ethical and legal aspects of critical care medicine

... existing literature and practices regarding the conduct of Internet research in order to develop a taxonomy of ethical and legal issues • Identify aspects of existing ethical guidelines and policies ... raises issues about the ethical and legal dimensions of such research and the norms and policies that have traditionally governed its conduct The ability of both researchers and their subjects to ... regarding the technical aspects of their research so that they are knowledgeable about the power and limits of this research medium • Discussions of the ethical, legal and policy issues associated...

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... result of the decision to withhold or withdraw care, so there is a need for objective measurements of standard of care The needs of the patient, their family, and those of the nurses and physicians ... Outcome at the end of life: J Randell Curtis J Randell Curtis drew attention to the difficulties of assessing the quality of care that occurs at the end of life In the USA, the majority of ICU patients ... get any patient assessment of the standard of their care The question then is whether the tools used to measure quality of care are measuring it from the point of view of supplement How we measure...

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... requirements of ethics diYcult Ethical consequences are often likely to be negative for the dissemination of a technique It is easier to Wnd examples of techniques that Ethical and social aspects of evaluating ... on the place of antenatal care and type of personnel needed (Hemminki et al., 1999) Special features of fetal screening Screening is a central feature of antenatal care Measuring of maternal blood ... emphasize the health of the newborn population, public health or the health level of a given society And then we would have to face the dilemma of eugenics Ethical and social aspects of evaluating...

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... Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine (WFSICCM) References Lipman J, Lichtman AR: International perspectives on critical care: critical care in Africa Critical Care Clin ... a faculty of Critical Care Medicine was established in the College of Medicine of South Africa With effect from September 2001, the critical care specialist trainees have to write and pass an ... critical care medicine in South Africa Critical care healthworkers have to put forth strong motivations to the country’s health policy-makers of the important part they play in the delivery of...

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... terms of morbidity and mortality, provided that the optimization protocol is well defined and standardized In this context, the study conducted by Sandham and coworkers [2] was commented on and ... demonstration of the beneficial effects of tight control of glucose levels by high doses of insulin, and of enhancing adrenal function in relative adrenal insufficiency by administering low doses of hydrocortisone ... understanding of how mechanical stress can injure the lung, both by altering barrier properties of the pulmonary endothelium and epithelium and by stimulating proinflammatory responses of macrophages...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 19:22

... of Intensive Care Medicine, St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust, Blackshaw Road, London, SW17 0QT, UK Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, and Department of Medicine, Division of ... 5Division of Pulmonary, Sleep and Critical Care Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital/ Brown University, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA 6Cardiovascular Research Institute and Departments of Medicine ... health care systems are managed and how care is provided to patient populations and to individuals on the prevalence rates and outcomes of many critical illnesses • Improved utilization of electronic...

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... manifestation, good and bad, of the American way of life.” Stephen Fox The Mirror Makers: A History of American Advertising and Its Creators Social and Cultural Consequences of Advertising ¾Advertising ... be legal but not considered ethical ƒ Marketers must make decisions regarding the appropriateness of their actions ƒ Companies are scrutinized for their ethics Social and Ethical Criticisms of ... Freedom of choice Advertising and Stereotyping ¾ Portrayal of women ƒ Gender stereotyping ƒ Portrayal of women as sex objects ƒ Role portrayal of women to reflect changing role in society ¾Blacks and...

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... reflects cutting edges of science and the wisdom of experts in all aspects of critical care. …’ The Congress provided a forum in which researchers and clinicians could come together and look at the questions ... assist the development of further trials of transfusion and appropriate use of blood products in ICU patients Most of the sessions on sepsis focused on the role of coagulation and the factors affecting ... Critical Care February 2002 Vol No Ramakrishnan of hyperglycaemia in critically ill patients A total of 1548 medical and surgical patients were randomised on admission...

