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Autor:
Andrews Rhodes, Rupert M Pearse
Publikováno v:
Surgery (Oxford). 22:88-93
The management of the circulation of the critically ill surgical patient is becoming increasingly complex. Critical care specialists may be involved in this process, but diagnosis and initiation of treatment is often the responsibility of the surgica
Publikováno v:
Clinical Intensive Care. 14:99-103
Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis (CST) is a serious condition with a high mortality. The use of antibiotics in this condition has dramatically decreased mortality in the last 50 years. Our patient was a young woman with a history of chronic intravenous dru
Publikováno v:
Clinical Intensive Care. 14:149-155
The practice of intensive care medicine often presents the clinician with difficult decisions or management problems. Medical literature may often provide answers or guidance but frequently some interpretation of the available evidence is required to
Publikováno v:
Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin. 39:571-577
In certain groups of patients the risk of peri-operative death can be as high as 35% with up to 80% these deaths occurring in patients who develop post-operative multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). Patients at increased risk of death are easi
Publikováno v:
Clinical Intensive Care. 12:241-244
The abuse of drugs such as cocaine has risen markedly in many countries around the world. Associated medical complications from the use of these drugs are therefore commonly seen in Accident and Emergency departments and need to be suspected in high-
Publikováno v:
Clinical Intensive Care. 12:105-113
Helium was first isolated from the mineral cleavite in 1895. Its use, in place of nitrogen, as the carrier gas for oxygen was first described in the mid 1930s. It was recommended as an adjunct to the treatment of respiratory failure, in particular, f
Publikováno v:
Clinical Intensive Care. 10:81-90
Pharmacological sedation on the intensive care unit (ICU) is frequently required to enable treatment to be safely and effectively delivered. However, its use is not without risk, especially if no attempt is made to monitor the depth of sedation. Comm
Autor:
Mark Hamilton, M Grounds, N Arulkumaran, Andrews Rhodes, J Ball, Carlos Corredor, Maurizio Cecconi
Publikováno v:
Critical Care
We hypothesized that goal-directed therapy (GDT) is not associated with an increased risk of cardiac complications in high-risk, noncardiac surgical patients. Patients with limited cardiopulmonary reserve are at risk of mortality and morbidity after
Autor:
Maurizio Cecconi, Hollmann D. Aya, M Grounds, Martin Geisen, Nick Fletcher, Andrews Rhodes, C Ebm
Publikováno v:
Critical Care
Fluid responsiveness is defined based on an arbitrary increase of cardiac output (CO) or stroke volume (SV) of 10 to 15%. We hypothesise that the variation of heart efficiency (Eh) and the slope (S) defined by the relative increase of CO over the rel
Publikováno v:
Critical Care
Antibiotic-associated diarrhoea (AAD) occurs in as many as 30% of patients receiving antibiotics, often leading to increased morbidity, prolonged in-hospital stay and additional healthcare resource utilisation. Age, antibiotics and prolonged postoper