Mechanical ventilation is life-saving for patients with acute respiratory insufficiency. In a German prevalence study, 13.6% of patients in intensive care units received mechanical ventilation for more than 12 hours; 20% of these patients received mechanical ventilation as treatment for acute respiratory...
Oxigenación por Membrana Extracorpórea/enfermería,
Oxigenación por Membrana Extracorpórea/instrumentación,
Oxigenación por Membrana Extracorpórea/métodos,
Respiración Artificial/instrumentación,
Respiración Artificial/enfermería,
Respiración Artificial/métodos,
Insuficiencia Respiratoria/prevención & control,
Insuficiencia Respiratoria/enfermería,
Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos/organización & administración,
Desconexión del Ventilador/instrumentación,
Desconexión del Ventilador/enfermería
Community-acquired pneumonia is diagnosed by clinical features (e.g., cough, fever, pleuritic chest pain) and by lung
imaging, usually an infiltrate seen on chest radiography. Initial evaluation should determine the need for hospitalization versus outpatient management using validated mortality or severi...
Neumonía/diagnóstico por imagen,
Neumonía/terapia,
Enfermedades Respiratorias/diagnóstico,
Atención Ambulatoria/organización & administración,
Cultivo de Sangre/instrumentación,
Macrólidos/uso terapéutico,
Doxiciclina/uso terapéutico,
Antibacterianos/uso terapéutico,
Fluoroquinolonas/uso terapéutico,
Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos,
Neumonía Asociada a la Atención Médica/prevención & control
Cho, Young-Jae;
Cho, Young-Jae;
Moon, Jae Young;
Shin, Ein-Soon;
Kim, Je Hyeong;
Jung, Hoon;
Park, So Young;
Kim, Ho Cheol;
Sim, Yun Su;
Rhee, Chin Kook;
Lim, Jaemin;
Lee, Seok Jeong;
Lee, Won Yeon;
Lee, Hyun Jeong;
Kwak, Sang Hyun;
Kang, Eun Kyeong;
Chung, Kyung Soo;
Choi, Won-Il.
Since the first description of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) as a series of 12 patients in 1967 by Ashbaugh
et al.1
, it still remains a major public health problem that incurs
high health care costs and causes major mortality in the intensive care unit (ICU) despite improvements in outcomes...
Torres, Antoni;
Niederman, Michael S;
Chastre, Jean;
Ewig, Santiago;
Fernandez-Vandellos, Patricia;
Hanberger, Hakan;
Kollef, Marin;
Bassi, Gianluigi Li;
Luna, Carlos M;
Martin-Loeches, Ignacio;
Paiva, J. Artur;
Read, Robert C;
Rigau, David;
Timsit, Jean François;
Welte, Tobias;
Wunderink, Richard.
Nosocomial pneumonia is a frequent infection that is classified into two groups [1]: HAP, which develops
in hospitalised patients after 48 h of admission, and does not require (but may include) artificial
ventilation at the time of diagnosis [2, 3]; and VAP, which occurs in intensive care unit (ICU) pati...
Esta guía de práctica clínica provee recomendaciones informadas en la evidencia para el control de la infección, recolección de muestras, cuidado de soporte, tratamiento farmacológico y prevención de complicaciones.
Las recomendaciones están dirigidas a todo el personal de salud que atiende a los...
This clinical practice guideline provides evidence-informed recommendations for infection control, specimen collection, supportive care, pharmacological treatment, and prevention of complications.
The recommendations are directed to all health care staff who deal with patients in emergency departments an...
This document is intended for clinicians taking care of hospitalised adult and paediatric patients with severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) when a nCoV infection is suspected. It is not meant to replace clinical judgment or specialist consultation but rather to strengthen clinical management of the...
Stress ulcer prophylaxis (SUP) is commonly used in the intensive care unit (ICU), and is recommended in the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines 2012. The present guideline from the Danish Society of Intensive Care Medicine and the Danish Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine sums up curr...
Kasotakis, G;
Hasenboehler, EA;
Streib, EW;
Patel, N;
Patel, MB;
Alarcon, L;
Bosarge, PL;
Love, J;
Haut, ER;
Como, JJ.
"BACKGROUND:
Rib fractures are identified in 10% of all injury victims and are associated with significant morbidity (33%) and mortality (12%). Significant progress has been made in the management of rib fractures over the past few decades, including operative reduction and internal fixation (rib ORIF); ...
Fan, E;
Cheek, F;
Chlan, L;
Gosselink, R;
Hart, N;
Herridge, M. S;
Hopkins, R. O;
Hough, C. L;
Kress, J. P;
Latronico, N;
Moss, M;
Needham, D. M;
Rich, M. M;
Stevens, R. D;
Wilson, K. C;
Winkelman, C;
Zochodne, D. W;
Ali, NA.
RATIONALE: Profound muscle weakness during and after critical illness is termed intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICUAW). OBJECTIVES: To develop diagnostic recommendations for ICUAW. METHODS: A multidisciplinary expert committee generated diagnostic questions. A systematic review was performed, and ...