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... referred to as mandatory ethics aspirational professional standards Standards of professional practice that exceed the minimum standards mandated by a code of professional ethics Standards that ... ix Part I: Dictionary of Ethical and Legal Terms Part II: Ethical Issues and Considerations 103 Part III: Legal Issues and Considerations 163 Appendix: Key Legal Cases and Legislation Impacting ... DICTIONARY OF ETHICAL AND LEGAL TERMS AND ISSUES RT53227.indb 10/9/06 9:54:36 AM RT53227.indb 10/9/06 9:54:36 AM DICTIONARY OF ETHICAL AND LEGAL TERMS AND ISSUES The Essential Guide...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 04:20

... Rehabilitation and Research Centre, University of Oulu, FIN-, Finland Axel Urhausen Institute of Sports and Preventitive Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Saarland, D-, Saarbruecken, ... Mechelen Department of Social Medicine, Vreie Universitọt, Amsterdam, NL-, The Netherlands Karola Messner Department of Neuroscience and Locomotion, Division of Sports Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, ... Takala Savio L-Y Woo Blackwell Science Textbook of Sports Medicine Textbook of Sports Medicine Basic Science and Clinical Aspects of Sports Injury and Physical Activity Edited by Michael Kjổr,...

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... Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, and the Bureau of Land Management of the United States Department of the Interior, the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army of the Department of Defense, ... integrity of the region and the interrelationships among each element of land, landscape, and natural processes of the region can form the basis for legal restraints upon land use and resource ... highest and best use of land and resources is more profitable to mankind than unplanned development 6) The police power of the state, the ultimate sovereignty of the people, and the maintenance of...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 20:20

... influences of critical care or critical care medical conditions Regardless, the results raise concerns about the accuracy of administrative coding, and particularly about the accuracy of post hoc ... Reliability of diagnostic coding in intensive care patients Crit Care 2008, 12:R95 Martin GS: Epidemiology studies in critical care Crit Care 2006, 10:136-137 US National Registry of Cardiopulmonary ... on specific medical conditions) or in breadth of data collected As a critical care community, for purposes inclusive of healthcare quality, research and education, we must develop comprehensive...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... Critical Care Vol 13 No Collinson occurs in a range of other clinical conditions other than cardiac dysfunction, including sepsis [11] Values are frequently raised in the intensive care ... the death hormone The routine measurement of NTproBNP is certainly extremely valuable as part of the initial assessment of a patient admitted to intensive care as a rule-out test for cardiac dysfunction ... Performance of N-terminal-pro-Btype natriuretic peptide in critically ill patients: a prospective observational cohort study Crit Care 2008, 12:R137 Maisel AS, Krishnaswamy P, Nowak RM, McCord J, Hollander...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... length of stay, increased economic burden, and an almost twofold increased risk of death Two other examples: in women younger than 65, influenza was shown to increase mortality substantially [6], and ... excess mortality In critically ill HIV patients, Tumbarello and colleagues [13] assessed a crude mortality of 43%, with an infection-associated excess mortality of 27% A similar rate of bloodstream ... described by Smith and colleagues [14] in non-HIV patients Probably one of the largest investigations was presented by Pittet and colleagues [15], who found a crude mortality of 50% in critically ill...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:20

... design of future trials and the practice of critical care medicine Our results accord with the findings of a recent report that found low rates of efficacy in trials in critical care medicine, ... a search of the tables of contents of five high-impact medical journals (BMJ, New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, Lancet, Annals of Internal Medicine) ... 2Department of Family Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, 1215 Lee Street, Charlottesville, Virginia, 22908, USA and 3Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, ...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22

... of stay and an unprecedented 15% reduction in 1-year mortality [4] This study pointed to the importance of removing the silos of our care paradigms by centering the care delivered by nurses and ... prevent and manage delirium The last component of the ABCDE bundle is related to the need for early mobility and exercise (the E of the ABCDEs) to prevent and rehabilitate the muscles and nerves of ... 21st Ave South, Nashville, TN 37027, USA Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the VA TN Valley GRECC, 6000 HSR, 1211 21st Ave...

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