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Icu-usa
Although the initial page would have benefited from a search engine, I did find a medical and a pharmacology glossary, which provide an impressive list of definitions. I next explored the ICU Medical Information section, and was pleased to find that most topics offered reasonable explanations, and issues such as patient discomfort, and duration and possible complications of treatments were incl...
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Background: Acinetobacter baumannii is an important opportunistic pathogen which causes complications in hospitalized patients, especially those in ICU. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of class 1 and 2 integrons in multi-drug resistance A. baumannii and to investigate the association between the presence of integrons and antibiotic resistance patterns. Methods: A total of...
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Chest radiography serves a crucial role in imaging of the critically ill. Its uses include diagnosis and monitoring of commonly encountered pulmonary parenchymal and pleural space abnormalities. It is also important in evaluating monitoring and support devices and associated complications. CT, another useful imaging modality in select patients, can better characterize pulmonary parenchymal and ...
متن کاملAssociation Among ICU Congestion, ICU Admission Decision, and Patient Outcomes.
OBJECTIVES To employ automated bed data to examine whether ICU occupancy influences ICU admission decisions and patient outcomes. DESIGN Retrospective study using an instrumental variable to remove biases from unobserved differences in illness severity for patients admitted to ICU. SETTING Fifteen hospitals in an integrated healthcare delivery system in California. PATIENTS Seventy thousa...
متن کاملInfluence of ICU-bed availability on ICU admission decisions
BACKGROUND The potential influence of bed availability on triage to intensive care unit (ICU) admission is among the factors that may influence the ideal ratio of ICU beds to population: thus, high bed availability (HBA) may result in the admission of patients too well or too sick to benefit, whereas bed scarcity may result in refusal of patients likely to benefit from ICU admission. METHODS ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0021-5384,1883-2083
DOI: 10.2169/naika.97.2656