Minerva anestesiologica
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Minerva anestesiologica · Oct 2015
Critical care in the near future: patient-centered, beyond space and time boundaries.
Modern Critical Care aims at improving patient-centered outcomes, not limited to survival. Recently, along with traditional research evaluating single drugs or procedures, more elusive elements have been evaluated, like organizational and teamwork aspects, delivery of critical care before Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission and after discharge. The aim of this review is to offer an up-to-date, comprehensive, and maybe "visionary" big picture of Critical Care in the near future beyond its traditional boundaries. ⋯ In ICU, standardized protocols, checklists, daily goals sheets, advanced information technology and multidisciplinary rounds will improve quality of care and safety. Multicenter studies will be made easier and research should become part of daily practice in most ICU. Finally, the post ICU syndrome should be prevented and treated by a well-designed longitudinal care model taking care of patients from the ICU to the outpatient setting.
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Minerva anestesiologica · Oct 2015
Multicenter Study Observational StudyPhysical restraint in the ICU - does it prevent device removal?
Physical restraint is frequently used in the intensive care setting but little is known regarding its clinical scenario and effectiveness in preventing adverse events (AEs), defined as device removal. ⋯ Physical restraint efficiently averts AEs. Its application is mainly driven by local habits. Typically, the almost recovered, apparently calm and hence unrestrained patient is at greatest risk for undesirable device removal. The control/interpretation of the patient's analgo-sedation might be inappropriate.
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Minerva anestesiologica · Oct 2015
Comparative StudyMultimodal evoked potential monitoring in asleep patients versus neurological evaluation in awake patients during carotid endarterectomy - a single-centre retrospective trial of 651 patients.
A controversy exists regarding which monitoring technique is superior in cases in which general anesthesia (GA) is necessary for carotid endarterectomy (CEA). Multimodal evoked potential (mEP) monitoring was investigated under GA during CEA and compared with a historical control group undergoing neurological evaluations awake under loco-regional anesthesia (LA). ⋯ Monitoring mEPs was associated with less technical failure than awake evaluation and showed similar motor outcomes. Because the groups differed systematically, the interpretation of shunt rates was impossible. Monitoring mEP should be considered to detect intraoperative ischemia in cases in which patients undergo CEA under GA.