Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Nov 1998
Comparative Study Clinical Trial Retracted PublicationPoint-of-care (POC) measurement of coagulation after cardiac surgery.
Two different point-of-care (POC) systems for the monitoring of coagulation variables at the bedside were evaluated with regard to practicability, accuracy and costs. ⋯ Both POC analyzers may reduce the potential for preanalytical errors associated with coagulation measurements at the central laboratory, hasten TAT significantly and may improve patient therapy by reducing inappropriate administration of blood products.
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Intensive care medicine · Oct 1998
The relation between TISS and real paediatric ICU costs: a case study with generalizable methodology.
To determine the quantitative relation between the Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS) in combination with other relevant clinical variables and the real costs of (paediatric) intensive care. ⋯ It was feasible to calculate total direct medical costs based on a limited number of readily available clinical variables related to patient characteristics and treatment, of which TISS was the most important determinant. The proposed methods provide further tools for assessment of (paediatric) intensive care unit performance.
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To determine the use of plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations, body temperature (BT) and white blood cell count (WBC) in the detection of sepsis in critically ill patients. ⋯ Daily measurement of CRP is useful in the detection of sepsis and it is more sensitive than the currently used markers, such as BT and WBC.