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A generation ago, Wennberg described most variation in clinical practice as “unwarranted” (which he defined as variation in the utilization of health care services that cannot be explained by variation in patient illness or patient preferences) [63]. Others coined the term “postcode lottery” to...
Commentary: Running the Bypass Route: What Does Neonatal ECMO Have to Offer? Author links open overlay panelEdo K.S. Bedzra MD, MBA, James D. St Louis MDShow more Add to Mendeley Share Cite https://doi.org/10.1053/j.semtcvs.2020.04.012Get rights and content...
Patrik: Okay. So then you see, the good thing that I can see in this situation is something like propofol is short-acting. So what does that mean? When you put somebody on propofol, they get knocked out very quickly, okay? And when you...
My father has been weaned off the ventilator in Intensive Care and still has the Tracheostomy in. When can the Tracheostomy be removed? HOW LONG DO YOU NEED TO BE ON A VENTILATOR AFTER A LUNG TRANSPLANT HOW LONG can a critically ill Pat...
What does that mean for brain health? Medscape Medical News 23 Dec 2024 Emergency Doctors Warn Against Water Beads This Christmas The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has issued a safety alert about water beads, button batteries, and magnets—hidden dangers in many holiday gifts. Press ...
In conclusion, yes, there are some efficient treatments for VWD, but, no, this does not mean that we should stop trying to improve these treatments with the goals of reaching superior efficacy, improving quality of life of the patients, and finally, curing the disease. The challenge of innov...
my grandmother is on life support. I'm a medical assistant and I'm learning a lot about the medical field and i feel that life support is a very good thing because i have faith that my grandmother will pull through. Even with the pain she is going through, i know and she knows it...
Most patients require inotropic drugs to support myocardial contractile function during weaning from VA- ECMO; the infusion of levosimendan 24 h before the weaning trial from VA-ECMO was associated with a significant reduc- tion (about 50%) in the need for inotropic and/or vasopressor support [...
used controlled (Maastricht Category 3, Table 1) ECMO-supported DCD liver grafts [51]. It was noted that although 1-year graft survival was lower in LTs with uncontrolled ECMO-DCD donors, 1-year patient survival was similar. The authors concluded that ECMO-support aids the recovery of DCD ...