... Table Yeast and mould species isolated from blood cultures, respiratory tracts, serum, and wounds Isolate Aspergillus fumigatus Location rt/w Candida albicans bc/rt/s/w Candida glabrata w Candida ... acoustical and olfactory intrusions and, in some cases, agitation Discussion We report on our experiences with respect to clinical wound management, infection controland psychoemotional trauma care ... left) Following conditioning (Figures 2b and 3d, 3e), wounds were closed either with or without skin grafting (Figures 1c, 2c and 3f) Infection control sure Wound management from primary surgery...
... where is "no pain" and 10 is "pain as bad as could be"? [That is, your usual pain at times you were in pain. ] No painPain as bad as could be 10 In the last month, how much has pain interfered ... Chronic Pain American Chronic Pain Association website www.theacpa.org American Pain Foundation www.painfoundation.org Pain Action www.painaction.com Education for individuals with chronic painand ... assessing function andpain The key to effective opioid therapy for chronic noncancer pain is to achieve sustained improvement in painand physical function27,28 Tracking function andpain is critical...
... and we felt it was important not to confound the results with the direct concurrent effect of pain on muscle activity and motion Conclusions ALD tape influences foot mobility and neuromotor control ... at the foot and ankle and whilst the tape is in situ Tape induced changes in neuromotor control of gait are dissipated up the kinetic chain, and Franettovich et al Journal of Foot and Ankle Research ... data, performed analysis and interpretation of data and drafted the manuscript ARC contributed to conception and design, assisted with analysis and interpretation of data and assisted with revision...
... contributions JM, JE, AG and AB conceived the study JM, JE, and BL contributed to the design of the GP training CS and BL delivered the training CH and BL oversaw data collection and monitored the adherence ... symptoms in primary care: a randomised controlled trial of GP management, with and without adjunctive counselling BMC Psychiatry 2011 11:95 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full ... Depression and Related Disorders and to the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists for funding this project and to Yolanda Romeo for delivering training to nurses Our late colleague...
... patient careand the organization of the care in surgical and medical care when Care Pathways are applied (17-19) Though there is little research that can demonstrate positive effect of Care Pathways ... Methods and design: A controlled study with pre and post test will be prepared and accomplished to explore the correlation between the content of referral letters and outcomes of the care for ... the patient, professional (mental health nurses and GPs in Primary Health Careand psychiatrists and psychologist in Specialised Mental Health Care) and management perspectives will be conducted...
... of health care professionals is changing markedly, and there are many more opportunities across various medical fields for expanding the use of simulations Microsimulation in critical care is no ... intensive care unit; the simulation algorithms predicted between 1,779 and 1,804 discharges! The best results were seen when the model also incorporated information on the duration of illness and the ... score [12,13] The paper by Saka and colleagues, however, included additional data from the clinical course before they entered the intensive care unit (age, gender, and ethnicity), thus ‘recreating...
... Intensive Careand Abdominal Transplantation Unit, Niguarda Ca’ Granda Hospital, Milan (Italy) De Gasperi A 2nd Anaesthesia, Intensive Careand Abdominal Transplantation Unit, Niguarda Ca’ Granda ... Health and Safety, University of Insubria – Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit B, District Hospital and Macchi Foundation, Varese (Italy) Massone M.L Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, ... Anaesthesia, Intensive Careand Abdominal Transplantation Unit, Niguarda Ca’ Granda Hospital, Milan (Italy) Mazzon D Department of Surgery and Director of the Intensive Care Unit and Anaesthesiology,...
... gas cylinder filled with helium and a manual pneumatic controller The latter permits remotecontrol balloon deflation, which is accomplished quickly (30–60 ms) and quietly, allowing rapid exposure ... obesity and obstructive and restrictive disorders; effects of increasing negative expiratory pressure Chest 125:98–105 35 Dueck R (2000) Assessment and monitoring of flow limitation and other ... of enteral and parenteral nutrition will be [51, 52] Staff hygiene protocols are warranted: in particular, a careful hand-washing policy seems to reduce the incidence of infections and improve...
... Crit Care Med 167:1633–1640 FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE EMERGENCY Chapter Fluid and electrolyte emergency J BOLDT Fluid deficits and electrolyte imbalances are common among surgical, traumatised and ... (1997) Outcomes and cost-effectiveness of initiating dialysis and continuing aggressive care in seriously ill hospitalized adults SUPPORT Investigators Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences ... renin–aldosterone–angiotensin system (RAAS) and the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and other hormone systems are involved in the control of volume and the composition of each body compartment...
... 1997 and dealing with management and prevention of severe Candida infections [18], complicated abdominal surgical procedures and Candida spp isolates from at least two sites (socalled Candida ... in a recent European survey on candidaemia) and very high crude (50%) and attributable (30–38%) mortality [6, 7]: ICU stay is significantly prolonged and healthcare costs are increased, being ... resistant bacteria in intensive care: a randomized controlled trial Lancet 362:1011–1018 56 Gastinne H, Wolff M, Delarour F et al (1992) A controlled trial in intensive care units of selective decontamination...
