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Sedation in paediatric intensive care
Paediatric intensive care is an expanding specialty that has been shown to improve the quality of care provided to critically ill children. An important aspect of the management of critically ill children includes the provision of effective sedation to reduce stress and anxiety during their stay in …
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Nosocomial infections in intensive care
… and management of secondary infections in the Intensive Care Unit. 2) To present the findings of a study of the technique of selective parenteral and enteral antisepsis regimen (SPEAR) in the patient population of the Respiratory ICU at Groote Schuur Hospital, aimed at reducing the incidence of …
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Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit Patient Transition
… Hospital, patient transitions to acute care are inconsistent following admission to the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU). We aim to improve CVICU patient continuum of care through transferring patients to a step-down telemetry unit starting October 13<sup>th</sup>, 2014 …
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Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Skin-Care Team
… at or greater than stage two in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Pressure injury prevention was not a high priority for the nursing staff; nurses were unaware of current PI prevention protocols or the PI prevalence in the PICU.<strong> </strong>The goals are to reduce PIs by 20% in 3 …
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Patient Perception of Intensive Care Unit Discomfort
… the effects of discomfort experienced in intensive care. <strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of this study was to describe select sociodemographic characteristics and other factors associated with the perception of ICU discomfort among adults 18 years and older after they were …
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Occupational Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit
… around America. Occupational therapists in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (Burlingame, California) lack a standard protocol for addressing physical, cognitive, and psychosocial factors in patients post cardiac surgery. Furthermore, individuals’ experience and …
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Positioning and exercises in intensive care units
Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University
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Understanding lactate in an intensive care setting
We investigated the relationship between initial lactate levels and ICU patient outcomes using the MIMIC II (version 2.6) database. We divided ICU admissions based on their initial lactate measurement into three groups: admissions with high lactate (above 4.0 mmol/L), admissions with medium lactate …
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Modelling patient states in intensive care patients
Extensive bedside monitoring in hospital Intensive Care Units (ICU) has resulted in a deluge of information on patient physiology. Consequently, clinical decision makers have to reason with data that is simultaneously large and high-dimensional. Mechanisms to compress these datasets while retaining …
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Characterisation of glucose management in intensive care
Patients in intensive care routinely have their blood glucose monitored and controlled using insulin. Two decades of on-going research has attempted to establish optimal glucose targets and treatment policy for patients with hyperglycemia in the intensive care unit (ICU). These efforts rely on the …
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Optimising nursing shift handover in Paediatric Intensive Care
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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Delayed discharges from an adult intensive care unit (ICU)
… use of resources without compromising quality of care is essential in the current healthcare climate. Intensive care unit services are one of the most resource intensive and therefore expensive services within a hospital. Because intensive care unit services comprise a significant portion of …
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Facilitation of parenting within the newborn intensive care unit
The major challenge facing neonatal health care providers today is to combine the necessary technological intensive care for preterm infants with a sensitive and individualized approach to facilitate neurobehavioral development while acknowledging and supporting parents of these infants in their …
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The effect of music therapy on intensive care patients
… emotional responses to taped music programs in Intensive Care Units. The experimental group (n = 26) selected and listened to taped music through earphones, and the control group (n = 25) wore earphones connected to recorders without music. Physiological parameters of heart rate, blood pressure, …
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Augmentative and Alternative Communication in the Intensive Care Unit
… alternative communication (AAC) system use in intensive care units (ICU) and clinical decision making patterns. AAC is use of any alternative method of communication when oral communication cannot be achieved (ASHA, 2013). Patients in the ICU may become nonverbal for many reasons including …
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Maternal experiences of preterm birth and neonatal intensive care
… of mothers of pretenn infants undergoing intensive care in 3 local NHS Trusts, utilising a pre-existing questionnaire (PSS; NTCU, Miles et aL, 1993) and a semi-structured interview based on some of the theories associated with stress, coping and adaptation to preterm birth. The …
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