... echocardiograms from patients inthepostoperativecareunit to assess the role of TTE in thrombus identification inthe left ventricle during thepostoperative period Thepostoperativecareunit receives both ... Conclusions There is clear value in using TTE imaging of the heart for the purpose of cardiovascular evaluation and optimization inthepostoperative period This report demonstrates that information gained ... echocardiography Thrombi generally involve the apex of the left ventricle, most often inthe presence of akinesis or dyskinesis Although myocardial infarction is the most common predisposing cause of left ventricular...
... the goal of optimizing pulmonary function Physiotherapy, including incentive spirometry, should be continued inthepostoperative period Limitations of the study The present study should be interpreted ... the position of the drains [13] Pain due to thoracotomy is a limiting factor for mobility and breathing A high level of postoperative pain is common because of the cutting of the skin, muscles and ... and maintain the strain with their respiratory muscles for seconds Protocol All the subjects inthe CABG group had a preoperative evaluation and orientation in accordance to the physiotherapy...
... under thecare of the Department of Critical Care Medicine These ICUs are closed units, staffed by fully trained intensivists and currently include one 24-bed medical-surgical ICU that serves as the ... hospital care to the residents of the city of Calgary and surrounding areas (population 1.2 million) inthe province of Alberta, Canada [14] All critically ill adult patients inthe CHR are managed in ... Schijndel RJ, Thijs LG: Hypernatremia inthe intensive care unit: an indicator of quality of care? Crit Care Med 1999, 27:1105-1108 Lindner G, Funk GC, Schwarz C, Kneidinger N, Kaider A, Schneeweiss...
... for bias inthe results and is a limitation of the study Medical errors are among the leading causes of death inthe United States In its highly publicised report, the Institute of Medicine estimates ... those reported in a recent study of prescription errors in UK critical care units [12] There was no difference inthe mean APACHE II score inthe HWP and CPOE periods, indicating that it is unlikely ... using the Clinical Informacomputerised physician order entry (CPOE) using the Clinical Information System with 95% confidence intervals Hand-written prescribing (HWP) data collection began on the...
... participated inthe collection and interpretation of the data and were involved in drafting the manuscript MG participated in analysis and interpretation of the data and in drafting the manuscript ... finding' was any old finding not expected by the attending physician If an important finding (as mentioned in Table 1) was found, then we determined whether any action was taken because of the ... http://ccforum.com/content/10/1/R11 attending physician; and 'old expected finding' was any old finding predicted by the attending physician; a 'new unexpected finding' was any new finding not predicted by the attending physician;...
... these units, usually on a one-week basis One month after the completion of the study, the ICIS was implemented inthe two other remaining units Approval of the ethics committee was obtained; informed ... defined as calculated creatinine clearance less than 50 ml/minute The parameters needed to calculate the creatinine clearance were always available in both the PB-U and the C-U In addition to the ... intensive care and general care units Crit Care Med 1997, 25:1289-1297 12 Herout PM, Erstad BL: Medication errors involving continuously infused medications in a surgical intensive careunit Crit Care...
... D insufficient However, the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency is even higher in subjects admitted to the intensive careunit with critical illness We also demonstrate that vitamin D binding ... 25-hydroxyvitamin D lost inthe urine [24] This process is facilitated by megalin, a protein located on the renal epithelial cell which binds to the DBP-25-hydroxyvitamin D complex to facilitate the recovery ... obtained from the diet or made inthe skin after exposure to ultraviolet B radiation from the sun Vitamin D is then converted to its major circulating form, 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), by the...
... secondary care and preventive health care Fundamentally, taking steps to further involve patients inthe management of their own health care records will increase the perception of transparency inthe ... The Scottish Government funds the Twinning of Scottish and Malawian Clinics Project The authors thank all the health care staff and patients in Malawi for telling them about their lives and their ... and obtaining fresh water This teaching can include a dance or a song in keeping with local or village custom of conveying a message to peers Patients inthe United Kingdom would certainly remember...
... UNIQUENESS OF THE SYSTEM Chapter One emphasized the potentially universal features of health care But the health care industry inthe United States is distinct from those inthe rest of the industrialized ... Medicare and Medicaid Other examples of the private sector’s dominance include organizations concerned with maintaining professional standards and quality inthe health care industry These include ... Studies, which, beginning inthe mid-1970s, introduced me to the field of health administration and policy From outstanding figures in this field, including Ronald Andersen, Odin Anderson, Theodore R Marmor,...
... characteristics of pathogens causing HAP inthe Intensive careunit of Bach Mai Hospital which is the area with the highest incidence density of healthcare associated infections among Vietnamese HCFs ... characteristics of pathogens causing HAP These findings suggest areas for intervention and for developing guideline for prevention and control of HAP in HCFs THESIS STRUCTURE The thesis consists of 129 ... be inhaled by susceptible individuals through the dissemination of either airborne droplet nuclei or small particles (< 5μm )in the respirable size range containing infectious agents that remain...
