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Inconsistencies with breast density protocols can be solved
While everyone in the healthcare industry agrees that early detection of breast cancer saves lives, much less consensus can be found across the broader conversation of breast cancer screening in general. This inconsistency is especially apparent as it pertains to breast density, an issue that carries significant weight for both clinicians and patients. It is […]
Pregnancy and critical care
Though global maternal mortality has declined by 1.3 percent a year since 1990, the rate continues to remain stubbornly high in certain regions. At present, fewer than one of 50 pregnant women require critical care. However, both maternal and fetal mortality can be high when it is required.In industrialized countries, the rate of obstetric ICU […]
A helping hand for pediatric intensive care
Doctors working in the eight-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Ramón y Cajal University Hospital in Madrid use point-of-care ultrasound extensively to evaluate the condition of critically ill children, and find it essential to their work. Dr José Luis Vázquez Martínez, Head of UCIP at Hospital Ramón y Cajal, with over 25 years’ experience […]
Big data in the ICU – critical care databases and decision support
The deluge of data produced during medical care has typically been under-utilized or simply wasted. In the era of paper, this was explicable. However, in spite of nearly three decades of computerization, medical data remains difficult to access and organize, let alone use. Such a gap is both large and dramatic in the intensive care […]
The hospital of tomorrow: an ICU perspective
Hospitals have evolved considerably over the years from the early Greek temples of healing, asclepeia, to the large dark, cramped multiple-patient wards of the early Western hospitals, essentially for those who could not afford private care at home, and the brighter, more open smaller ward or single room hospitals of today. These changes have come […]
Organ donation, the opt-in or opt-out debate
The shortage of transplant organs is a pressing issue around the world. In an effort to increase the number of donated organs, various initiatives have been implemented in a number of countries to prompt people to donate their organs in the event of death. Some of these interventions are referred to as nudges. Nudges are […]