| Phys. Description |
xii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge medicine |
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Cambridge medicine (Series)
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| Contents |
Use of checklists -- Daily goal discussions -- Common ICU procedures: central venous catheters insertion and management -- Use of guidelines and bundles -- Nosocomial/healthcare-associated infections -- Optimal handover of ICU patients -- Diagnostic pathways -- Transport of ICU patients -- Mortality and morbidity conferences -- Intensive care unit triage -- End-of-life care -- Tools to improve patient safety and adverse events -- Clinical data management -- Electronic ICU management systems -- ICU staff: needs and utilization -- Severity scoring, improved care? -- Implementation of evidence-based practice -- Addressing barriers for change in clinical practice -- Teambuilding -- Conflict management in the intensive care unit -- From polio to hospital-wide care: the evolution of intensive care -- Patient and family satisfaction -- Follow-up after intensive care -- In situ small-scale simulation -- National ICU registries -- Quality Indicators -- Benchmarking: from comparison to performance -- Volume and outcome -- Competence-based training and education -- Applications of telemedicine in the intensive care unit. |
| Subject |
Critical Care -- methods.
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Quality Control.
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Intensive Care Units -- organization & administration.
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Quality Assurance, Health Care -- methods.
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| Other Number |
2015032932 |
| Alt Author |
Guidet, B. (Bertrand), editor.
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Valentin, Andreas, MD, editor.
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Flaatten, Hans, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781107503861 (hardback) |
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