Sökning: "vital signs"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 71 avhandlingar innehållade orden vital signs.

  1. 6. Lung function after cardiac surgery : With special reference to atelectasis and ventilation-perfusion relationships

    Författare :Arne Tenling; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Surgery; Cardiac surgery; thoracic epidural analgesia; vital capacity manoeuvre; computed tomography; ventilation-perfusion relationships; gas exchange; atelectasis; respiratory inductive plethysmography; Kirurgi; Surgery; Kirurgi; anestesiologi; Anaesthesiology;

    Sammanfattning : Patients undergoing cardiac surgery were investigated before and after the operation.Ventilation-perfusion (VA/Q) relationships were examined by the multiple inert gas elimination method, and atelectasis and aeration of the lungs were examined by computedtomography (CT). LÄS MER

  3. 7. Development of a Prehospital Decision Support Tool - Optimisation of the prehospital triage of patients with chest pain

    Författare :Kristoffer Wibring; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Chest Pain; Emergency Medical Services; Signs and Symptoms; Risk Assessment; Triage; Prediction Models;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Chest pain is one of the most common symptoms in patients contacting the emergency medical services (EMS). This large group consists of patients with disorders of various causes and severity. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Critical care in low resource settings

    Författare :Tim Baker; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Critical Care;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Critical care is the care of patients with immediately life-threatening disease or injury. The substantial global burden of critical illness is especially high in low resource settings. There is a striking lack of knowledge about the quality of critical care in such settings and about how to improve care. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Clinical decision support in emergency medicine : exploring the prerequisites

    Författare :Niclas Skyttberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : A clinical decision support system is a technical system that combines individual patient data and evidence-based clinical knowledge to give advice and support to clinicians. For quite a long time, the emergence of such systems has been predicted and expected to impact health care dramatically by improving both quality and productivity. LÄS MER

  7. 10. The National Early Warning Score (NEWS) - Testing and evaluation in a Swedish setting

    Författare :Martin Spångfors; Anestesiologi och intensivvård; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Early Warning Score; Critical Care; National Early Warning Score; in-hospital cardiac arrest; Patient Safety; Critical care outreach;

    Sammanfattning : BackgroundDeviating vital signs have been known to precede Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) like In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (IHCA), unplanned Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission or unexpected death for more than a decade but still the recognition of these deteriorating patients is poor.The British National Early Warning Score (NEWS) is a ‘‘track and trigger’’ scale designed to assess in-hospital patients’ vital signs and detect clinical deterioration. LÄS MER