Each year, cardiac complications occur within 30 days after major noncardiac surgery in more than 10 million people worldwide; postoperative mortality is 1.5%. Enhanced patient …
Hemodynamic monitoring is the centerpiece of patient monitoring in acute care settings. Its effectiveness in terms of improved patient outcomes is difficult to quantify. This review …
H Kehlet - British journal of anaesthesia, 1997 - Elsevier
Major surgery is still associated with undesirable sequelae such as pain, cardiopulmonary, infective and thromboembolic complications, cerebral dysfunction, nausea and …
Background Long-term postoperative cognitive dysfunction may occur in the elderly. Age may be a risk factor and hypoxaemia and arterial hypotension causative factors. We …
Pulse oximetry is one of the most commonly employed monitoringmodalities in the critical care setting. This review describes the latesttechnological advances in the field of pulse …
BR O'driscoll, LS Howard, AG Davison - Thorax, 2008 - thorax.bmj.com
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE GUIDELINE Philosophy of the guideline c Oxygen is a treatment for hypoxaemia, not breathlessness.(Oxygen has not been shown to have any …
MA DeVita, GB Smith, SK Adam, I Adams-Pizarro… - Resuscitation, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Most reports of Rapid Response Systems (RRS) focus on the efferent, response component of the system, although evidence suggests that improved vital sign …
LA Lynn, EN Lynn - US Patent 9,053,222, 2015 - Google Patents
US9053222B2 - Patient safety processor - Google Patents US9053222B2 - Patient safety processor - Google Patents Patient safety processor Download PDF Info Publication number …
MS Arbous, AEE Meursing… - …, 2005 - researchinformation.umcutrecht.nl
Background: Quantitative estimates of how anesthesia man-agement impacts perioperative morbidity and mortality are limited. The authors performed a study to identify risk factors …