Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Recently published papers: Take your predictions with a drop of saline and breathe deeply before turning on your phone. | Critical Care August 2004 Vol 8 No 4 Semple and Forni Commentary Recently published papers Take your predictions with a drop of saline . and breathe deeply before turning on your phone David J Semple1 and Lui G Forni2 Specialist Registrar Renal Medicine Department of Critical Care Worthing General Hospital Lyndhurst Road Worthing West Sussex UK 2Consultant Physician Department of Critical Care Worthing General Hospital Lyndhurst Road Worthing West Sussex UK Correspondence David J Semple Published online 3 July 2004 This article is online at http content 8Z4 210 2004 BioMed Central Ltd Critical Care 2004 8 210-212 DOI cc2915 Abstract Early recognition of sick patients with a poor prognosis and the rapid institution of appropriate therapy are tenets of good medical management across all specialties. Here we highlight five recent papers that aid us in achieving such goals in and around the intensive care unit ICU . Both score-generating clinical tools and clinical acumen are championed for identifying the sick while appropriate early intervention in acute deterioration is shown to be beneficial before and after ICU admission. Saline or albumen for resuscitation The answer became clearer in May as did what to do about all those mobile phones. Keywords artificial respiration cellular phone predictive value of tests resuscitation risk assessment risk factors severity of illness index He that would know what shall be must consider what has been. Thomas Fuller MD Gnomologia 1732 Scoring systems are beloved by some intensivists. They can provide a means by which patients may be compared between facilities therefore enabling sensible trials to be conducted. They may also play a role in directing treatment plans for patients. However the Holy Grail for many enthusiasts remains their potential use as prognostic tools among the critically ill in an attempt to predict the future. One would hope that clinical acumen also plays a role .
