Articles: critical-care.
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Anaesth Intensive Care · Nov 1980
Anaesthetic complications requiring intensive care. A five year review.
In a five-year period 110 patients were admitted to the intensive therapy unit (ITU) as a result of 'a complication related to anaesthesia'. The nature of the complication and its outcome are analysed. The most common reasons for admission were cardiopulmonary arrest (32), failure to reverse after muscle relaxants (25), airway problems, and various drug reactions. Twelve deaths occurred in the 110 cases studied.
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Centralized treatment of critically ill pediatric patients and related problems are presented. Pediatric intensive care allows to overbridge deranged or interrupted organ functions while simultaneously treating the disease causing the disturbance. Its efficiency depends on continuity of medical care. ⋯ Some special aspects such as staffing, transportation of high-risk neonates, economy of operation and personal training programm are discussed. Results of pediatric intensive care at the University Children's Hospital Heidelberg are documented. Regionalisation of neonatal care is discussed based on the actuell situation in Baden-Württemberg.