Some 268 new beds are for the Sohar Hospital, distributed to the Coronary Care Unit (CCU), Post-Coronary Care Unit,
Intensive Care units for adults and children, Day-care, Haemodialysis sections, Cardiac Surgery Ward etc.
Before the onset of
intensive care, MI mortality was around 30-35%, when care was limited to relieving pain, avoiding or treating some complications such as peripheral or pulmonary thromboembolism, treating heart failure and prescribing prolonged bed rest for the patient, which sometimes extended up one month.
The areas covered are basic pathophysiologic principles and their application in the
intensive care unit, supportive care for
intensive care unit patients, specialized care for
intensive care unit patients, problems arising in the
intensive care unit setting, evaluation and management, presenting problems for
intensive care unit admission, and professional and interpersonal and communication skills.
The first group of its kind for patients from across Northumberland, North Tyneside and Newcastle - ICU Steps North of Tyne - is part of a network of
intensive care support groups across the country which offers ongoing support to patients following a stay in
intensive care.
Methods: The descriptive study was conducted at an
intensive care unit in the Aegean Region of Turkey, and comprised 158 patients who spent at least 48 hours at the unit between June and November 2009.
The Wales Deanery, which is responsible for training doctors, has told the health board that it must centralise neonatal
intensive care for the 60 or so babies born in North Wales each year who need short term
intensive care or face losing neonatal trainee doctors.
The PICS called for more staff and wants adult
intensive care beds available for children.
End-of-life practices in a tertiary
intensive care unit in Saudi Arabia
Just 13 of the 34 units surveyed met the recommended standards, according to the Paediatric
Intensive Care Audit Network (PICANet).
In 2003 a group of academically prepared
intensive care nurses met in Lund, Sweden, and established the Nordic Association for
Intensive Care Nursing Research (NOFI).
The event will be held in conjunction with the 3rd Asia Africa Conference of the World Federation of Societies of
Intensive Care and Critical Care Medicine (WFSICCM) and the 7th International Pan Arab Critical Care Medicine Society (IPACCMS) Congress.
A NORTH East health trust has appointed a new
intensive care consultant.
intensive care - close monitoring and constant medical care of patients with life-threatening conditions