A small group of “high-risk” patients account for a disproportionately high number of surgery-related deaths, complications, and costs. The April issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS), commences a special series on high-risk surgery-focusing on new and emerging strategies for identifying and managing patients at high risk. Leggi [...]
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Una protesi avveniristica restituisce capacità perdute a chi ha una gamba amputata e si guadagna il supporto dei servizi sanitari europei. Il ginocchio robotica è “intelligente” e sa adattarsi alle esigenze del suo possessore.
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Out of every 1000 patients, two at most wake up during their operation. Unintended awareness in the patient is thus classified as an occasional complication of anesthesia – but being aware of things happening during the operation, and being able to recall them later, can leave a patient with long-term psychological trauma. Leggi il resto [...]
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A mobility protocol that gets intensive care unit (ICU) patients out of bed and walking as early as possible, even while they are hooked up to a portable ventilator, can save the hospital some serious money, according to a study presented here at the Society of Critical Care Medicine 40th Critical Care Congress.
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Subcutaneously administered heparin might not provide optimal protection against venous thromboembolism (VTE) for patients who have undergone major abdominal surgery because absorption appears to be decreased in these patients, researchers said here at the Society of Critical Care Medicine 40th Critical Care Congress.
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Il ricorso all’ipotermia non è da considerare una strategia neuroprotettiva primaria nei pazienti con gravi lesioni traumatiche cerebrali. È quanto emerge dalle conclusioni del National acute brain injury study: hypothermia II (Nabis: H II), studio randomizzato e multicentrico
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Negli studi condotti su popolazioni pediatriche definite, solo raramente sono stati riportati casi di epatotossicità da paracetamolo al dosaggio terapeutico. I
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Dopo due anni e mezzo di difficili negoziati, domani il Parlamento europeo è chiamato a dare il via libera alle norme che consentiranno a tutti i cittadini europei di farsi curare in un Paese diverso dal proprio.
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The brain under general anesthesia isn’t “asleep” as surgery patients are often told — it is placed into a state that is a reversible coma, according to three neuroscientists who have published an extensive review of general anesthesia, sleep and coma, in the Dec. 30 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. This insight and [...]
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