Medical ICU
Prescription Pattern in A Medical Icu of A Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of South India
... the medical ICU were eligible to be enrolled in the study after satisfying inclusion and exclusion ...the ICU was less than 24 hours were not included in the ...the medical records, drugs used ...
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An observational study of adult admissions to a medical ICU due to adverse drug events
... of ICU admis- sion are scarce and ...of ICU admissions due to an ADE ranging from ...in ICU admissions was not explored in these ...of ICU admissions due to ADE and of LOS were seldom assessed ...
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PHARMACOVIGILANCE STUDY OF PATIENTS RECEIVING TREATMENT AT MEDICAL ICU OF C U SHAH MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL, SURENDRANAGAR
... on medical ICU, Park 10 reported that 80% of the ADRs required ...on medical ICU by Rivkin 21 4% fatal ADRs were reported, which is higher as compared to this ...
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Original Article Profile of Hyponatremia in Patients admitted into Medical ICU
... into Medical ICU who had Hyponatremia at the time of ...into Medical ICU and who had serum Sodium of less than 135 ...Surgical ICU and those patients in whom the detailed workup could ...
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New Onset of Atrial Fibrillation in a Medical ICU: Prevalence and Risk Factors
... single medical ICU over a period of 18 ...the medical ICU were ...longer ICU and hospital LOS. ICU mortality was significantly higher in AF ...of medical critically ill ...
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Laboratory evaluation of bleeding diathesis in medical ICU patients.
... Bleeding diathesis is common in critically ill patients. Patients may have clinical bleeding or only laboratory abnormalities in hemostatic tests. Thrombocytopenia, prolongation of PT or aPTT or both, low fibrinogen and ...
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Outbreak of Infection with Multidrug Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Carrying bla IMP 8 in a University Medical Center in Taiwan
... patients. Twenty of these isolates were recovered from wound specimens, 12 were from sputa, five were from blood samples, two were from tips of central venous tips, and one was from a urine sample (Table 1). Of these 40 ...
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A Study of Drug Utilization Pattern According to Daily Define Dose in Intensive Care Unit (ICU)s at Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, India
... Objective: The goal of study is to identify drug and antimicrobial utilization in ICUs by using daily defined dose. Material and Methods: Study was conducted at tertiary care teaching hospital. 100 patients in each ...
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Triaging patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding: the utility of Glasgow-Blatchford score
... the Medical ICU/Wards of MKCG Medical College were put on Blatchford scoring system and classified as those requiring (high risk = GBS >1) and not requiring blood transfusion (low risk) based on ...
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Influence of dyskalemia at admission and early dyskalemia correction on survival and cardiac events of critically ill patients
... Diseases ICU, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Paris, France; UMR 1137 Inserm – Paris Diderot university IAME, F75018, Paris); Elie Azoulay (Medical ICU, Saint Louis Hospital, Paris, France); Maïté ...
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A Preliminary Investigation into the Mediating Role of Positive Affect in the Development of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among African American Female Sexual Assault Survivors
... by ICU location, this became more problematic as there were insufficient numbers of patients to make the comparison and little diversity in terms of feeding tube placement and the type of formula ...
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Risk prediction of ICU readmission in a mixed surgical and medical population
... surgical-medical ICU at the University Hospital, Linköping, ...The ICU is an eight-bed ward with 600 admis- sions yearly. The ICU manages critically ill surgical and medical patients, ...
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Indigenous traumatic brain injury research: responding to recruitment challenges in the hospital environment
... DAMA and absconding among Indigenous patients generally [23, 24], early departure from the hospital was the main reason eligible patients were not approached by research staff to participate in the project. It was common ...
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Assessment of risk and prophylaxis for deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in medically ill patients during their early days of hospital stay at a tertiary care center in a developing country
... Methods: All patients within one week of their admission in intensive care unit (ICU) and wards were enrolled in the study after an informed written consent. Patients who had DVT prophylaxis within the past month ...
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Epidemiology, clinical features, and management of severe hypercalcemia in critically ill patients
... 4; 4), 47 patients received pamidronate (90 mg, IQR, 60; 90), and 6 patients received ibandronate (2 mg, IQR, 2; 3.5). Only 13 (10%) patients required a second infusion of bisphosphonates. Corticosteroids were ...
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Long-term outcome and health-related quality of life in difficult-to-wean patients with and without ventilator dependency at ICU discharge: a retrospective cohort study
... sulting medical and administrative patient records and by contacting the patient ’ s general or referring physician if these records were uninformative about the patient ’ s vital ...the Medical Outcomes ...
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How is intensive care reimbursed? A review of eight European countries
... Therefore, national experts for ICU reimbursement and costing issues were contacted and asked for collaboration (see Table 1 for the original questionnaire). The primary goal of this collaborative effort was to ...
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Investigation of Correct Application of Ventilators‘ Humidifier Systems Before and After Nursing Education in Intensive Care Units
... in medical electronic ...in ICU level, all complications and adverse consequences resulted from the failure in the proper use of humidifier devices in ventilators can be prevented, and not only the duration ...
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Family in ICU: An ICU nurse perspective
... … I didn’t want to work but I felt obliged to work… You know they really need you to work…So I was torn between being a nurse and being a relative…Sarah …I was worried that if the unit w[r] ...
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Drug Resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobacter cloacae Isolated from ICU, Babol, Northern Iran
... Although this study had valuable results particularly it performed in three different hospitals, but it suffered from some limitations. First, the number of isolates was scanty. Second, it only considered two pathogens. ...
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