Para- and Tetraplegia in the Emergency Room and in the Intensive Care Unit

2020 ◽  
pp. 311-334
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Micieli ◽  
Sabrina Ravaglia ◽  
Roberto Bergamaschi ◽  
Enrico Marchioni ◽  
Silvia Cenciarelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Emergency Room

Palliative care in critical areas (intensive care unit/emergency room): Actuation directed to a humanized multidisciplinary care and adequate allocation of resources

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 407
Author(s):  
Juraci Aparecida Rocha ◽  
Douglas Henrique Crispim ◽  
Daniel Dei Santis ◽  
Ednalda Maria Franck ◽  
Francimar Felipa da Costa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Palliative Care ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Emergency Room ◽  
Multidisciplinary Care ◽  
Allocation Of Resources ◽  
Critical Areas

scholarly journals The impact of EEG in the diagnosis and management of patients with acute impairment of consciousness

2012 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
João A. G. Ricardo ◽  
Marcondes C. França Jr. ◽  
Fabrício O. Lima ◽  
Clarissa L. Yassuda ◽  
Fernando Cendes
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Emergency Room ◽  
Medical Management ◽  
Clinical Management ◽  
Epileptiform Activity ◽  
Acute Setting ◽  
Diagnosis And Management ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Electroencephalogram Eeg

OBJECTIVES: To assess the frequency of electroencephalogram (EEG) requests in the emergency room (ER) and intensive care unit (ICU) for patients with impairment of consciousness (IC) and its impact in the diagnosis and management. METHODS: We followed patients who underwent routine EEG from ER and ICU with IC until discharge or death. RESULTS: During the study, 1679 EEGs were performed, with 149 (8.9%) from ER and ICU. We included 65 patients and 94 EEGs to analyze. Epileptiform activity was present in 42 (44.7%). EEG results changed clinical management in 72.2% of patients. The main reason for EEG requisition was unexplained IC, representing 36.3% of all EEGs analyzed. Eleven (33%) of these had epileptiform activity. CONCLUSION: EEG is underused in the acute setting. The frequency of epileptiform activity was high in patients with unexplained IC. EEG was helpful in confirming or ruling out the suspected initial diagnosis and changing medical management in 72% of patients.

Intensive care unit waiting time in the emergency room is related to more prolonged hospital stay and increases in costs of hospitalization

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 417
Author(s):  
Fernanda Ribeiro Quintino dos Santos ◽  
Juliana Pedroli Nepomuceno ◽  
Mauricio de Nassau Machado ◽  
Suzana Margareth Lobo
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Emergency Room ◽  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Waiting Time ◽  
Prolonged Hospital Stay ◽  
Prolonged Hospital

Implementation of a mobile cardiac PET imager for the emergency room and intensive care unit

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.G. Weisenberger ◽  
S. Majewski ◽  
D. Gilland ◽  
W. Hammond ◽  
B. Kross ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Emergency Room ◽  
Cardiac Pet

scholarly journals Fungal Contamination of Airconditioner Units in Five Hospitals of Erbil Province- Kurdistan Region /Iraq

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 146-149
Author(s):  
Salah M. Al-Bader ◽  
Layla Q. Ismael ◽  
Asaad A. Ahmood
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Emergency Room ◽  
Filamentous Fungi ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Air Pollutants ◽  
Air Conditioner ◽  
Kurdistan Region ◽  
Fungal Contamination ◽  
Indoor Air Pollutants

During April 2018, 75samples were collected from five hospitals in Erbil city. Samples were taken by sterile cotton swabs from the air dispenser window  of air conditioner units  (ACU) . They were cultured directly on Sabouraud's dextrose agar incubated at 25oC ±2. The samples were collected from five departments  in each hospital include out-patient ward (OP),in-patient ward (IP), emergency room (ER), intensive care unit(ICU), and operation theater (OT). A total of (410) fungal colonies were counted, they belong to13 genera include ten  hyphomycetes  and only one of zygomycetes ,basidiomycetes , and hemiascomycetes. Penicillium  represented in the highest  total occurrence (40%) followed by Aspergillus(38.66%) and Alternaria  (21.33%). The total frequency showed that Candidawas the highest (30%) followed by Penicillium(27.56%) and Aspergillus(13.17%). The highest density of filamentous fungi (no. of colony/sample) was detected in OP=16.75, and the lowest in OT=1.5. The diversity of isolates  showed that ( 9) genera were recorded from ER(60%)  and only one in OP (6%). All recorded genera in current study were regarded as indoor air pollutants. The predominant genera  Alternaria, Aspergillus, Penicillium ,Cladosporiumand Candida are  well-known allergens and may cause  several pulmonary disorders  as well as fetal infections in particular cases.

scholarly journals Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in a COVID-19 recovered patient: unravelling an infective sequalae of the SARS-CoV-2 virus

2021 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Benhur Joel Shadrach ◽  
Rishabh Goel ◽  
Kunal Deokar ◽  
Anukool Jain
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Emergency Room ◽  
Lung Disease ◽  
Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis ◽  
Morbidly Obese ◽  
Pulmonary Aspergillosis ◽  
The Past

Dear Editor, A 55-year-female, house wife, non-smoker, morbidly obese (BMI>35) with no other co-morbidities or pre-existing lung disease presented to the emergency room with complaints of highgrade fever, cough with minimal sputum, progressive breathlessness, streaky haemoptysis, and anorexia for the past 5 days. She was admitted in intensive care unit (ICU) for severe COVID-19 pneumonia three months back and had successfully recovered after 24 days of hospitalization....

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