... (maximum and minimum)physiological and laboratory values in each 24-hour period(00:00 hours to 23:59 hours) were exported to the data ware-house. For analysis purposes, the value that deviated the ... difference between the minimum andmaximum value from the median, the maximum value wastaken. A sensitivity analysis was performed using the minimumvalue and produced similar results.Patient ... intensive care unit (ICU) patients with serum sodium val-ues outside the normal range during the first 50 days of ICU stay*Proportion of intensive care unit (ICU) patients with serum sodium values outside...
... awake on46% of evaluations. Patients treated by DIS were agitated(RASS score > 0) during 18% of the evaluations, whereaspatients treated by SA were agitated on 5% of the evaluations(P < ... in a trauma intensive care unit population. Arch Surg 2002, 137:1223-1227.6. MacLaren R, Plamondon JM, Ramsay KB, Rocker GM, Patrick WD,Hall RI: A prospective evaluation of empiric versus protocol-based ... increases were similar for the two groups.However, DIS patients consistently had higher RASS values(0.6 units) than SA patients (Figure 3). The probability of beingawake (as defined by Kress and...
... 91 (36) 99 (39) 0.551No. of transfusions/patients* 6 ± 5.5 4.9 ± 4.1 0.412* Values presented as mean ± SD.† P values were determined wit the use of Student's t-test, the chi-square test ... Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; CDC: Centers for Disease Control; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval; HPTU: Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe; ICU: intensive care unit; IQR: interquartile range; ... 68.4* Values presented as mean ± SD.†The body mass index is the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in metres.‡APACHE II = Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation....
... and Chronic Health Evaluation; CDSS = clinical decision support systems; CPOE = computerised physician order entry; HWP = hand-written prescribing; ICU = intensive care unit; ME = medication ... Adverse Incidents: Prescription errors in UKcritical care units. Anaesthesia 2004, 59:1193-1200.13. Koppel R, Metlay JP, Cohen A, Abaluck B, Localio AR, Kimmel SE,Strom BL: Role of computerized ... sampling periods were 28 weeks before and2, 10, 25 and 37 weeks after introduction of CPOE. The unit pharmacist prospectively recorded details of MEs and the totalnumber of drugs prescribed daily...
... in a respiratory intensive care unit. A prospective study. Chest 1985, 88:691-696.4. Gartenschlager M, Busch H, Kussmann J, Nafe B, Beyermann K,Klose KJ: Radiological thorax monitoring in ventilated ... surgical inten-sive care unit. J Trauma 1993, 35:643-646.7. Fong Y, Whalen GF, Hariri RJ, Barie PS: Utility of routine chestradiographs in the surgical intensive care unit. A prospectivestudy. ... 22:1335-1338.9. Chahine-Malus N, Stewart T, Lapinsky SE, Marras T, Dancey D,Leung R, Mehta S: Utility of routine chest radiographs in a med-ical-surgical intensive care unit: a quality assurance...
... errors.Table 3Medication prescription error analysis in computerized and paper-based unitsComputerized unit Paper-based unit PTotal prescriptions (n) 1,286 1,224 NSTotal MPEs (n) 44 331 <0.001% ... adjacent units of 8, 6and 8 beds.Study designA prospective, controlled cross-sectional trial was conductedin two paper-based units (PB-Us; total of 14 beds (8 + 6)) ver-sus one computerized unit ... months afterimplementation of the ICIS in the latter unit. Patients were ran-domly assigned to either of these units by an independentnurse. All units had a similar case mix of patients. Medical...
... George RB: Value ofroutine daily chest x-rays in the medical intensive care unit. Crit Care Med 1985, 13:534-536.9. Gray P, Sullivan G, Ostryzniuk P, McEwen TAJ, Rigby M, RobertsDE: Value of postprocedural ... routine chest radiographs (CXRs) in clinical decision-making inthe intensive care unit (ICU).Design A prospective evaluation of CXRs performed in the ICU for a period of 6 months. Aquestionnaire ... Routine CXRs have some value in guiding management decisions in the ICU. DailyCXRs may not, however, be necessary for all patients.Keywords chest radiograph, intensive care unit, quality assurance,...
... Clinical Course and Outcomes of Patients with Influenza A (H1N1) virus in critical care unit Variable Value (mean±SD) APACHE II score 18.7±6.3 Days from onset symptoms to ICU admission, 7.4±4.17 ... value <0.05 for significance. RESULTS During the study period which is November 1 2009 to December 15 2009, 61 critically ill patients were admitted to three different critical care units ... Table 1. Characteristics of the patients with Influenza A (H1N1) virus in critical care unit Variable Value (mean±SD) Female sex, n(%) 33 (54.1) Age 41.52±15.7 Physical examination Respiratory...
... Publisher. All rights reserved Case Report Non-syndromic multiple supernumerary teeth in a family unit with a normal karyotype: case report Francesco Inchingolo1, Marco Tatullo2, Fabio M. ... bilateral multiple super-numerary teeth, with evident penetrance of the phenotype in the family unit engaged in the present study. The karyotype determination excludes a pathogenesis on chromosomal ... the youngest sister had four impacted teeth, that is 1.8 – 1.9 – 2.8 – 2.9. Conclusions. The value of the present case r e p o r t c a n b e u s e d a s a p a r a d i g m f o r t h e a s s e...
... invented, their way of life would not have changed so dramatically Visual display unit (VDU)Central processing unit (CPU)PrinterkeyboardFloppy disksmouseCD ROMsspeakers Congratulation! ... Unit 8 Things that you can dowith a computerPlaying gamesListening to musicTyping documentsChatting...