nursing care of patients with upper respiratory tract disorders

... showing band of 683 bp, Influenza A of 105 bp, Influenza B of 503 bp Lane 3: Marker 100 bp ladder Lane 4: Amplicon for PIV1 showing band of 84 bp, PIV2 of 197 bp, PIV3 of 266 bp, and hMPV of 440 bp ... difference between the age range of children with ALRI or severe ALRI from OPD or Ward (p > 0.05) Detection of seven respiratory viruses in children with ALRI Of the 301, 106 children (35.2%) ... of acute lower respiratory disease of children in a pediatric group practice J Pediatr 1971, 78(3):397-406 Fan J, Henrickson KJ, Savatski LL: Rapid simultaneous diagnosis of infections with respiratory...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 04:22

... the prone position on patients with hydrostatic pulmonary edema compared with patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome and pulmonary fibrosis Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000, 161:360-368 ... Effect of prone positioning on the survival of patients with acute respiratory failure N Engl J Med 2001, 345:568-573 The ARDS Network: Ventilation with lower tidal volumes as compared with traditional ... 40–49 31–40 0–31 Quartiles of SAPS II Proning may benefit the most seriously ill subset of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome Those in the quartile with the highest Simplified...

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... fluid [7], and was associated with a lower incidence of MOF [8] However, the measurement of proinflammatory cytokines does not address the issue of maintenance of alveolar–epithelial barrier ... the development of MOF [6] In a randomized controlled trial conducted in 44 patients, Ranieri and coworkers demonstrated that a lung protective strategy attenuated the levels of proinflammatory ... Critical Care June 2004 Vol No dos Santos and Slutsky that this is associated with apoptosis of cells in distal organs (kidney, villi of colon) and end-organ dysfunction...

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... Median age of deceased patients was 35 years after a median of 9.5 days of mechanical ventilation (IQR = 3.2 to 15.7) Chest radiograph findings were abnormal in all patients Patients with viral ... cause of ICU admission in (H1N1)v infected patients, developing severe respiratory failure, which is associated with a relatively high case-fatality An international registry of patients with ... mean of 1.5 days of hospital admission • An international registry of ICU patients with influenza A (H1N1)v infection is warranted Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Critical Care...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 19:20

... improve the pharmaceutical care of patients with cancer Thus, a key issue exists – can the pharmaceutical care of patients with cancer be enhanced by leveraging on the role of pharmacoinformatics ... records.45-48 Nevertheless, with the rapid development of informatics and IT, the potential of such health information systems are indeed attractive in the pharmaceutical care of patients with cancer 1.3.2 ... .39 2.2 Healthcare professionals’ sources of anticancer drug interaction information 40 2.3 Sources of drug interaction information based on the practice settings of healthcare professionals...

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 15:50

... A total of 23 patients were included in the study LRTI, lower respiratory tract infection; PICU, paediatric intensive care unit the probes All samples had been spiked before extraction with an ... seven of the eight children infected with multiple viruses, including all three patients infected with a coronavirus Of the 14 children with a single infection, nine had RSV The other five patients ... patients received antibiotics during their stay on the PICU for a median of days Patients with a proven bacterial infection stayed in the PICU for a mean of 18 days versus days for patients with...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... that at least 75% of children have been infected with HPIV1 by years of age [4,5] HPIV1 and show high prevalence and are associated with up to 12% of acute lower respiratory tract infections in ... parents of all subjects for the donation of samples used in this study All patients were aged from to 43 years (4.1 ± 5.0 years; mean ± SD) Patients were mainly diagnosed with upper respiratory ... [24] The likelihood of the SR and SRDT models (with likelihood L0) were compared to that of the DR model (with likelihood L1) in a likelihood ratio test (LRT) [14] of the fit of the model The test...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... developed with the intention of creating a care path with rapid pre-operative attention, increased continuity and an accelerated training programme without disturbing the flow of patients with other ... to facilitate a healthy transition process In contrast to the care of younger patients, the care of elderly patients is more complex with more factors involved (such as health status, co-morbidities, ... development of outcomes-based care delivery Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America 1998, 1(10):1-11 Cheah J: Development and implementation of a clinical pathway programme in an acute care general...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... years of age of whom the GPs consider themselves to be the physician taking care of the treatment of this condition in the patient We expect eight to ten patients per practice [18,19] Patients ... detect a difference of 0.3 points with a standard deviation of (a relatively small effect), with alpha = 0.05 and beta = 0.20, ICC = 0.05, a total of 51 practices with 10 patients each would ... Evidence of change will be assessed by studying the effects of the intervention on patients with CHF registered with the participating GPs As in the pilot [10], GPs will include all CHF patients...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... related to health care organizations in primary and secondary care [31-33] Aim The aim of this study is to improve the quality of care for patients with diabetes cared for in primary care by identifying ... the primary care team There are National Institute for Health and Clinical Effectiveness (NICE) guidelines defining standards of care, but studies of the quality of care for patients with diabetes ... 25% of care provided is not needed or potentially harmful [7,8] A review of quality of care studies (including diabetes) from UK primary care concluded that 'in almost all studies the process of...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... salient to the management of upper respiratory tract infections the management of upper respiratory tract infections set of multiplicatives (control beliefs × power of each belief to inhibit/enhance ... effectiveness, and, equally discouraging, up to 25 percent of patients receive unnecessary care care that is potentially harmful [1-3] Upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) comprising tonsillitis, ... potential problem with using antibiotic prescription as a proxy for the management of patients with URTIs without prescribing antibiotics Not only may 'prescribing' not be the reverse of 'not prescribing',...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:22

