Severe Sepsis And Septic Shock - Standard Treatment Guidelines supriya kashyap kashyap30 Nov 2016 9:09 AM ISTSepsis (from Greek sepein = to rot, putrefy)is a significant problem worldwide in the intensive care unit both in terms of the burden on the...
Standard Treatment Guidelines for Brain Death And ICU Management supriya kashyap kashyap26 Nov 2016 9:48 AM ISTIt is important to recognize and diagnose brain death especially in patients who are potential organ donors. Early diagnosis, documentation and...
Critical care Guidelines: Acute Respiratory Failure management supriya kashyap kashyap24 Nov 2016 2:55 PM ISTRespiratory Failure includes any condition that affects breathing and ultimately results in failure of the lungs to function properly. The main tasks...
Only five per cent Indians aware of Venous Thromboembolism: Experts supriya kashyap kashyap30 Sept 2016 12:18 PM ISTKolkata: Only five per cent of Indians are aware of thrombosis -- formation of blood clots in the vein -- which affects roughly one in 1,000 people in...
Time window for intervention Benefit in Stroke can go up to 7.3 hours: JAMA Study supriya kashyap kashyap29 Sept 2016 3:24 PM ISTTime is of the essence when getting people stricken with acute ischemic strokes to treatment. Current professional guidelines recommend that stent...
Endovascular Thrombectomy plus Medical Therapy shows better results in Stroke: JAMA Study supriya kashyap kashyap28 Sept 2016 9:16 AM ISTIn an analysis that included nearly 1,300 patients with large-vessel ischemic stroke, earlier treatment with endovascular thrombectomy (intra-arterial...
ICU patients lose helpful gut bacteria within days of hospital admission: Study savita thakur thakur2 Sept 2016 9:31 AM ISTThe microbiome of patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) at a hospital differs dramatically from that of healthy patients, according to a...
JAMA Study points to higher ICU usage, unnecessary costly procedures supriya kashyap kashyap10 Aug 2016 3:11 PM ISTLos Angeles : With the use of intensive care units (ICUs) on the rise in many hospitals, researchers at LA BioMed and UCLA examined ICU usage and...
High Blood Pressure By Itself May Not Be An Emergency: Study supriya kashyap kashyap9 July 2016 4:46 PM ISTWashington : Visits to emergency departments for patients with hypertension increased by 64 percent between 2002 and 2012 while hospitalizations for...
Critical care health care professionals have high rates of burnout syndrome: Study supriya kashyap kashyap8 July 2016 2:52 PM ISTGlenview : A new report on burnout syndrome in critical care health care professionals gives key stakeholders guidance on mitigating the development...
Global analysis finds unnecessary end-of-life treatment in hospitals is widespread supriya kashyap kashyap29 Jun 2016 12:58 PM ISTThe largest systematic review of the care of elderly patients hospitalised at the end of their life has found more than a third received invasive and...
With trauma, long stint in intensive care may not mean low recovery odds supriya kashyap kashyap11 Jun 2016 4:35 PM ISTFor trauma patients, staying in the intensive care unit (ICU) for more than a month may not mean the chances of survival are low, according to a new...
