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Imaging the Critically Ill Patient: Echocardiography
Current applications and limitations of critical care echocardiography in the critical care context and its use in guiding the care of the critically ill patient. Echocardiography in the ICU Echocardiography is currently considered an essential diagnostic tool at the disposal of the intensivist – a significant change from less than two decades...
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ICU Management & Practice 2022 Subject Index
Issues/ Pages Volume 22, Issue 1 1-50 https://iii.hm/1el0 Volume 22, Issue 2 51-100 https://iii.hm/1ey0 Volume 22, Issue 3 101-154 https://iii.hm/1g6a Volume 22, Issue 4 155-200 https://iii.hm/1i0a Volume 22, Issue 5 201-250 https://iii.hm/1ikw Subject index...
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Antibiotic Stewardship in Critical and Emergency Care
An overview of antimicrobial stewardship in critical care units and emergency departments, highlighting aspects to reduce multidrug resistance focusing on antibiotic optimisation in respiratory infections and sepsis. Introduction Infections caused by resistant bacteria are associated with higher treatment costs and increased morbidity...
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Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in the ICU
Severe infections by antibiotic resistant gram-negative bacteria are frequent in ICU patients. They are associated with high morbidity and mortality. Introduction Bacterial infections in patients hospitalised in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) are frequent, and they elicit an increase in morbidity and mortality. The emerging development...
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Rapid Diagnostics and Antimicrobial Resistance in the ICU
The need to address the problem of antimicrobial resistance, the importance of faster diagnosis of bacterial infections and an overview of rapid diagnostic testing. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is rapidly increasing on a global scale. The discovery of penicillin revolutionised the field of medicine, providing safe harbour from the most...
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Diagnostic Stewardship in Five Common Infectious Syndromes
This article defines diagnostic stewardship and discusses how it can be implemented in intensive care units and how it may improve patient outcomes. Introduction Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an imminent threat to global health and has been accelerated by the inappropriate use of antimicrobials (Llor and Bjerrum 2014). Antimicrobial...
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Improving Clinical Outcomes With Early Enteral Nutrition
An overview of the benefits of early enteral nutrition, clinical evidence and recommendations, reasons for delayed enteral feeding in critically ill patients and optimal solutions. Early enteral nutrition is proven to improve clinical outcomes and reduce acute care costs. Nutrition clinicians support the belief that enteral nutrition is...
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Short Acting Beta-Blockers in Critically Ill Patients With Heart Failure
An overview of the clinical evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of landiolol for the treatment of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter with heart failure and effective heart rate control during arrhythmias. Supraventricular arrhythmias (SVTs) are common in post-operative and cardiac ICUs. SVTs increase the risk of death...
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Antibiotic Resistance
Antibiotic resistance is one of the most significant public health challenges today. Join our panellists as they discuss the problem of antibiotic resistance, its impact on patient outcomes, the importance of effective antimicrobial stewardship programmes, the role of rapid diagnostic testing, and important strategies to reduce the spread of antimicrobial...
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OCTOBER 13-14 Sepsis 2022 - International Symposium on Infections in the Critically Ill Patient Barcelona, Spain https://iii.hm/1hvz 15-19 EUSEM Congress 2022 Berlin, Germany https://iii.hm/1g2g 17-18 BACCN Conference 2022 Belfast, Northern Ireland https://iii.hm/1hw0 21-25 ANESTHESIOLOGY...
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