Articles: critical-care.
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Intensive Crit Care Nurs · Apr 1997
Exploring dichotomies of caring, gender and technology in intensive care nursing: a qualitative approach.
Intensive care nursing involves combining caring, seen as a feminine trait, with the ability to work with technology, often viewed as masculine. This study explored nurses perceptions of their work, particularly in relation to whether there are differences between the sexes in caring ability and the planned career paths of female and male nurses. ⋯ The results challenge previous studies which state that male nurses are attracted to these areas because of the technology and that they wish to climb the career ladder more quickly than their female colleagues. Nurses in intensive care units generally chose such work because they were able to provide, in their own opinions, a high standard of nursing care to patients and were able to maintain direct patient contact if they wished to achieve sister/charge nurse posts.
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Intensive care medicine · Apr 1997
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialUnfavorable mechanical effects of heat and moisture exchangers in ventilated patients.
To investigate the mechanical effects of artificial noses. ⋯ The artificial noses cause unfavorable mechanical effects by increasing inspiratory resistance, ventilation requirements, and dynamic intrinsic PEEP. Clinicians should consider these effects when setting mechanical ventilation and when assessing patients' ability to breathe spontaneously.
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Critical care clinics · Apr 1997
ReviewCritical care in East Asia. Little dragons and sleeping giants.
Southeast Asia is the world's region of most rapid economic growth. The countries in the region vary widely in annual per capita income and health expenditure. ⋯ Most countries now have a Society of Intensive or Critical Care Medicine. Specialist training and examination systems for Intensive Care are established in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Philippines.