Sharmeen Lotia, MBBS, MRCP, FRCA; Mark C. Bellamy, MBBS, MA, FRCA Cont Edu Anaesth Crit Care & Pain. 2008;8(5):151-156. ©2008 Oxford University Press – Posted 10/07/2008 The prevalence of morbid obesity is increasing in the UK. Recent UK government statistics suggest that 20% of adults are obese and 1% morbidly obese. Anaesthesia and surgery may [...]
Laurie Barclay, MD Medscape Medical News 2009. © 2009 Medscape Targeting blood glucose concentrations to age-adjusted normal fasting concentrations was associated with better short-term outcome of patients in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), according to the results of a prospective, randomized controlled study reported online January 27 in The Lancet.
Martha Kerr Medscape Medical News 2009. © 2009 Medscape Late-breaking results of the Awakening and Breathing Controlled (ABC) trial, presented here at the Society of Critical Care Medicine 38th Critical Care Congress, show that cognitive function is better if the patient is wakened early and frequently during a stay in the intensive care unit (ICU).
Ole M Ekeberg; Erik Bautz-Holter; Einar K Tveitå; Niels G Juel; Synnøve Kvalheim; Jens I Brox BMJ. 2009;338(3122) ©2009 BMJ Publishing Group – Posted 02/06/2009 To investigate the importance of placement of corticosteroid injections in patients with rotator cuff disease, we did a randomised controlled study comparing the effectiveness of a systemic corticosteroid injection in [...]
Disponibili le nuove linee guida 2008 realizzate dalla Surviving Sepsis Campaign e pubblicate su Critical Care Medicine.
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (04/2011): Medical guidelines for clinical practice for developing a diabetes mellitus comprehensive care plan Critical Care (02/2009): Differential influence of arterial blood glucose on cerebral metabolism following severe traumatic brain injury American Diabetes Association 10/2008: Clinical Practice Reccomendations 2008 of American Diabetes Association
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In cancer patients, allogeneic blood transfusion is associated with poorer prognosis, but the independent effect of the transfusion is controversial. Moreover, mediating mechanisms underlying the alleged cancer-promoting effects of blood transfusion are unknown, including the involvement of donors’ leukocytes, erythrocytes, and soluble factors. Blood Transfusion Promotes Cancer Progression: A Critical Role for Aged Erythrocytes
The authors calculated the effect size for treatments recommended for the pediatric population in the new Guidelines for the Management of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting that should be implemented with the help of a new risk scale developed for children. Calculation of Prophylaxis Effectiveness and Expected Incidence of Vomiting under Treatment Using Bayesian Meta-analysis
MedWire News: Hyperglycemia is common in children undergoing urgent or emergent craniotomy for traumatic brain injury (TBI), increasing their risk for poor outcomes, say US researchers.
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A national panel of pain management experts representing the American Pain Society (APS) and the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) has published the first comprehensive, evidence-based clinical practice guideline to assist clinicians in prescribing potent opioid pain medications for patients with chronic non-cancer pain. The long-awaited guideline appears in the current issue of The [...]
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Istituto Superiore di Sanità (02/2009): Riabilitazione e valutazione dei pazienti mielolesi
Laurie Barclay, MD Medscape Medical News 2009. © 2009 Medscape Procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP), along with currently used laboratory tests, may facilitate the treatment of infants younger than 3 months seen in emergency departments for fever of unknown origin, according to the results of a retrospective study reported in the January 21 Online [...]
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Martha Kerr Medscape Medical News 2009. © 2009 Medscape More than one third of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Henry Ford Hospital, in Detroit, Michigan, were seropositive for cytomegalovirus (CMV), according to a study presented here at the Society of Critical Care Medicine 38th Critical Care Congress.
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Il ricorrente chiede il risarcimento del danno psicofisico subito per aver fornito prestazioni lavorative anche nel giorno destinato al riposo settimanale senza avere successivamente fruito, per esigenze di servizio, del riposo compensativo. In relazione a tali evenienze l’articolo 22 del CCNL 5 dicembre 1996, riguardante i dirigenti medici, statuisce il divieto di monetizzazione. Ritiene il [...]
Martha Kerr Medscape Medical News 2009. © 2009 Medscape Mortality rates are significantly higher when a benzodiazepine is the sedating agent used in a mechanically ventilated patient, and hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay is more than a day longer, investigators at the University of Utah told attendees of the Society of [...]
