Anaesthesia and critical care.

Clinical trials of monitoring in anaesthesia, critical care and acute ward care: a review.

During anaesthesia monitoring is used as part of a complex feedback-control system to keep the patient in a safe physiological 'envelope' and so is central to the conduct of a modern anaesthetic. The utility of basic monitoring is universally acknowledged and will never be assessed using randomized controlled trials. However, each time a new monitoring device is introduced, it can be assessed t...

Improving patient safety in critical care: big challenge, exciting opportunity.

End of life decision planning in the perioperative setting: the elephant in the room?

D. Blackwood1, R. Santhirapala2, M. Mythen3 and D. Walker4,* 1 Department of Anaesthetics, Barnet Hospital, Royal Free Foundation Trust, London, UK, 2 Department of Anaesthetics, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, Surrey, UK, 3 Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, University College London, London, UK, and 4 Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, University College Hospi...

Optimal Management of the Critically Ill: Anaesthesia, Monitoring, Data Capture, and Point-of-Care Technological Practices in Ovine Models of Critical Care

Animal models of critical illness are vital in biomedical research. They provide possibilities for the investigation of pathophysiological processes that may not otherwise be possible in humans. In order to be clinically applicable, the model should simulate the critical care situation realistically, including anaesthesia, monitoring, sampling, utilising appropriate personnel skill mix, and the...

European Resuscitation Council guidelines for resuscitation 2005. Section 4. Adult advanced life support.

Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Oslo University Hospital Ulleval, Oslo, Norway Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Critical Care and Resu...

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