scholarly journals The role of remdesivir in South Africa: preventing COVID-19 deaths through increasing ICU capacity

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brooke E Nichols ◽  
Lise Jamieson ◽  
Sabrina RC Zhang ◽  
Sheetal Silal ◽  
Juliet R.C. Pulliam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Expected Number ◽  
Bed Capacity

ABSTRACTCountries such as South Africa have limited intensive care unit (ICU) capacity to handle the expected number of COVID-19 patients requiring ICU care. Remdesivir can prevent deaths in countries such as South Africa by decreasing the number of days people spend in ICU, therefore freeing up ICU bed capacity.

scholarly journals The Role of Remdesivir in South Africa: Preventing COVID-19 Deaths Through Increasing Intensive Care Unit Capacity

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brooke E Nichols ◽  
Lise Jamieson ◽  
Sabrina R C Zhang ◽  
Gabriella A Rao ◽  
Sheetal Silal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Expected Number ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Unit Capacity ◽  
Bed Capacity

Abstract Countries such as South Africa have limited intensive care unit (ICU) capacity to handle the expected number of patients with COVID-19 requiring ICU care. Remdesivir can prevent deaths in countries such as South Africa by decreasing the number of days people spend in ICU, therefore freeing up ICU bed capacity.

scholarly journals Intensive Care Utilisation: The Baragwanath Experience

1993 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 396-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. E. Marik ◽  
P. Kraus ◽  
J. Lipman
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Intensive Care Medicine ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Quality Cost ◽  
Care Utilisation

Intensive care medicine is an expensive service whose impact on health care has been questioned. South Africa is a country undergoing rapid social and political change and the role of intensive care medicine in the health care system of this country needs to be assessed. In this paper we evaluated the quality, cost-effectiveness and utilisation of technology in the intensive care unit of Baragwanath Hospital, a hospital serving the black community of Soweto.

Role of Sildenafil in the Treatment of Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of Newborn (PPHN) - Should it Be Withdrawn from Market of Bangladesh due to Threat of being Misuses

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-104
Author(s):  
Maksudur Rahman ◽  
Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun ◽  
MAK Azad Chowdhury ◽  
Abu Sayeed Munsi
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cardiac Intensive Care ◽  
Hospital Protocol

Background: Recently it has been apprehended that sildenafil, a drug which has been successfully using in the treatment of PPHN and erectile dysfunction in adult, is going to be withdrawn from the market of Bangladesh due to threat of its misuses. Objective: The aim of this study was to see the extent of uses of sildenafil in the treatment of PPHN and importance of availability of this drugs in the market inspite of its probable misuses. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), special baby care unit (SCABU) and cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) of Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital from June, 2017 to May 2018. Neonates with PPHN were enrolled in the study. All cases were treated with oral sildenefil for PPHN along with others management according to hospital protocol. Data along with other parameters were collected and analyzed. Results: Total 320 patients with suspected PPHN were admitted during the study period. Among them 92 (29%) cases had PPHN. Male were 49(53 %) cases and female were 43(47%) cases. Mean age at hospital admission was 29.7±13.4 hours. Based on echocardiography,13(14%) cases had mild, 38 (41%) cases moderate and 41(45%) cases severe PPHN. Mean duration of sildenafil therapy was 11.9±7.1 days. Improved from PPHN were 83 (90%) cases. Mortality was 10% (9). Conclusion: In this study it was found that the incidence of PPHN is 29% among the suspected newborns. Sildenafil is successfull in improving the oxygenation of PPHN and to decrease the mortality of neonates. DS (Child) H J 2019; 35(2) : 100-104

Parameters of bed occupancy of intensive care units in Hungary

2011 ◽  
Vol 152 (24) ◽  
pp. 946-950 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miklós Gresz
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Emergency Care ◽  
Present Author ◽  
Bed Occupancy ◽  
National Network ◽  
Bed Capacity

