36 Result(s)

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Awake ECMO on the move to lung transplantation: serial monitoring of physical condition

J. A. Hermens, S. A. Braithwaite, M. Platenkamp, P. R. Wijnandts… in Intensive Care Medicine (2017)

Article

Improving the patient’s environment: the ideal intensive care unit

Recent medical literature has been reporting the effects of intensive care unit (ICU) design on patients’ and family members’ well-being, safety, and functionality. Features of ICU design linked to the needs o...

J. Kesecioglu in Réanimation (2015)

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Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia

Severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is an important disease and on many intensive care units (ICUs) it is one of the most prevalent infectious diseases. Despite advances in antimicrobial therapy, rates o...

J. Vergragt, J. Kesecioglu, D. W. de Lange in Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emerge… (2012)

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Hemodynamic support of the trauma patient

Hemodynamische ondersteuning is van vitaal belang bij de behandeling van de traumapatiënt. De toediening van colloïden biedt geen voordelen ten opzichte van crystalloïden en hebben meer bijwerkingen (stollings...

M. J. L. J. van den Elsen, L. P. Leenen… in Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Traumatologie (2010)

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The European Union Directive on Clinical Research: present status of implementation in EU member states’ legislations with regard to the incompetent patient

F. Lemaire, J. Bion, J. Blanco, P. Damas, C. Druml, K. Falke… in Intensive Care Medicine (2005)

Chapter and Conference Paper

The Risk of Nursing in an Error Prone Environment

In the Netherlands, the availability of intensive care unit (ICU) nurses is seriously threatened by a tight job market and future perspectives look even more worrisome. The availability of ICU nurses is an imp...

J. M. Binnekade, M. B. Vroom, J. Kesecioglu in Intensive Care Medicine (2003)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Modulation of the innate immune response during respiratory tract infections

Both the growing number of immunocompromised patients susceptible to pneumonia, and the widespread use of antibiotics that has led to a rise of antibiotic resistance among microorganisms, have made the treatme...

M. J. Schultz, T. van der Poll… in Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emer… (2003)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Trials on Surfactant Replacement Therapy in Patients with ARDS

Surfactant is synthesized by alveolar type II cells, stored in the lamellar bodies, and secreted to the alveolar space where it covers the epithelial surface [1]. Surfactant consists of phospholipids (85%), di...

M. J. Schultz, J. Kesecioglu, B. Lachmann in Intensive Care Medicine (2003)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Ischaemic Spinal Cord Injury Following Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm Surgery

Thoracoabdominal or descending thoracic aneurysm surgery carries the risk of ischaemic spinal cord injury. Since the appearance of thoracoabdominal reconstructions in the early 1950’s, the risk of paraplegia o...

P. de Haan, J. Kesecioglu in Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emer… (2002)

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Decreased circulating levels of von Willebrand factor after intravenous administration of a rapidly degradable hydroxyethyl starch (HES 200/0.5/6) in healthy human subjects

Objective: Impairment of haemostasis has been described with slowly degradable medium molecular weight hydroxyethyl starch (MMW-HES), whereas rapidly degradable MMW-HES is generally considered to...

E. de Jonge, M. Levi, H. Büller, F. Berends, J. Kesecioglu in Intensive Care Medicine (2001)

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Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy: Safety and ease of performance at the bedside in the ICU

PDT can be used safely to manage airway of critically ill patients.

N. Çakar, A. S. Tütüncü, F. Esen, L. Telci, T. Denkel, K. Akpir… in Intensive Care Medicine (1996)