Clinical pharmacy for critical care

... publicity, and strong clinical evidence of dramatic reductions in mortality, it was only slowly accepted into routine clinical practice One study conducted years after the introduction of thrombolytic ... administration or by key members of the health care system For example, although the clinicians may wish to use a new and highly effective therapy, the pharmacy may be reluctant...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21

... a large carinal laceration [8] Monitoring Telemedicine An infrastructure for providing intensivist-led care from a distance is receiving much attention Two years ago a report examined the poor ... report examined the poor uptake of information technology into medicine and presented a way of incorporating a technological change into the process of intensive care provision [9] Two of th...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... Sleep in the critically ill patient Sleep 2006, 29:707-716 Parthasarathy S, Tobin MJ: Sleep in the intensive care unit Intensive Care Med 2004, 30:197-206 Page of (page number not for citation ... patients receiving postoperative care BMJ 1985, 290:1029-1032 Friese RS: Sleep and recovery from illness and injury: A review of theory, current practice, and future direct...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 10:20

... Bhatia M: Hydrogen sulfide induces the synthesis of proinflammatory cytokines in human κ monocyte cell line U937 via the ERK–NF-κB pathway J Leukoc Biol 2007, 81:1322-1332 Ubuka T: Assay methods ... ES, Taylor EA, Moore PK: Contractile and vasorelaxant effects of hydrogen sulfide and its biosynthesis in the human internal mammary artery J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2008, 324:876882 Bhat...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... study were available for analysis for this study At 28 days, 2.3% of patients had circulatory failure, 13.7% had renal failure, 8.7% had respiratory failure, and 27.2% had died, for an overall ... REDOXS study Statistical Analysis Baseline patient characteristics were compared by POD and survival status at Day 28 Among 28-day survivors, outcomes including Delta SOFA score (maximal SOFAb...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:21

... have markedly improved safety by standardizing practices and investing in safety training and research [71,73] Three simple strategies to change medicine’s approach to medication errors have ... result in meaningful safety improvement Instead, the approach of identifying failures and redesigning faulty systems appears to be a more promising way to reduce human error Competing interest...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:35

... categories are shown as means with ranges where appropriate Comparative data between characteristics are displayed, and data are summarized as tables as well as in text Results Patient characteristics ... awareness King Fahad National Guard Hospital is an 800-bed tertiary care hospital located in the central region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), provides multilevel health...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 12:20

... International Spinal Cord Society Paralyzed Veterans of America U.S Department of Veterans Affairs United Spinal Association CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE Spinal Cord Medicine Respiratory Management Following ... Rehabilitation Medicine American Occupational Therapy Association American Paraplegia Society American Physical Therapy Association American Psychological Associa...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 15:20

... mix, outcome and activity for patients admitted to adult, general critical care units Materials and methods Participation in the CMP The CMP recruits from adult, general critical care units Adult, ... Service units in England, 56% (9/16) in Wales and 73% (8/11) in Northern Ireland (denominator values taken from the Directory of Colle...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... length of stay for admissions to adult, general critical care units in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: the Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre Case Mix Programme Database Crit Care ... SD, standard deviation measures of case mix, outcome and activity for all admissions with asthma, for those mechanically ventilated in the fir...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... present), Critical Care, Critical Care Clinics, Critical Care Medicine (1985 to present), American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (1994 to present), and Intensive Care Medicine (1993 ... the ethics of directing roles in the ICU than issues of resource allocation In this initial survey of the ethical issues experienced by those in dual manageme...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20