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A Nurse in difficulty

2019-08-02T19:01:42+01:0015 April, 2014|

Hello everybody! ANA is 23, and left the Canary Islands looking for better fortune labor. And she came to Madrid. Like many of us,  she is a healthcare provider (particularly nurse) and she is looking her place in life.Like many Spaniards, is unemployed.The Burnout, job unsatisfaction, the NO-contracts,  contracts month-to- month, stress, shifts and salaries that do not represent the value of the work that we do... [...]

Do we need a ‘Code Death’ ?

2019-08-02T19:01:42+01:0013 April, 2014|

Hello everybody,  my dear rascals:Before anything, I would like to tell you that I miss you... many days ago that  there is no comments in the post, and the truth is that feedback is necessary for the IC-HU Project makes sense. It is not only that you read, I would like you to participate actively with your points of view. So all of [...]

Deep Blue and Intensive Care Medicine

2019-08-02T19:01:42+01:0011 April, 2014|

Garry Kaspárov was born in the capital of the Russian Republic of Azerbaijan.His legend says that he learned the rules of chess noting how his parents solved problems. One day gave the solution to one of them.Kasparov won the Youth Championship of the USSR at the age of 13, and repeated it at 14. When he was only 16 years old, [...]

Long-Term Cognitive Decline in Critically Ill Patients

2019-08-02T19:01:43+01:0010 April, 2014|

Hello my Friends: After the incredible yesterday football match (thanks to Barcelona supporters for fair play), I would like to share another article. This one has been revised by Dr. Björn Weiss in ESICM.   Pandharipande and colleagues revealed that every fourth critically ill patient has a long-term cognitive impairment comparable to mild Alzheimer’s disease one year after discharge. Their article was [...]

What happend at ICU discharge? What about Dependency?

2019-08-02T19:01:45+01:009 April, 2014|

Hello everybody my beloved rascals.Today, this is my questionMost of us work with critically ill patients, with the objective of returning the patient to their situation prior to the illness. Many times we get it, but not so many. And the truth is that we get to be discharged to ward our patients and there the relationship with him or her ends.Some continue their [...]

Investigating Conflict in ICUs: Is the Clinicians´ perspective enough?

2019-08-02T19:01:46+01:008 April, 2014|

Hello everybody, my beloved rogue.Today I thank Dr. Alberto Del Castillo, from my nostalgia ICU of the Hospital's Son Llàtzer, for sending me the article I present, published in February of 2014 in Critical Care Medicine (CCM), the official journal of the American Society of Intensive Care (SCCM). Serve this photo as a tribute and given our football preferences not I have [...]

There is a LIFE before Death.

2019-08-02T19:01:46+01:006 April, 2014|

My dear rascals: Sometimes you just get excited when you know you are living in a dream . Remember, as Eduard Punset says a lot brighter than the Bimbo bread speech that " Before Death ... there is a LIFE" . Indeed , a blog is far from a Scientific Journal. Basically it is a blog: its outreach and penetration is much higher since there [...]

Can we keep doors closed?

2019-08-02T19:01:46+01:004 April, 2014|

Hello, my dear rogues. From Intensive Care Medicine (ICM), in its on line publication, April 2014, we got the present article which will attract great attention. In What´s new in ICU visiting policies: can we continue to keep the door closed?,  hot off the presses, Drs. Giannini, Garrouste-Orgeas and Latour propose  a topic for discussion ,already dealt with in project [...]

Humanizing Health Care

2014-04-03T16:24:00+01:003 April, 2014|

Hello my rogues!. Here I am, with my daughter on my chest so I have free and quick hands for typing. Today I want to share with you another birth: Humanizing Health Care                                         Humanize Health is the fundamental bioethical problem. [...]

Living at the other end of the endotracheal tube.

2019-08-02T19:01:47+01:002 April, 2014|

Hi all, my dear rogues . Today I have a story to share thanks to Conchi , ICU nurse in University Hospital of Torrejón, Madrid . In Living across the endotracheal tube. Personal vision of a physician in critical illness , Dr Viner Edwar tells his own story . I would share a few touches . "Having considered the scientific and [...]

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