Fig. 14.1 North West Thames Critical Care Network Adult Critical Care Record of Transfer (Reproduced with kind permission of the North West London Critical Care Network) All transfer equipment should…
Decreased ability to direct, focus, sustain of shift attention and reduced awareness Develops over hours or a few days and usually fluctuates in severity within hours Disturbance in cognition–memory, disorientation,…
LMWH NOAC VKA Advantages Rapid onset and offset Oral agent Oral agent Extensive clinical experience Rapid onset and offset Extensive clinical experience Reliable laboratory measure of anticoagulant activity (i.e….
Aspect of care Acute management Ongoing management Airway Assess airway involvement Intubate with ≥size 8 mm, uncut ETT if necessary Upright positioning Escharotomy of neck burns to prevent external airway…
Regional anaesthesia technique Indications Superficial cervical plexus block Central line insertion Analgesia for tracheostomy (bilateral blocks needed) Analgesia for superficial procedures on the anterior neck to the clavicle Infiltration below…
On intensive care Transitional care Following discharge from hospital Adherence to PAD guidelines [19] ‘Liaison/Outreach’ nurse [39] Patient diaries [45] Use of the ‘ABCDE’ bundle [30] ‘Self-help’ manual [41] Follow-up…
Physiological Psychological Ethical Financial Augmented stress response Anxiety Suffering Increased ventilated days Respiratory complications Depression Failure to adhere to legal responsibility? Increased length of stay Delayed wound healing Post-traumatic stress…
Stillbirths (dead on arrival to the hospital) Stillbirths (died in utero because of withholding surgical delivery) Termination of Pregnancy (TOP) for congenital malformations “Induction” of labor for risk of extreme…
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CNS – Apnea Cardiorespiratory monitor – Central Hypoventilation Syndrome Tracheostomy and ventilation; P/ox – Ohtahara Syndrome Ketogenic diet; medications; gastrostomy tube – Spinal Muscular Atrophy Gastrostomy tube; tracheostomy +/− ventilation – Myotonic…