... related to health care organizations in primary and secondary care [31-33] Aim The aim of this study is to improve the quality of care for patients with diabetes cared for in primary care by identifying ... the primary care team There are National Institute for Health and Clinical Effectiveness (NICE) guidelines defining standards of care, but studies of the quality of care for patients with diabetes ... 25% of care provided is not needed or potentially harmful [7,8] A review of quality of care studies (including diabetes) from UK primary care concluded that 'in almost all studies the process of...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:20

... nasopharynx of calves treated with enrofloxacin and conFigure trol calves on media without enrofloxacin Recovery of Pasteurella multocida (colony forming units, CFU) in the nasopharynx of calves ... of calves treated with enrofloxacin and control calves on media without enrofloxacin Error bars indicate median and interquartile range (HPLC) with fluorescence detection Extraction was performed ... pathogen associated with chronic manifestations of bovine respiratory disease In conclusion, a temporary eradication effect of enrofloxacin for P multocida in the nasopharynx of treated calves...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:22

... conducted to assess the offset times of the pharmacodynamic effects of prolonged remifentanil infusions in ICU patients with varying degrees of renal impairment, including patients with severe renal ... those of remifentanil in patients with moderate/severe renal impairment Offset of the pharmacodynamic effects of remifentanil The primary objective of the study was to confirm that accumulation of ... of mechanically ventilated patients with varying degrees of renal impairment • Overall, the µ opioid effects of remifentanil were not prolonged in patients with renal impairment The time to offset...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... greatest limitation of our study is the inclusion of heterogeneous patients with regard to the presence of a TBI Nevertheless, because all patients were cared for by the same critical care team and ... than patients with GCS score ≥ [15] However, extubation is often possible in patients with GCS score < [16] A number of patients in our study had TBI and many were in the ET group (14/30 patients ... period of weaning was similar in patients with and without TBI Thus, while the inclusion of patients with TBI did not appear to bias our results, it will be necessary to consider the importance of...

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... (11%) (5%) Number (%) of patients with a serious adverse event (5%) (5%) (5%) Number (%) of patients with a drug-related serious adverse event (1%) 0 Number (%) of patients with any adverse event ... effects of remifentanil compared with those of alfentanil [8] and fentanyl [9] are similar; remifentanil also has a safety profile similar to that of other opioids [8-10] The predictable offset of ... analysed by using an analysis of variance with baseline entered as a covariate The proportion of patients with the most common adverse events (defined as 5% or more of patients experiencing the adverse...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... incidence of NIV use and a shorter duration of hospital stay In acute exacerbations of COPD patients, NIV has profoundly changed the management and outcome of these patients [2] The results of several ... use of IPV helped avoid further deterioration in patients admitted with acute exacerbation of COPD and mild acidosis When compared with the patients who received standard treatment, the patients ... A total of 81 patients who underwent episodes of acute exacerbation of COPD were admitted to our ICU over one 18 month period Of these, 48 patients were excluded from the R384 Critical Care Vol...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 22:22

... sign, were only found in 5% of patients This is in agreement with the low sensitivity of 24% in patients without hematological malignancy compared with 82% in patients with neutropenic hematological ... curves of the group of patients with invasive aspergillosis with the group of patients classified as colonised, a clear difference is observed during the first 15 days after positive respiratory ... Underlying diseases in intensive care unit patients with respiratory tract samples positive for Aspergillus spp Associated with invasive aspergillosisa Associated with Aspergillus colonisation 28...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:21

... patients with direct lung injury In a recent study of pediatric patients with acute lung injury, treatment with surfactant significantly improved oxygenation and survival in the subgroup of patients ... of surfactant function found in patients with ARDS, the lack of effectiveness of exogenous surfactant is somewhat surprising One potential explanation is that patients with ARDS usually die of ... Table Critical Care Vol 10 No Davidson et al Table Principal outcome measures in patients according to type of surfactant and method of delivery Outcome Number of trials Number of patients Heterogeneity...

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