The article discusses a prospective audit of intrahospital transportation of critically ill patients at Flinders Medical Centre in South Australia. The audit revealed the availability of adequate staff for 75% of the transfers. Oxygen saturation, blood pressure monitoring, and heart rate monitoring were...
A prospective randomised multi-centre controlled trial on tight glucose control by intensive insulin therapy in adult intensive care units: the Glucontrol study. Intensive Care Med 2009;35:1738–1748. Article CAS Google Scholar Griesdale DE, de Souza RJ, van Dam RM et al. Intensive insulin ...
Acute versus chronic MR Chronic MR should be considered in those with a history of mitral regurgitation or with risk factors such as hypertension, ischaemic heart disease, cardiomyopathy or renal failure [13]. MR leads to increased LA volume, increased LV preload and reduced forward stroke volume ...
The ICU was thought to be well-equipped with a variety of medical devices by the majority of the participants. Some were unconcerned about the devices that were attached, while others perceived a sense of hopelessness and fear hearing the alarms and seeing the lights emitted by the medical devi...
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[often the father] missing out on opportunities to learn about how to care for their baby and parents not feeling prepared to care for their baby at home). Families reported being left out of usual care decisions made during daily medical rounds, one parent (often the mother) having to ...
This cohort included data and samples from three Dutch academic hospitals: the Amsterdam University Medical Centers (Amsterdam UMC), the University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU), and the Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen (Radboudumc). Informed consent was provided by the patient, or their ...
Cross-sectional studies of medical7 and surgical8 intensive care unit (ICU) patients have shown that approximately 10% have proximal deep vein thrombosis (DVT) on admission to the ICU. Patients are further predisposed to DVT during their ICU stay due to prolonged immobilization, sepsis, and vascu...
Winter,M W.Intrahospital transfer of critically ill patients; a prospective audit within Flinders Medical Centre[J]. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care .2010(3)Winter MW. Intrahospital transfer of criti- cally ill patients; a prospective audit within Flinders Medical Centre. Anaesth Intens Care 2010;...
Aim. A nursing intervention was designed that is intended to develop, maintain and strengthen the patient's cognitive coping skills to regulate emotional response to severe physical symptoms. It was tested in a randomized trial reported elsewhere and this article describes the intervention and disc...