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Breast Surgery

Monday 17 November 2008

Mobilizing patients in the intensive care unit: improving neuromuscular weakness and physical function.

Needham DM. Related Articles, LinkOut

JAMA. 2008 Oct 8;300(14):1685-90. PMID: 18840842 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Effectiveness of a central line bundle campaign on line-associated infections in the intensive care unit.

Galpern D, Guerrero A, Tu A, Fahoum B, Wise L. Related Articles, LinkOut

Surgery. 2008 Oct;144(4):492-5; discussion 495. PMID: 18847630 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Duration of Withdrawal of Life Support in the Intensive Care Unit and Association with Family Satisfaction

Gerstel , E . ; Engelberg , R . A . ; Koepsell , T . ; Curtis , J . R .
Free Medical Journals . com (/1997 - / Embargo: 1 year)
Proquest NHS Full Text (02/2003 - /)
Page: 798-804 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 178 ; PART 8
ISSN Print: 1073-449X E-ISSN: 1535-4970
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Presentation: ICU Emergency Airway Management

Critical Care Bulletin: http://www.slideshare.net/fergua/icu-emergency-airway-management?type=powerpoint ..... blood pressure (1); blood procalcitonin (1); bowel management

Slideshare is a website containing free to view/share presentations on a wide range of topics not just clinical.

Quality Improvement Program to Reduce Pressure Ulcers in an ICU

Benoit RA Jr, Watts C. The effect of a pressure ulcer prevention program
and the bowel management system in reducing pressure ulcer prevalence in an
ICU ... http://bcbsma.medscape.com/viewarticle/578911_2


This quasi-experimental practice improvement program was conducted in a 14-bed adult general ICU at the Royal North Shore Hospital, a 600-bed metropolitan teaching hospital in Sydney, Australia. The hospital is a tertiary referral facility for a wide range of speciality services such as spinal, renal, neuroscience, and burns. In this and other Australian ICUs, an accredited ICU staff specialist is ultimately responsible for the admission and management of all patients.

Renal failure in the intensive care unit : acute kidney injury compared to end - stage renal failure

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Marlies Ostermann ; Ren& # 233 ; Chang and the Riyadh ICU Program Users Group
BioMed Central PDF Abstract
Free Medical Journals . com (/1997 - / Embargo: 2 years)
UK PubMed Central (/1997 - /2008)
Page: 432 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 12 Date: 2008-07-16
ISSN Print: 1364-8535 E-ISSN: 1466-609X
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The effect of intensive care unit staffing model on tidal volume in patients with acute lung injury

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Colin R Cooke ; Timothy R Watkins ; Jeremy M Kahn ; Miriam M Treggiari ; Ellen Caldwell ; Leonard D Hudson and Gordon D Rubenfeld
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Free Medical Journals . com (/1997 - / Embargo: 2 years)
UK PubMed Central (/1997 - /2008)
Page: R134 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 12 Date: 2008-07-16
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Assessing the reliability of the Sedation - Agitation Scale between nurses and doctors in a New Zealand ICU

Ruseckaite R . ; Bucknall T .
Proquest NHS (02/2005 - 05/2007)
Page: 220-222 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 21 ; PART 4 Date: November 2008
ISSN Print: 1036-7314
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Using consensus methods to develop clinical practice guidelines for intensive care : The Intensive Care Collaborative project

Rolls K . D . ; Elliott D .
Proquest NHS (02/2005 - 05/2007)
Page: 200-215 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 21 ; PART 4 Date: November 2008
ISSN Print: 1036-7314
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Australian Critical Care articles

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The future of intensive care : Focus on nursing
Verger J .
Proquest NHS (02/2005 - 05/2007)
Page: 177-180 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 21 ; PART 4 Date: November 2008
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ICU patient's transfer anxiety : A prospective cohort study
Gustad L . T . ; Chaboyer W . ; Wallis M .
Proquest NHS (02/2005 - 05/2007)
Page: 181-189 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 21 ; PART 4 Date: November 2008
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Transition to intensive care nursing : Establishing a starting point
Boyle M . ; Butcher R . ; Conyers V . ; Kendrick T . ; MacNamara M . ; Lang S .
Proquest NHS (02/2005 - 05/2007)
Page: 190-199 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 21 ; PART 4 Date: November 2008
ISSN Print: 1036-7314
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Procalcitonin levels in acute exacerbation of COPD admitted in ICU: a prospective cohort study

Research article Procalcitonin levels in acute exacerbation of COPD admitted in ICU: a prospective cohort study

Daubin C, Parienti JJ, Vabret A, Ramakers M, Fradin S, Terzi N, Freymuth F, Charbonneau P, du Cheyron DBMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8:145 (23 October 2008)[Abstract] [Full text] [PDF] [PubMed] [Related articles]

SYMPOSIUM VENTILATION

399–411
Pressure Modes of Mechanical Ventilation: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Suzanne M. Burns, RN, MSN, RRT, ACNP, CCRN, FAAN, FCCM, FAANP

412–420
High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation in Adults: Clinical Considerations and Management Priorities
Louise Rose, PhD, MN, Adult Ed Cert, BN, ICU Cert

421–432
Sedation Management in the Mechanically Ventilated Critically Ill Patient
Eunice M. Fuchs, RN, MS, ACNP, CCNS, CCRN; Kathryn Von Rueden, RN, MS, FCCM

Standards of practice in UK emergency departments before, during and after conscious sedation

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S T Adams
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UK PubMed Central (/2001 - 10/2005)
Page: 728 - 731 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 25 ; PART 11 Date: 2008-November
ISSN Print: 1472-0205 E-ISSN: 1472-0213 Print Holdings: Yes
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Frontal EEG for intensive care unit sedation : treating numbers or patients ?

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Peter V Sackey
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Page: 186 Vol/Issue: 2008 ; VOL 12 Date: 2008-07-16
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