'Intensive care unit patients' presentation slideshows

Evaluation and Management of Fever in the Critically-Ill Patient.

Evaluation and Management of Fever in the Critically-Ill Patient. David Oxman MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Thomas Jefferson University. Fever in the ICU. Fever very common in the critically ill.

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Extended-Spectrum ?-lactamases: Current situation, Diagnosis & Management

Extended-Spectrum ?-lactamases: Current situation, Diagnosis & Management. Siriluck Anunnatsiri, MD Infectious Diseases & Tropical Medicine Faculty of Medicine Khon Kaen University. Extended-spectrum ?-lactamases.

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Richmond Agitation & Sedation Scale

Richmond Agitation & Sedation Scale. Niki Hester Maureen Clifford Heather Woodard Jennifer Stephens. Objectives. Define delirium and how delirium impacts the patient. State the purpose of daily interruption of sedation (DIS). Describe RASS and explain range.

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Conventional Wisdom

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OPPORTUNISTIC FUNGAL INFECTIONS

OPPORTUNISTIC FUNGAL INFECTIONS. Smilja Kalenic, MD, PhD Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Croatia. LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES to learn about the most frequent opportunistic fungi and to understand main risk factors for developing infection

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CANS 2012

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OPPORTUNISTIC FUNGAL INFECTIONS

OPPORTUNISTIC FUNGAL INFECTIONS. Prof. Khaled H. Abu-Elteen PhD Department of Biology, Hashemite University. LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES to learn about the most frequent opportunistic fungi and to understand main risk factors for developing infection

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Nutrition support in the ICU setting

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Considerations for minimizing antibiotic resistance:

Considerations for minimizing antibiotic resistance:. Analyzing current practice in the context of Pseudomonas aeruginosa resistance patterns Becky Carlson Advisor - Professor Fahringer. Presentation outline. Review of mechanisms of resistance Consequences of antimicrobial resistance

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Event Rates for Commonly Performed Cardiovascular Procedures

Event Rates for Commonly Performed Cardiovascular Procedures. Complete List of Contraindications to Ultrasound Contrast Agents. Right-to-left, bi-directional, or transient right-to-left cardiac shunts Worsening or clinically unstable heart failure

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ROUTES OF NUTRITION SUPPORT GUIDELINE

ROUTES OF NUTRITION SUPPORT GUIDELINE. www.criticalcarenutrition.com . Able to meet needs via oral route?. Hypermetabolic&/or malnourished: EN contraindicated >7-10 days?. No. Contraindication to EN? (see blue box). Yes. Yes. No. Yes. No. Oral diet. EN. PN; reassess q

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Implementing foam-silicone dressings in the ICU To Reduce pressure ulcer formation

Implementing foam-silicone dressings in the ICU To Reduce pressure ulcer formation. By: Kathryn Fox, RN Ferris State University. Background. Implications. Research question. Study design.

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