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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Critically ill adults"”.
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The Effect of Oral Care on Intracranial Pressure in Critically Ill Adults
A major goal in the care of patients with neurological problems is to prevent or minimize episodes of increased intracranial pressure (ICP). Elevations in ICP in response to nursing interventions have been acknowledged since the 1960’s when ICP monitoring was first introduced in the clinical …
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FACIAL EXPRESSION DISCRIMINATES BETWEEN PAIN AND ABSENCE OF PAIN IN THE NON-COMMUNICATIVE, CRITICALLY ILL ADULT PATIENT
… Pain assessment is a significant challenge in critically ill adults, especially those unable to communicate their pain level. At present there is no universally accepted pain scale for use in the non-communicative (cognitively impaired, sedated, paralyzed or mechanically ventilated) patient. …
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Corticotropin-releasing factor and acute post-operative gut function in truamatic abdominal injury and elective abdominal surgery
… tract and associated with inflammatory changes. Critically ill patients frequently display somewhat unexplained gastrointestinal dysfunction including delayed gastric emptying, ileus and increased bowel permeability. The aim of the study was to investigate the role of CRF in critically ill adults …
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An Assessment of Critically Ill Children admitted to a General High Care Unit in a Regional Hospital in the Western Cape, South Africa
Background Many critically ill children in South Africa are cared for in regional hospitals by general Paediatricians. Critically ill adults and children are usually cared for in the same units. There is limited data on the numbers of children admitted and the outcomes of these children. Objective …
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Reliability of Urinary Bladder Pressure Measurement in Critical Care
… for UBP measurement (UBPM) calls for the instillation of normal sterile saline (NSS) into the bladder while the patient is supine with a zero degree (0°) head of bed elevation (HOBE). How different instill volumes (IVs) and body positions influence UBPM were unknown, and the intra- and …
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Measurement and mechanisms of complement-induced neutrophil dysfunction
Critical illness is an aetiologically and clinically heterogeneous syndrome that is characterised by organ failure and immune dysfunction. Mortality in critically ill patients is driven by inflammation-associated organ damage and a profound vulnerability to nosocomial infection. Both factors are …
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Acting in Time: Transport Nurses optimising critically ill patients for transfer to a regional ECMO centre. A Grounded Theory Study
… (CESAR), validated the use of ECMO in the UK for critically ill adults. The H1N1 Influenza A epidemic in 2009, led to four more adult ECMO centres being designated, and more recently the World Health Organisation (WHO, 2020), recommended ECMO for eligible patients in the COVID-19 pandemic. A …