Latest Intensive care medicine Stories
Infections, as the news has shown time and again, can be deadly. Periprothesthetic joint infection (PJI) is the infection of grave concern to the orthopedic community, especially in its growingly common antibiotic-resistant form. This all-too-common infection can be found deep inside the joint prosthesis following joint replacement surgery. Javad Parvizi, MD, and colleagues at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson have worked for years to find a solution to this sometimes deadly infection....
CARTAGENA, Spain and IRVINE, Calif., March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hospital General Universitario Santa Lucia, and Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) today announced that the hospital has become the first in Spain to deploy Masimo Patient SafetyNet(TM), clinically shown to help improve patient outcomes and reduce costs.(1) General Universitario Santa Lucia installed the Patient SafetyNet system to provide advanced monitoring of its most vulnerable patients in the neonatal basic care unit....
Results from the Fluid Expansion as Supportive Therapy (FEAST) trial in East Africa show that children who are given fluid to treat shock have an increased risk of death due to cardiovascular collapse at 48 hours. These findings in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine challenge the generally held idea that early and rapid reversal of shock by fluid resuscitation translates into longer-term survival benefits. The FEAST trial was conducted in six African hospitals across Kenya,...
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CytoSorbents Corporation (OTCBB: CTSO), a critical care focused company using blood purification to treat life-threatening illnesses, announced that it will exhibit its European Union approved CytoSorb® cytokine reduction technology at the 33(rd) International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (ISICEM) in Brussels, Belgium from March 19-22, 2013. In addition, Dr. Dirk Schadler, from the University Hospital,...
This month, JustNebulizers.com introduced two new nebulizers, the InnoSpire Essence and the InnoSpire Elegance, both from popular nebulizer manufacturer Philips Respironics. Fulton, MD (PRWEB) March 12, 2013 JustNebulizers.com is always on the lookout for the newest and best respiratory care products available. This month the company introduced their customers to two new nebulizers—the InnoSpire Essence and the InnoSpire Elegance, both from popular nebulizer manufacturer Philips...
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses issues first practice guidelines specifically for tele-ICU nurses ALISO VIEJO, Calif., March 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) issues the first authoritative document to define practice guidelines specifically for the emerging subspecialty of tele-ICU nursing practice. "AACN Tele-ICU Nursing Practice Guidelines" will bring consistency across new and existing tele-ICUs, serving as a...
Research suggests that there may be a better way of measuring blood loss due to trauma than the current method, finds an article in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care. The study shows that base deficit (BD) is a better indicator of hypovolemic shock than the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) classification, which uses a combination of heart rate, systolic blood pressure and the Glasgow Coma Scale. Using data from the TraumaRegister DGU® 16,305 patients injured between...
Achievement marks key progress toward European regulatory trials OXFORD, England, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GlySure Limited, developer of in-hospital continuous blood glucose monitoring systems, today announced that it has achieved ISO 13485 certification, the global standard for the requirements of a quality management system for the design, manufacture and distribution of medical devices. By establishing a quality management system that meets international regulatory and...
Future tools should build on success of current scores to improve care for vulnerable infants, according to U-M research published in Pediatrics Scoring methods commonly used to evaluate Newborn Intensive Care Units (NICU) are inconsistent, according to new research from the University of Michigan. The research published last week in the journal Pediatrics compared 10 well-known scores that have been developed to evaluate NICUs. The researchers found more differences than similarities....
Featuring orb, turning complex data into clear, at a glance, patient-specific information. NEW ORLEANS, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) today announces the launch of its IntelliSpace eCareManager 3.9 health care platform, powered by orb, during the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2013 conference and exhibition. Included in Philips' latest offering to its eICU program is orb, a new graphical dashboard that is...
Latest Intensive care medicine Reference Libraries
Tracheal intubation (commonly known as intubation) is the placement of a flexible plastic tube into the trachea in order to maintain an open airway or to serve as a conduit through which to administer oxygen or other drugs. It is commonly performed in emergency situations and critically ill or injured patients, but intubation is also used in patients who will be undergoing a lengthy surgery that requires them to be under anesthesia for a significant number of hours. In order to intubate,...
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, also known as ECMO, is best described as long term life support occurring outside the patient’s body. It should be noted, however, that ECMO is temporary and typically lasts three to ten days on average. ECMO is a means of oxygenating blood without it having to circulate inside the body, and thus allows time for essential recovery of the heart and lungs. ECMO comes with many serious risks and is only used in severe cases of cardiac or respiratory failure...
Oxygen therapy is known as the administration of oxygen as a medical intervention. It is indicated in patients whose oxygen supply is compromised due to both acute and chronic health conditions and can be administered in many different ways. Oxygen therapy can be administered virtually wherever the patient is. Most commonly, oxygen is delivered to patients in an ambulance, hospital, or doctor’s office. These medical facilities carry oxygen in the form of a compressed gas. It is stored...