... multiplying the sampling weight of the provider and the sampling weight of the patient within the provider as previously described [6] These weights were used to estimate the numbers of patients incare ... resulted in an incomplete sampling frame at the second stage – but not necessarily in any bias, unless not being included inthe sampling frame was related to having had an OI diagnosed during 1998 In ... or were incare for HIV infection Once they did receive medical care, they would have been included in our sampling frame and could contribute to the OI incidence estimates, even if they had...
... using SAS, version After excluded individuals contributing data during the first year that the cohort contributed data to the NA-ACCORD to remove individuals who may have been previously in care, ... 1997 to 12% in 2007, pvalue < 0.01) Finally, among individuals who had an AIDS-defining diagnosis at first presentation for care, the proportion of older individuals who had ≥2 AIDSdefining diagnosis ... HIV treatment initiation guideline adherence if effective testing and treatment interventions target older individuals Finally, our data suggest older individuals are entering into care with advanced...
... tamponade following cardiothoracic surgery inthe intensive careunit Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2011 6:79 Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Received: ... obtained during monitoring inthe intensive careunit (ICU) [5,6,8,9,11,13] When pericardial tamponade was suspected, 52% of our patients had a improvement of the CV SOFA score, with a rise in ... performed routinely Haemodynamic monitoring was routinely done with help of a catheter inthe radial artery and either a central venous catheter and/or a pulmonary artery catheter (n = 14) The latter...
... hepatitis C virus; ICU: intensive care unit; IV: intravenous; NE: norepinephrine; RCT: randomized controlled trial Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' ... continue for a long time without obvious adverse effects or major organ toxicity is, in our opinion, the most interesting finding in our report Therefore, we believe that this report is a meaningful ... minute, was treated with intravenous atropine and/or continuous isoproterenol infusion Meanwhile, their tachycardia, which is defined as having a heart rate of >110/min, was treated with continuous...
... healthcare policy without provoking confusion and outright anger in both the medical establishment and many of the patients who actually benefit (or inthe latter case think they benefit) from the ... http://genomemedicine.com/content/1/10/94 Starr P: The Social Transformation of American Medicine New York: Basic Books; 1982 Sutherland JM, Fisher ES, Skinner JS: Getting past denial the high cost of health careinthe United States ... fee-for-service-based physicians As pointed out recently by the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice [2], the group that has most carefully followed Medicare expenses inthe US, discretionary...
... either maintaining conservative measures in patients or to surgery in six; of these 15 patients died within the first month (4/9 patients managed conservatively and 1/6 undergoing surgery) In ... bleeding was defined as a cessation of bleeding obtained without recurrence until hospital discharge, whatever the therapeutic option used Rebleeding was defined as the persistence and/or the ... control the bleeding, using cold saline solution lavage, instillation of topical vasoconstrictive agents and/or balloon tamponade therapy As the administration of systemic terlipressin may interfere...
... increasing with excitement and decreasing with tranquility These rhythms occur mainly inthe posterior head and are the predominant brain activity inthe normal brain The beta rhythm occurs in ... administered mg intravenous midazolam during continuous EEG monitoring The frequency diminished quickly in about min, demonstrating the rapid clinical action of the short acting sedative The ... administered 100 mg intravenous fentanyl during continuous EEG monitoring The frequency quickly diminished in about min, demonstrating the rapid clinical action of the short-acting analgesic sedative...
... haemoglobin concentrations during the first 10 days of intensive careunit (ICU) stay There was an average decrease of 16 g/l in haemoglobin concentrations in all patients admitted to the ICU over the ... categories, the number of red cell units administered per patient (0 units, 1–3 units, 4–6 units, 7–9 units, 10 or more units) and mortality rates were initially compared amongst institutions using chi-square ... Variation in red cell transfusion practice inthe intensive careunit Hébert et al For the bedside questionnaire, we determined the response rate at each institution by cross checking recorded...
... existing monitors inthe intensive careunit Crit Care Med 1997, 25:614–619 Chambrin MC, Ravaux P, Calvelo D, Jaborska A, Chopin C, Boniface B: Multicentric study of monitoring alarms inthe adult ... of the patient from the ventilator produces the same audible alarm as a high level of minute ventilation Inthe first case, the alarm is vital for the patient and independent of any setting The ... the patient remains as the major difficulty commentary units have been conducted to examine the relevance of alarms in monitoring; they showed that less than 10% of alarms induce a therapeutic modification...
... reduction in its use, a sustained reduction inthe Kollef et al examined the influence of a scheduled change in antibiotic on the incidence of nosocomial infections among patients undergoing cardiac ... improve the efficacy of antimicrobial therapy by increasing the likelihood for adequate initial treatment of infections [6] Antimicrobial de-escalation There is increasing clinical evidence suggesting ... Care 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 August 2001 Vol No Kollef of nosocomial infection in intensive care units in Europe: results of the European Prevalence of Infection in Intensive Care...