In this paper, the effect of communication networks to the distributed simulation has been studied. A cellular network application is simulated on a network of workstations, where an ordinary 10 Mbps Ethernet LAN has been used as the communication network. The effect of distribution is analyzed by using the well known concept of critical path analysis , which requires event traces from real sim...

Event anaphora resolution plays a critical role in discourse analysis. This paper focuses on improving event pronoun resolution using both local and global semantic information. In particular, a predicate-argument structure is proposed to represent the local semantic information about an event while the global semantic information is represented by the entity coreference chains related with var...

We present the case of a 68-year-old woman, referred to our department for critical upper limb ischemia, which had occurred a few days after homolateral surgical ligamentotomy for carpal tunnel syndrome, diagnosed and confirmed by electromyography, and performed with a brachial tourniquet. The patient was later admitted for subsequent progressive necrosis of the first three fingers of the left ...

Background & Aims of the Study: Today, in many sensitive occupational environments, human error can lead to catastrophic events. Given that the sensitive task of a control area operator, which in the occurrence of malfunction or failure leads to irreparable events, it is important to predict human errors to reduce its adverse consequences. Therefore, the present study was  perform by aiming to ...

Hospital systems are failing the critically ill. This has been well documented in many countries around the world, with detailed reports of suboptimal care prior to intensive care and high rates of serious adverse events, including death. These events are potentially preventable, but insufficient attention has been directed towards developing solutions to these important problems to date. The m...

BACKGROUND Frailty is a multidimensional syndrome characterized by loss of physiologic and cognitive reserves that confers vulnerability to adverse outcomes. We determined the prevalence, correlates and outcomes associated with frailty among adults admitted to intensive care. METHODS We prospectively enrolled 421 critically ill adults aged 50 or more at 6 hospitals across the province of Albe...

CONTEXT Studies suggest that dexmedetomidine-an intravenous central-acting α2-adrenergic agonist that effectively reduces anxiety among critically ill patients-is being used in patients with severe alcohol withdrawal. However, evidence supporting its use is limited, and it is not approved for this indication. OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of dexmedetomidine on severe alcohol withdrawal sympt...

In the past few years, registration of clinical trials in a publicly accessible database has become routine. In the United States, much of the impetus for registration derives from the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (FDAAA). As a result of this law and other actions,1,2 most interventional clinical trials conducted in the United States have been registered at ClinicalTrials...

Administration of the wrong medication is a serious and understudied problem. Because physicians are not directly involved in the drug administration process, they tend to overlook the possibility of adverse drug events and medication errors in their differential diagnoses of patient illnesses or acute deterioration. This article analyzes the case of a patient with iatrogenic hypoglycemia due t...

CONTEXT Iatrogenic injuries are very common in critically ill adults. However, the financial implications of these events are incompletely understood. OBJECTIVE To determine the costs of adverse events in patients in the medical intensive care unit and in the cardiac intensive care unit. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS We performed a matched case-control analysis on data collected during a pr...