Resuscitation
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Although unplanned admissions to the intensive care unit (ICU) are associated with poorer prognoses, there is no published prognostic tool available for predicting this risk in an individual patient. We developed a nomogram for calculating the individualised absolute risk of unplanned ICU admission during a hospital stay. ⋯ The use of a nomogram to accurately identify at-risk patients using information that is readily available to clinicians has the potential to be a useful tool in reducing unplanned ICU admissions, which in turn may contribute to the reduction of adverse events of patients in the general wards.
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Biography Historical Article
Resuscitation great. Karel Wenckebach: the story behind the block.
The first documentation of a human atrioventricular (AV) block dates back to 1873, when A. L. Galabin reported a 34-year-old patient using an apexcardiogram. ⋯ This clinical entity is the first and most common of two types of 2nd degree AV block. This manuscript reviews the life of Karel F. Wenckebach and the events that led this great Dutch physician to make one of the most important contributions to the field of cardiology.