role in analgesia and sedation in German ICUs Specifically in Germany, piritramide is a frequently used agent fo...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:21

... status of the patients included, regardless of the type of setting Conclusion Our results suggest that the use of mupirocin to prevent MRSA infections in ICUs has to be evaluated Further doubleblind, ... R: Reemergence of gentamicin-susceptible strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus : roles of an infection control program and changes in amin...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 22:21

... Critical Care Vol 10 No Resche-Rigon et al Figure Modelisation of ICU data in the setting of competing risks Competing risks model (left) Cumulative incidence function of hospital death and being risks ... within the hospital Resulting censoring is 'informative', meaning that censoring carries information about or depends on the survival time In other words, informative...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:20

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:21

... days in the ICU, average length of stay, number of mechanically ventilated patients per year, and average duration of ventilation Part 2: Data relating to analgesia and sedation These data included ... potential changes that had occurred in the interim period between this survey and the 2002 survey Part 4: Pharmacological and regional analgesia techniques for analgesia an...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 10:20

... Hospital costs of central lineassociated bloodstream infections and cost-effectiveness of closed vs open infusion containers The case of Intensive Care Units in Italy Cost Effectiveness and Resource ... 67.3% in the presence of this type of HAI (Table 6) Cost-Effectiveness of Closed vs Open Infusion Container The closed infusion co...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... examining the impact of earplugs and eye masks on the critical care patients’ sleep, found that 58.8% of the patients in the intervention group and 25% of the patients in the non-intervention ... significantly lower the noise level and the number of alarms of hemodynamic monitoring in the surgical ICU Noise reduction strategies included...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23