OBJECTIVE To estimate the required number of public beds for adults in intensive care units in the state of Rio de Janeiro to meet the existing demand and compare results with recommendations by the Brazilian Ministry of Health. METHODS The study uses a hybrid model combining time series and queuing theory to predict the demand and estimate the number of required beds. Four patient flow scena...

Fibrous zeolites have recently been implicated in an endemic outbreak of malignant pleural mesothelioma in several villages in Cappadocia in central Turkey (Baris et al., 1979; Lilis, 1981). The possible association between fibrous zeolites and mesothelioma and the potential biological activity of fibrous erionite from the United States are under active investigation. The zeolite minerals compr...

BACKGROUND Before deciding increases in the number or capacitance of Intensive Care Units (ICUs), or the regionalization of Units, it is essential to know their present effectiveness. OBJECTIVE To analyze the daily occupancy rate of ICUs in Catalonia (Spain) and the frequency of denied admission due to lack of capacity. DESIGN A prospective, observational multicenter study was carried out. ...

How can we be present yet not physically in person? Three bed performances Argentina suggest such a possibility. In country marked by the disappearance of 30,000 citizens, artists and activists have sought to make absent present. These reveal that mediating presence expanding it beyond here now, what was thought disappeared, remains. Pastoral associates stand front huge screens pray for hundred...