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03/19/2013

The 33rd International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine

Belgium – Last year, the annual ISICEM event attracted almost 6,000 participants from 101 countries. Its chairman, Professor Jean-Louis Vincent, from the Intensive Care Medicine …

03/06/2013

Ventilator-associated pneumonia

The use of endotracheal tubes with a dorsal lumen to allow drainage of respiratory secretions is currently not common in Germany, although two meta-analyses from the USA and …

03/06/2013

Traumatic brain injury

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the main cause of accidental death in Europe and all highly developed countries, accounting for around 40% of all accidental mortality. …

02/20/2013

More sleep can reduce delirium in intensive care patients

A hospital is not the best place to get a good night’s sleep, especially in a noisy intensive care unit. …

01/29/2013

Sepsis diagnosis and treatment

‘We need an ECG for Sepsis,’ urged Professor Konrad Reinhart during this year’s Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (HAI) Congress in Berlin. …

01/28/2013

Still a challenge

Can an anaesthetist treat a patient with heart failure (HF) without any specialist knowledge of cardiology? That was the question posed by Dr Florian Weis, from the Clinic of …

01/14/2013

Paediatrics

The use of in-line filters for infusion therapy significantly lowers the rate of severe complications in children aged between 0-18 years being treated in intensive care units, …

01/14/2013

Controlling antimicrobial resistance

There is no other way: We need a comprehensive approach, with everyone living up to their responsibility to combat this serious health threat in their respective areas. …

11/05/2012

Giving the tiniest patients a chance

The number of premature births increases continuously in all European countries – with the exception of Sweden. Every year around 500,000 children – every 10th baby – in …

11/05/2012

World Sepsis Day aims to raise awareness

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11/05/2012

Mounting systems for anaesthetic units

Intelligent mounting systems featuring CIM med GmbH’s integrated data and power lines for anaesthetic technology increase hygiene in operating theatres and protect cables from …

11/05/2012

Anaesthetist advises expansion of postoperative high-dependency services

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11/05/2012

Accolades for London 2012 Olympics doctor

No one who had the good fortune to be at the London 2012 Olympics could argue that the organisation and volunteers were exemplary. …

09/04/2012

Breathing new life into ventilators

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09/04/2012

A ‘Sky(I)CU’ for the world travel champions

In 2011, among Germany’s 82 million people 69.5 million holiday trips were made, each lasting at least five days; 47.8 million (68.8%) of these were abroad. …

09/04/2012

Maintain perioperative normothermia

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09/04/2012

Ventilators for mobility and intensive care units

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09/03/2012

ESPEN 2012

The 34th Congress of the European Society of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism 8-11 September, Barcelona, Spain …

07/16/2012

England creates multiple Major Trauma Centres

Around 20,000 people become major trauma victims every year in England. Studies have shown that Major Trauma Centres (MTCs) with dedicated personnel and specialist equipment save …

07/10/2012

Safer sleep, safer sugar

Ensuring the safety of hospitalised patients is vital – and brought under a particularly strong focus in anaesthesiology. Launched in 2010, the Helsinki Declaration provided a …

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