tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Toronto Critical Care Medicine Symposium, 18–20 October 2001, Canada: Research breakthroughs are not enough"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học General Psychiatry cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Toronto Critical Care Medicine Symposium, 18–20 October 2001, Canada: Research breakthroughs are not enough. | Available online http content 5 6 329 Meeting report Toronto Critical Care Medicine Symposium 18-20 October 2001 Canada Research breakthroughs are not enough Dale Needham and Claudia dos Santos University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Correspondence Dale Needham Published online 7 November 2001 Critical Care 2001 5 329-330 2001 BioMed Central Ltd Print ISSN 1364-8535 Online ISSN 1466-609X Abstract At the 2001 Toronto Critical Care Medicine Symposium exciting new research results were presented including a randomized trial of peri-operative pulmonary-artery catheter use and evidencebased guidelines for the prevention of ventilator-acquired pneumonia. Presenters reviewed other important recent critical care developments such as 1 activated protein C and low-dose steroids in sepsis 2 prone positioning and long-term outcomes in patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome and 3 medical errors in the critical care unit. Along with these new findings another theme emerged during the symposium. This theme emphasized that research breakthroughs are not sufficient in themselves outcome studies are needed to learn how new research is applied on a large-scale basis within actual clinical practice. Furthermore additional study is needed for an understanding of how physicians implement new research findings. Successful methods of enhancing the widespread adoption of new research require further study. Keywords adult respiratory distress syndrome critical care pneumonia sepsis Swan-Ganz catheterization The Toronto Critical Care Medicine Symposium took place on 18-20 October 2001. Despite worldwide concerns with air travel international faculty and participants turned out in large numbers. There were many exciting mini-symposia on topics ranging from nutritional support sedation and neuro-critical care to medical errors and end-of-life care. Focused learning sessions on controversial critical care topics provided practical guidance to