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ESICM 2014: Designing a New ICU for Patient-Centred Care
2014 29 Sep
People often raise their eyes to the heavens for inspiration, but looking up was literally the solution for Jozef Kesecioglu from the Netherlands when designing a new ICU. The roof of the hospital was the ideal location for the new facility. Kesecogliou shared the lessons his hospital learned from building a new ICU at the European Society of Intensive... Read more
ESICM 2014: Preventing Readmission to the ICU
2014 29 Sep
Safe ICU discharge is a matter of patient status and infrastructure, according to Peter van der Voort, Amsterdam, speaking at the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine annual congress in Barcelona today. Making discharge of patients safer, whether they are discharged home or to another ward in the hospital, is important in preventing readmission... Read more
ESICM 2014: Do Intermediate Care Beds Have a Role?
2014 29 Sep
Implementing intermediate care beds in the ICU either physically separate or apart can improve outcomes, said Professor Bertrand Guidet, France, speaking today at the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine congress in Barcelona. ICU patients is like gold in the central bank, defined by illness and not by location. Guidet acknowledge the starting... Read more
Zoom On: Dr. Daniel De Backer, ESICM President-Elect
2014 29 Sep
Professor Daniel De Backer takes up the role of President of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine in October. Dr. De Backer is a Professor in the Department of Intensive Care at Erasme University Hospital in Brussels. We put our 7 questions to Prof. De Backer: 1. What are your key areas of interest and research? Circulatory failure,... Read more
ESICM 2014: Does Flexibility Increase Safety and Efficiency?
2014 29 Sep
Flexibility in intensive care provision was the focus of a session this morning at the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine’s Congress in Barcelona, which asked if flexibility will of ICU services. Medical emergency teams may make a difference, said Dr. Akos Csomos from Hungary, but there are difficulties in researching their effectiveness,... Read more
ESICM 2014: Intensivists Meet in Barcelona
2014 28 Sep
European Society of Intensive Care President, Jean-Daniel Chiche, tonight welcomed delegates to ESICM Lives 2014, the 27th Annual Congress of the Society. He reminded delegates what LIVES stands for - linking innovation vision excellence & science. Once again the programme will deliver innovation, excellence and more, he added. Chiche noted that... Read more
ESICM Lives 2014
2014 27 Sep
The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine is delighted to welcome you to LIVES 2014, the 27th Annual Congress of the Society, which will be held on September 27 - October 1, 2014. More than ever, ESICM is a society at the cutting edge of scientific research. Our slogan, “The Intensive Connection” symbolises our commitment to connect our members... Read more