tailieunhanh - Báo cáo khoa học: "Innovations in technology for critical care medicine"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Innovations in technology for critical care medicine. | Critical Care April 2004 Vol 8 No 2 Chapman et al. Commentary Innovations in technology for critical care medicine Martin Chapman1 David Gattas2 and Ganesh Suntharalingam3 Assistant Professor University of Toronto Sunnybrook and Women s College Health Sciences Centre Toronto Ontario Canada 2Specialist Intensive Care Services Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Missenden Road Camperdown Australia 3Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia Northwick Park St Marks Hospitals Harrow UK Correspondence Martin Chapman Published online 8 March 2004 Critical Care 2004 8 74-76 DOI cc2843 This article is online at http content 8 2 74 2004 BioMed Central Ltd Print ISSN 1364-8535 Online ISSN 1466-609X Abstract This new section in Critical Care presents a selection of clinically important examples of advances in critical care health technology. This article is divided into two main areas diagnostics and monitoring. Attention is given to how bedside echocardiography can alter the cardiovascular physical examination and to novel imaging techniques such as virtual bronchoscopy. The monitoring section discusses recent claims of improved efficiency with telemedicine for intensive care units. Keywords echocardiography health technology telemedicine telemetry virtual imaging Introduction This new triannual section will examine emerging health technologies. It is not meant to be a comprehensive scan of the horizon but rather a selection of clinically important examples of advances in critical care technology. Diagnostics Ultrasound The blurring of specialty domains is becoming more obvious. A good example of this is the use of ultrasound by intensivists 1 . Portable ultrasound as an extension of the physical examination is a fast growing area of expertise. A recent Canadian report 2 summarized several new hand-carried ultrasound units for point of care POC cardiac examination including OptiGoTM Philips Medical Systems Andover MA USA which