... or during the stay in the ICU and randomised Patients randomised to the control arm will be treated according to the current clinical practice in the ICU Patients randomised to the experimental ... of care A method to describe clinical course of illness, use of resources and quality of intensive care assistance Intensive Care Med 27(1):131–136 HIGHLIGHTS ON CIRCULATORY FAILURE, CPR AND ... concentrations [12], and slow responses, such as protein chaperoning and repair, transcriptional regulation, removal of damage proteins, DNA and chromatin stabilisation and repair, cell-cycle control, cell...
... compliance and peripheral resistance, sp is the standard deviation of arterial pressure, and HR is the heart rate The standard deviation of the arterial pressure is computed beat-to-beat Compliance and ... trainer, trainee and healthcare team becomes inextricable In anaesthesiology and critical care medicine the distinctions become even more blurred; the disciplines require a detailed understanding of ... perspectives of both practitioner and patient The routine requirement for utilisation of machinery in patient care is ubiquitous in anaesthesia and critical care, and this makes the specialist training...
... patient careand outcomes through systematic review of care against explicit criteria and the implementation of change Aspects of the structure, processes, and outcomes of care are selected and systematically ... programme for staff and patients on painand its management combined with formal assessment of painand an algorithm to allow more flexible, yet safe, intramuscular opioid analgesia and, after that, ... problem/issue to be audited Define the criteria and standards Observe the practice and collect data Compare the performance measured with the given standards and criteria Implement a change Do a re-audit...
... block, and decreased blood levels of local anaesthetics Because epinephrine also prolongs and block and therefore neural exposure to local anaesthetics, the appropriate concentration and dose ... (1998) Effects of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia with morphine, continuous epidural analgesia, and continuous three-in-one block on postoperative painand knee rehabilitation after unilateral ... therapy can safely and effectively terminate the majority of such tachyarrhythmias This chapter discusses both pharmacological and electrical therapies Correct diagnosis and immediate and appropriate...
... general and epidural anaesthesia for major surgery, the routine practice of caudal and peripheral blocks to provide painless emergence and the efficacy of pain relief they provide in chronic and ... specifically in neonatal and paediatric patients and improved techniques, together with enhanced understanding of paediatric critical care medicine, have improved care for infants and children with ... 1997 and 1999 in 13 ICUs in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom [7] PIM and PIM2 use data collected at the time of intensive care admission or the time of first contact with intensive care...
... first group (France, Italy, Spain and UK) the hospital mortality rate was around 30% In the second group (Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland and North America) the hospital ... care unit Pediatr Crit Care Med 3(2):129-133 51 Tobias JD (2000) Tolerance, withdrawal, and physical dependency after long-term sedation and analgesia of children in the pediatric intensive care ... hypotension and hypoperfusion and correction of possible acidosis with bicarbonate infusion to maintain pH >7.2 are crucial to avoid impairment of the haemostasis Source controland the standard support...
... treatment of neck and low back pain Who seeks care? Who goes where? Medical Care 2001, 39:956-67 Jacob T, Zeev A, Epstein L: Low back pain- a community based study of care seeking and therapeutic ... TR, Yu F, Adams A: A randomized trial of medical care with and without physical therapy and chiropractic care with and without physical modalities for patients with low back pain: 6-month follow-up ... Interventions Participants were randomized to one of two forms of treatment A random numbers table was used to develop the random assignment sequence, and each confidential random group assignment was...
... treatment b non-blinded control treatment c no-treatment or waiting list control d) the clinical complaint was neck pain, neck and arm pain or headaches e) data from a pain- related outcome was ... creating a control procedure; the trials by Buchman et al [17], Tuttle et al [23] and Dunning and Rushton [24] were accepted as manual control studies, even though the outcome measure was not pain- related ... single session = 8-54) Pain outcomes by control group type Pain outcomes Ten (10) trials [15,16,18,26-30,32,34] employed a pain visual analogue scale (VAS) to record neck pain or Four trials employed...
... intensive careand general care units Crit Care Med 1997, 25:1289-1297 12 Herout PM, Erstad BL: Medication errors involving continuously infused medications in a surgical intensive care unit Crit Care ... incorporated CPOE and a moderate level of CDSS (Centricity Critical Care Clinisoft, GE Healthcare Europe, Helsinki, Finland), with full connections to monitors, ventilators, syringe pumps and also connection ... errors in neonatal and paediatric intensive -care units Lancet 1989, 2:374-376 Bates DW, Boyle DL, Vander Vliet MB, Schneider J, Leape L: Relationship between medication errors and adverse drug...
... Andong Daegu Busan Andong Waegwan Gangjung Daegu Gumho Riv Goryung Brd Hwang Riv Jeokpo Brd Namji RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Nam Riv Fig shows the sampling points along of Nakdong River in May, and ... excluding Namji and Nam River in May 2002 Yeast Two-hybrid assay and ELISA method for Nakdong River water revealed that estrogenic substances and activity is distributed over the whole middle and downstream ... E2, E1, and APE concentrations for the secondary treatment water and for ozone treatment water in the sewage treatment plants than for the inflow water (Figure3 and Table 2) In domestic and industrial...