Essays about: "critical care unit"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words critical care unit.

1. 1. Predicting True Sepsis and Culture-positive Sepsis in Intensive Care Unit with Machine Learning Techniques

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistik

   Author : Zeyuan Wu; [2024]
   Keywords : Machine Learning; Diagnosis of Sepsis; XGBoost; Logistic Regression; Mathematics and Statistics;

   Abstract : Sepsis, a serious medical condition often leading to patients requiring intensive care, has prompted numerous scientists to employ mathematical techniques to aid in its diagnosis. This thesis uses logistic regression and a machine learning technique, XGBoost, to predict true sepsis (as opposed to sepsis mimics) and culture-positive sepsis (among true sepsis) in critical care using blood test results, physiological measurements and other patient characteristics. READ MORE

3. 2. Could the use of ICU diaries be a tool to strengthen the nurse-patient relationship in ICU?

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Anestesiologi och intensivvård

   Author : Benjamin Rinius; Sandra Laxmana; [2022]
   Keywords : Intensive care unit; Intensive care unit diary; Nurse-patient relation; Fundamentals of care; Intensivvårdsavdelning; IVA dagbok; Sjuksköterska-patient relation; Fundamentals of care;

   Abstract : ABSTRACT  Background: ICU diaries are initiated by critical care nurses to document events that take place during patients’ ICU stays with the aim to help patients recall memories of what happened. The relationship dimension in the Fundamentals of Care (FoC) framework begins with the ability of nurses to connect with patients, and through this connection, nurses try to meet and help the patient to meet his/her fundamental needs. READ MORE

4. 3. Recognising deterioration: nurses’documentation of vital signs–a systematic literature review

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper

   Author : Frida Collin; [2021]
   Keywords : vital signs; deterioration; documentation; nurses; adverse events;

   Abstract : Introduction: Research show that patients frequently display abnormal vital signs as much as 48h before a serious adverse event occur, such as cardiac arrest or unplanned intensive care unit admission. Therefore, early recognition of these changes trough vital sign examination is essential in the prevention of deterioration. READ MORE

5. 4. Cystatin C och cylindrar i urin från hundar på intensivvårdsavdelning

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

   Author : Matilda Axelsson; [2021]
   Keywords : Cystatin C; cylindrar; AKI; hund; IVA; tubuliskada; urinmarkör;

   Abstract : Akuta njurskador (AKI) är ett samlingsbegrepp för olika tillstånd som innebär skada på njurarna med akut uppkomst. Många olika etiologier kan ligga bakom AKI hos hund, exempelvis förgiftning, infektion, blödning och sepsis. Njurarnas anatomiska strukturer påverkas olika beroende på vilken eller vilka etiologier som är inblandade. READ MORE

6. 5. Intensive care nurses’ experiences of working during the COVID-19 pandemic: : A Qualitative Metasynthesis

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för omvårdnad

   Author : Sara Melander; [2021]
   Keywords : Intensive care nurse; Nursing; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Experiences; Pandemic; Adaptation Model.  ;

   Abstract : Background: COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by WHO in March 2020. Intensive care nurses challenges were to treat critically ill infected with the virus, were the knowledge of treatment, protective gear, spread of infection and mortality was unknown. They were unsure about how the pandemic would progress and the information was inexplicit. READ MORE