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Life-support tools for improving performance of the …

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Innovation in the management of intensive care units: …

WEBThe initiative of Sirvent et al. has been able to offer opportunity and equality to their patients, maintaining efficacy and safety, improving effectiveness, and undoubtedly has …

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Post-intensive care syndrome one month after discharge …

WEBIntroduction. The pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has resulted in an increase in the number of patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) due to acute respiratory …

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Clinical information systems: An opportunity to measure …

WEBA press release in 2015 from one of the most important newspapers in the world, the Wall Street Journal, 1 commented on the Risky States project of the Beth Israel Deaconess …

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Humanization in healthcare arises from the need for a …

WEB8. Due to the importance of the social networks, the key point for making the project known was the creation of a page in Facebook, 6 managed by the project leader, with the aim …

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Innovation and new trends in critical trauma disease

WEBIntroduction. The management of critical trauma disease (CTD) has always contemplated the trends in military war experiences. 1 These conflicts historically have revolutionized …

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Importance of carbon dioxide in the critical patient: …

WEBIntroduction. In the critical patient with acute respiratory failure subjected to protective ventilation with low tidal volumes (Vt), 1–3 elevation of the carbon dioxide (CO 2) levels …

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Can patient and family satisfaction influence the …

WEBConsidering the patient as the center of medical care constitutes a cultural and organizational change included within a quality management model that regards the …

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COVID-19 Pandemic: the greatest challenge in the history …

WEBAccording to the latest information from the Spanish Ministry of Health, on 5 April 2020 there were 135,032 confirmed cases in Spain, with 59,662 patients in hospital, 6931 in …

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Innovation and technology transfer in the health sciences: …

WEBThis article is based on the strategic reflection and discussion that took place on the occasion of the first conference on innovation and technology transfer in the health …

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Guidelines for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia …

WEBBackground. Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most frequent ICU-acquired infection. 1–3 It is associated with significant increases in the length of stay, healthcare …

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Analysis of the difference between importance and satisfaction of …

WEBThe matrix associated with the IPA consists of a Cartesian diagram, where the location and subsequent interpretation of each attribute are determined by the average score of its …

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Benefits of walks in the outdoor gardens of the hospital in critically

WEBMany hospitals have no green zones, but this does not mean that they should renounce to offering such therapy. Rooftops, areas with windows, terraces or outdoor parking lots …

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Lean techniques to improve flow of critically ill patients in a health

WEBIntroduction. In our hospital and in the intensive care unit (ICU), the average occupation rate is over 90%. Since the ICU is a single Unit serving a reference population of 844,000 …

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Epidemiology of severe trauma Medicina Intensiva

WEBEpidemiology of severe trauma. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Donostia University Hospital, San Sebastián-Donostia, Spain. Major injury is the sixth leading …

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Falls from heights in Pediatrics. Epidemiology and evolution of 54

WEBIntroduction. Accidental falls from heights are among the leading causes of death and permanent brain and bone damage in children. 1 “Falls from a height” are generally …

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Wellens Syndrome: Be aware of T wave inversion

WEBCineangiocardiography showed Wellens Syndrome with a severe 95% stenosis in proximal anterior descending artery (), echocardiogram with preserved myocadiac …

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The impact of the patient post-intensive care syndrome …

WEBa Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Pedro Hispano, Unidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos, Rua Dr. Eduardo Torres, 4464-513 Matosinhos, Portugal

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Health care-associated infections in patients with COVID-19 …

WEBThe first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic challenged health systems worldwide. Its high capacity to generate critical patients required rapid expansion of beds beyond the …

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