According to the Semmelweis Plan for Saving Health Care, ”the capacity of the national network of intensive care units in Hungary is one but not the only bottleneck of emergency care at present”. Author shows on the basis of data reported to the health insurance that not on a single calendar day more than 75% of beds in intensive care units were occupied. There were about 15 to 20 thousand sick days which could be considered unnecessary because patients occupying these beds were discharged to their homes directly from the intensive care unit. The data indicate that on the whole bed capacity is not low, only in some institutions insufficient. Thus, in order to improve emergency care in Hungary, the rearrangement of existing beds, rather than an increase of bed capacity is needed. Orv. Hetil., 2011, 152, 946–950.

scholarly journals Changes in the Number of Intensive Care Unit Beds in U.S. Hospitals During the Early Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic, as reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network’s COVID-19 Module

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Lindsey M. Weiner-Lastinger ◽  
Margaret A. Dudeck ◽  
Katherine Allen-Bridson ◽  
Raymund Dantes ◽  
Cindy Gross ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Hospital Type ◽  
National Healthcare ◽  
National Healthcare Safety Network ◽  
Bed Capacity ◽  
Using Data

Abstract Using data from the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), we assessed changes to intensive care unit (ICU) bed capacity during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Changes in capacity varied by hospital type and size. ICU beds increased by 36%, highlighting the pressure placed on hospitals during the pandemic.

Sa107 THE ROLE OF FECAL OCCULT BLOOD TEST IN THE EVALUATION OF ANEMIA IN THE INTENSIVE-CARE UNIT: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ASSESSING THE CLINICAL UTILITY OF THE TEST

2021 ◽  
Vol 160 (6) ◽  
pp. S-423-S-424
Author(s):  
Thanita Thongtan ◽  
Anasua Deb ◽  
Ashley Maveddat ◽  
Paibul Suriyawongpaisal ◽  
Passisd Laoveeravat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Blood Test ◽  
Clinical Utility ◽  
Fecal Occult Blood Test ◽  
Occult Blood ◽  
Fecal Occult Blood ◽  
Occult Blood Test ◽  
Fecal Occult

scholarly journals Continuous EEG Monitoring in the Intensive Care Unit

1998 ◽  
Vol 25 (S1) ◽  
pp. S12-S15 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Kay
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Eeg Monitoring ◽  
General Icus ◽  
Continuous Eeg ◽  
Nonconvulsive Seizures ◽  
Continuous Eeg Monitoring ◽  
Clinical Problems

AbstractBackground:Electroencephalography (EEG) is playing an increasingly important role in the management of comatose patients in the intensive care unit.Methods:The techniques of EEG monitoring are reviewed. Initially, standard, discontinuous recordings were performed in intensive care units (ICUs). Later, continuous displays of “raw EEG” (CEEG) were used. More recently, the addition of quantitative techniques allowed for more effective reading.Results and Conclusions:Applications of continuous EEG to clinical problems are discussed. The most useful role of CEEG appears to be the detection and management of nonconvulsive seizures. There is a need for controlled studies to assess the role for CEEG in neuro-ICUs and general ICUs.

scholarly journals The role of the nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit: between the ideal, the real and the possible

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liciane Langona Montanholi ◽  
Miriam Aparecida Barbosa Merighi ◽  
Maria Cristina Pinto de Jesus
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Public And Private Hospitals ◽  
The City ◽  
Social Phenomenology ◽  
The Ideal

The nurse is one of the professionals responsible for the care directed toward the physical, mental and social development of newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. This study aimed to comprehend the experience of nurses working in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Data collection was performed in 2008, through interviews with 12 nurses working in public and private hospitals of the city of São Paulo. The units of meaning identified were grouped into three categories: Developing actions; Perceiving their actions and Expectations. The analysis was based on social phenomenology. It was concluded that the overload of activities, the reduced number of staff, the lack of materials, equipment and the need for professional improvement are the reality of the work of the nurse in this sector. To supervise the care is the possible; integral care of the newborn, involving the parents, is the ideal desired.

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