Autopsy and critical care

Critical Thinking Skills and Critical Thinking Dispositions in Freshmen and Senior Students of Health Care Management

Introduction: Nowadays, experts introduce critical thinking as the main outcome of higher education and consider teaching "how to think" as the basis for learning. This study compares the critical thinking skills and critical thinking dispositions in freshmen and senior students of health care management. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on a sample of 60 freshmen ...

Autopsy in critical illness: is it obsolete?

The autopsy continues to have important implications for patient management in critical illness. It is not obsolete. Autopsy data help us to track shifts in disease prevalence over time and to heighten surveillance for serious diagnoses that are commonly missed. These data help us to identify important contributors to death that may be remediated through quality assurance and control programs. ...

Critical Care Neurology and Neuro Critical Care

Clinical review: Critical care transport and austere critical care

The development of modern intensive care units (ICUs) has allowed the survival of patients with advanced illness and injury, although at a cost of substantial infrastructure. Natural disasters and military operations are two common situations that can create critically ill patients in an environment that is austere or has been rendered austere. This has driven the development of two related str...

Anaesthesia and critical care.

Coanda Effect in Mechanical ventilators: Named after Henri Marie Coanda (June 7, 1886 – November 25, 1972) was a Romanian inventor, aerodynamics pioneer and the patent holder of the modern jet aircraft. The secret of the fluidic flip is a phenomenon known as the Coanda effect. This is a relatively new discovery previously applied in the fields of aerodynamics and jet engine design. When a jet o...