Intensive care units
Can hypnosis be used in Intensive Care Units?
... Clinical studies highlight the interest of this technique to improve the well-being of the patients, significantly decreasing the pain and the anxiety of the patients. Neuroimaging allows us to understand the processes ...
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View of Which arboviruses will be encountered in Metropolitan France’s Intensive Care Units in 2011?
... Mots clés Dengue · Fièvre jaune · Fièvre de la vallée du Rift · Fièvre Crimée –Congo · Fièvre hémorragique virale Abstract Arboviruses (arthropode-borneviruses) form a heterogeneous group of viruses transmitted by ...
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Quality indicators for patients with traumatic brain injury in European intensive care units: A CENTER-TBI study
... Background: The aim of this study is to validate a previously published consensus-based quality indicator set for the management of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) at intensive care units ...
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Tight Glycemic Control Models for Critically Ill Patients in Intensive Care Units
... S. Penning 1 , A. Le Compte 2 , T. Desaive 1 , K. Moorhead 1 and J.G. Chase 2 1 Cardiovascular Research Centre, Physics Institute, Liege University 2 Centre for Bio-Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, ...
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View of Which Surveillance of Healthcare-Care Associated Infections in Intensive Care Units in 2018?
... Mots clés Infections associées aux soins · Surveillance · Épidémiologie · Réanimation Abstract Surveillance of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) is a priority in intensive care units (ICU), a ...
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Detection of decreased glomerular filtration rate in intensive care units: serum cystatin C versus serum creatinine
... in intensive care units (ICU) in order to (i) diagnose acute kidney injuries, (ii) prevent further deg- radation of renal function and (iii) adjust the dose of several renally excreted ...
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View of 300 recommendations and guidelines on structural and organizational requirements for intensive care units
... of intensive care units ...Intermediate care and specialized intensive care unit organization was not ...Critical care medicine ∙ Organization ∙ Structure ∙ Guidelines ∙ ...
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Detection of decreased glomerular filtration rate in intensive care units: interest of cystatin C
... in intensive care units (ICU) is a difficult challenge, especially because serum creatinine concentration is largely influenced by muscular ...
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Prospective survey of digestive tract colonization with enterobacteriaceae that produce ESBLs in intensive care units
... Sir, Enterobacteriaceae that produce extended-spec- trum b-lactamases (E-ESBLs) are an increasing problem. E-ESBLs are important agents of nosoco- mial infection and are responsible for outbreaks that occur predominantly ...
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Point-of-care ultrasound in intensive care units: assessment of 1073 procedures in a multicentric, prospective, observational study
... Previous studies defined point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) as ultrasonography brought to the patient and performed by the provider [ 13 – 16 ]. POCUS aims to avoid delays in diagnosis and treatment initiation [ 17 ...
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Capacity planning and admission control policies for intensive care units
... When extra knowledge of current patients' departure times is assumed, we showed that the ICU can be informed of the probability that the unit will be full at a cert[r] ...
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Plasmatic cystatin C for the estimation of glomerular filtration rate in intensive care units
... 14. Erley CM, Bader BD, Berger ED, Vochazer A, Jorzik JJ, Dietz K, Risler T (2001) Plasma clearance of iodine contrast media as a measure of glomerular filtration rate in critically ill patients. Crit Care Med ...
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Reasons, considerations, difficulties and documentation of end-of-life decisions in European intensive care units: the ETHICUS Study.
... answers. Intensive care profes- sionals are expected to engage in a shared approach to end- of-life decision-making involving the caregiver team and patient surrogates, showing respect for patient autonomy ...
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Acute cholangitis in intensive care units: clinical, biological, microbiological spectrum and risk factors for mortality: a multicenter study
... Crit Care (2021) 25:49 Introduction Acute cholangitis (AC), also called ascending cholangitis, is a bacterial infection of the biliary system, due to par- tial or complete obstruction of the bile duct or hepatic ...
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Epidemiology of infective endocarditis in French intensive care units over the 1997–2014 period—from CUB-Réa Network
... Background Infective endocarditis is an uncommon condition respon- sible for high morbidity and mortality [ 1 ]. Epidemiologists estimate that the number of new infective endocarditis cases will reach 2000–2500/year in ...
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View of Communication with patients’ families: yet a rarely taught skill among physicians in the intensive care units
... 2. Azoulay E, Pochard F, Kentish-Barnes N, et al (2005) Risk of post-traumatic stress symptoms in family members of intensive care unit patients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 71:987 –94 3. Van Pelt DC, ...
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Investigating hospital heterogeneity with a multi-state frailty model: application to nosocomial pneumonia disease in intensive care units.
... Each transition intensity is modelled by a pro- portional intensities model with a shared frailty term as defined in (4): the baseline intensity corresponds to the one of a Weibull distri[r] ...
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View of What Does Occupational Stress in Intensive Care Units Really Mean?
... médecine intensive réanimation ne sont pas épar- gnés, les nombreuses études dans ce champ le montrent et alertent sur l ’importance du stress professionnel ...
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View of Multiplex PCR syndromic testing in intensive care units
... 3. Rhodes A, Evans LE, Alhazzani W, Levy MM, Antonelli M, Fer- rer R, Kumar A, Sevransky JE, Sprung CL, Nunnally ME, Roch- werg B, Rubenfeld GD, Angus DC, Annane D, Beale RJ, Bellin- ghan GJ, Bernard GR, Chiche JD, ...
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View of Use of point-of-care glucose meters in the intensive care units
... Keywords Insulin · Glucose reader · Blood gas analyser · Hexokinase · Glucose oxidase · Glucose dehydrogenase Introduction La dernière décade a été marquée par un nouveau regard sur la glycémie des patients admis dans ...
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