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Life Care Planning for the Adult with Traumatic Brain InjuryJacobs, Harvey E.Katz, Howard T.Berens, Debra E.Journal of Life Care Planning
Intensive care unit (ICU) patients are particularly susceptible to developing pressure injuries. Epidemiologic data is however unavailable. We aimed to pro
The article examines the care of the brain-injured child, including monitoring, psychosocial considerations, and supportive care with emphasis on avoiding secondary brain injury by decreasing and maintaining intracranial pressure. Differences between the pediatric patients and the adult patient are ...
adaptations in adult social care are a group who will have a range of medical conditions and multi-morbidities, including a high prevalence of cognitive impairment which may affect capacity to provide informed consent (e.g. related to dementia, stroke, brain injury, neurological disease, or ...
There are multiple risks (eg, increased blood pressure or heart rate)37 and benefits (eg, reduced risk of accidents and injuries)38 to weigh before considering psychostimulant medication as a dementia prevention strategy. Future research is warranted to study the possible efficacy and adverse ...
Consider intubation if pH < 7.35, a carbon dioxide partial pressure (PCO2)≥ 28–32 mmHg (the normal range for women with normal pregnancy), or an oxygen partial pressure (PO2) < 70 mmHg. 5.8. Comorbidity 5.8.1. ACO COPD is the most important disease in the differential diagnosis and ...
During the enrolment process, we plan to collect demographic information, including age, height, weight, blood pressure, heart rate, past medical history, smoking history, and laboratory parameters such as leukocytes, neutrophils, creatinine, uric acid, myocardial enzymes, pro-brain natriuretic peptide...
(with a pulse pressure of approximately 40 mmhg), the aortic valve is not opening, and significant spontaneous echocardiographic contrast is seen in the left ventricle and in the aortic root. on panels c and d, the iabp frequency was set at 1:2 and dobutamine and nitroprusside were initiated...
There is a high degree of uncertainty regarding optimum care of patients with potential or known intake of oral anticoagulants and traumatic brain injury (TBI). Anticoagulation therapy aggravates the risk of intracerebral hemorrhage but, on the other hand, patients take anticoagulants because of an un...