[PDF] Top 20 Study protocol: The Intensive Care Outcome Network ('ICON') study

... month study pack is mailed. ICNARC (Intensive Care National Research and Education Centre) will down- load clinical data to the study office ...the ICON database, allowing record ... See full document

... the study conducted by Saha R et al, Verma et al, cardiac diseases was the most common medical cause for ICU ...Coronary care unit (CCU) rather than general ICU in our ... See full document

... ICARe study proposal has some ...ICARe study may not fully capture the variations of the levels of anxiety within a 24 hour ...ICARe study includes a comprehensive collection of prior to critical ... See full document

... Insulin is reported to occasionally cause a rash which may be associated with itching. Data collection To minimise the data collection load for busy units, the trial will collaborate with the Paediatric Intensive ... See full document

... usual care arm are consistent with previous literature reporting high levels of in-room activity 16–18 and ...sleep protocol increased this rest time to greater than 45 ... See full document

... our study is that it addresses a unique topic in critical care medicine that could not be easily studied in a prospective randomized ...studying protocol use in general, we are analyzing an approach ... See full document

... Methods Study population The study was performed by reviewing medical ...the study hypothesis or patient data other than medical record number chose 100 unmatched patients to comprise the control ... See full document

... Results: There were 2 (8%) patients developed stress ulcer, 1 (4%) Catheter associated bacteriuria, 2 (8%) patients grade II pressure ulcer, and 5 (20%) patient’s done endotracheal intubation. All these 5 (20%) report of ... See full document

... this study of Canadian neonates, we were able to show that neonates presenting as candidal UTI without dissem- ination, within the NICU population of low birth weight infants and older gestational age infants with ... See full document

... cohort study : Statistical analyses of the pro- spective data will primarily dwell on descriptive statistics using counts, percentages, means/standard deviations, medians/interquartiles/ranges and confidence ... See full document

... from intensive care units (ICUs) subsequently die without leaving ...Following Intensive Care Treatment) is to develop an intervention plan to reduce in-hospital mortality rates in patients ... See full document

... “critical care without walls” is increasingly becoming accepted [23] and is in place at Charing Cross Hospital where the theatre suite is used to “board” patients pending ICU ...our study, delayed ICU ... See full document

... Nicolas Mongardon 1,2 † , Adeline Max 1,2 † , Adrien Bouglé 1,2 , Frédéric Pène 1,2,3 , Virginie Lemiale 1,2 , Julien Charpentier 1,2 , Alain Cariou 1,2 , Jean-Daniel Chiche 1,2,3 , Jean-Pierre Bedos 4 and Jean-Paul Mira ... See full document

... However, our study, with a more optimal size of study population, showed that APACHE II and SAPS II are not suitable for use in cardiac surgery patients. CASUS and SOFA had an acceptable performance with ... See full document

... EDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE activity has increased greatly over the past few decades, and the develop- ment of specialized PICUs, together with technologic advances, has contributed to improved survival rates ... See full document

... level, intensive care unit transfer, death, new pulmonary infiltrates, and transfusion-related infections during hospital ...hematology intensive care units will be eligible for ... See full document

... Results: Eleven of the 30 ICUs participated in the retrospective study, featuring 68 patients, including 62 women. Average body mass index at the admission was 12 ± 3 kg/m2. Twenty one were mechanically ... See full document

... present study is confined to children who present with shock to the PICU, the causes will be mostly diseases other than acute watery ...our study culture proven sepsis were found in 36 cases ... See full document

... Women are more predisposed to ARDS during pregnancy due to the physiological changes that accompany pregnancy and show a good response to treatment. 7 Obstetric hemorrhage was the next important indication for assisted ... See full document

... they care. This study offers significant advantages over pre- vious efforts to determine the effects of caregiving on bereavement ...they care. While the proposed sample size is small, the ... See full document