Critical Care - Trends
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

The future of critical care.

30 Jul 2009 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review will examine the current scenario of critical care medicine and describe trends for the future. RECENT FINDINGS: Critical care is facing increasing demands due to an aging population and the relative lack of ... Read more...

Hypothermia after cardiac arrest: expanding the therapeutic scope.

29 Jun 2009 Therapeutic hypothermia for 12 to 24 hrs following resuscitation from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is now recommended by the American Heart Association for the treatment of neurological injury when the initial cardiac rhythm is ventricular ... Read more...

Hypothermia in multisystem trauma.

29 Jun 2009 Exsanguinating hemorrhage is a common clinical feature of multisystem trauma that results in death or severe disability. Cardiovascular collapse resulting from hemorrhage is unresponsive to conventional methods of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Even ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Critical Care - Trends'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The future of critical care. 30 Jul 2009
• Hypothermia after cardiac arrest: expanding the therapeutic scope. 29 Jun 2009
• Therapeutic temperature management: why, who, when, where, and how. 29 Jun 2009
• Hypothermia in multisystem trauma. 29 Jun 2009
• Mechanisms of action, physiological effects, and complications of hypothermia. 29 Jun 2009
• Tight glucose control in critically ill patients: should glucose meters be used? 23 Jun 2009
• Recently published papers: changing bandwagons, innovations and questioning dogma. 20 Jun 2009
• [Cardiac emergencies: new solutions for old problems] 29 Apr 2009
• Preliminary national survey of pharmacist involvement in trauma resuscitation. 29 Apr 2009
• Hope and change in critical care. 29 Apr 2009
• Update in critical care 2008. 29 Apr 2009
• Intensive care unit occupancy and patient outcomes. 29 Apr 2009
• [Modern airway management--current concepts for more patient safety] 12 Apr 2009
• Advances in critical care and emergency medicine. 7 Apr 2009
• Potential uses of hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers in critical care medicine. 30 Mar 2009
• Report of the 36th annual meeting of society of neurosurgical anesthesia and critical care. 30 Mar 2009
• Critical care services in Ontario: a survey-based assessment of current and future resource needs. 19 Feb 2009
• Have we learned how to relax our patients, by thinking outside the box? 15 Jan 2009
• A year in review in Minerva Anestesiologica, 2008. I Critical Care. Experimental and clinical studies. 30 Dec 2008
• Tele-ICU: a new paradigm in critical care. 30 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Critical Care'

Definition: Health care provided to a critically ill patient during a medical emergency or crisis.

Descriptor UI: D003422

Alternative terms: Critical Care; Care, Critical;

Related Mesh Headings: Intensive Care;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; psychology;

Tree Number: E02.760.190; N02.421.585.190;

History Note: 75