New guidelines for discontinuing mechanical ventilation in ICU supriya kashyap kashyap25 Oct 2016 3:25 PM ISTThe American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) and the American Thoracic Society (ATS) have published new guidelines for discontinuing mechanical...
Ventilatory management of acute hypercapnic respiratory failure in adults: BTS , ICS guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap28 Sept 2016 9:59 AM ISTAHRF ( acute hypercapnic respiratory failure) results from an inability of the respiratory pump, in concert with the lungs, to provide sufficient...
Guideline for reversal of antithrombotics in intracranial hemorrhage supriya kashyap kashyap21 Sept 2016 4:28 PM ISTThe use of antithrombotic agents, including anticoagulants, antiplatelet agents, and thrombolytics has increased over the last decade and is expected...
Postoperative delirium in older adults- American Geriatrics Society abstracted clinical practice guideline Sumit9 Sept 2016 9:49 AM ISTPostoperative delirium is a common, life-threatening problem in older adults and is recognised most common postoperative complication in older age...
Prevention of Catheter related bloodstream infections- Guidelines Meghna Singhania6 Sept 2016 9:38 AM ISTCatheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI, also called catheter-related sepsis) is defined as the presence of bacteraemia originating from an...
Prevention of Catheter Associated UTI in Hospitals - Guidelines Meghna Singhania31 Aug 2016 9:44 AM ISTUrinary tract infections (UTIs) are one of the commonest types of HCAIs. One of the common reasons of UTI have been identified to be the use of...
Ultrasound in critically ill patients: Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap27 Aug 2016 2:35 PM ISTWith the supreme importance of prompt diagnostics in critical care patients, evidence-based guidelines for the use of bedside ultrasound by...
Preventing Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in hospitals - GOI Guidelines Meghna Singhania12 Aug 2016 2:46 PM ISTPneumonia is one of the three most common HCAIs. Patients who are mechanically ventilated are at risk for ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP).Most...
CDC guidelines for prescribing opioids for chronic pain 2016 supriya kashyap kashyap18 July 2016 2:33 PM ISTPrevention, assessment, and treatment of chronic pain are challenges for health providers and systems. Pain might go unrecognized, and patients,...
ATS Guideline on diagnosis of ICU-acquired weakness in adults Geeta Sharma Sharma30 Jun 2016 3:13 PM ISTA substantial number of patients admitted to the ICU because of an acute illness, complicated surgery, severe trauma, or burn injury will develop a de...
NICE guidelines on End of life care. Sumit11 May 2016 1:32 PM IST In the field medicine, nursing and the allied health professions, end-of-life care (or EoLC) refers to health care, not only of patients in the...
