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  2. Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale - Wikipedia

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    Obtaining a RASS score is the first step in administering the Confusion Assessment Method in the ICU (CAM-ICU), [4] a tool to detect delirium in intensive care unit patients. The RASS is one of many sedation scales used in medicine. Other scales include the Ramsay scale, the Sedation-Agitation-Scale, and the COMFORT scale for pediatric patients.

  3. Procedural sedation and analgesia - Wikipedia

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    Procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) is a technique in which a sedating/dissociative medication is given, usually along with an analgesic medication, in order to perform non-surgical procedures on a patient. The overall goal is to induce a decreased level of consciousness while maintaining the patient's ability to breathe on their own.

  4. ICU quality and management tools - Wikipedia

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    The Epimed Monitor ICU Database®: a cloud-based national registry for adult intensive care unit patients in Brazil. Zampieri FG, Soares M, Borges LP, Salluh JIF, Ranzani OT.Rev Bras Ter Intensiva. 2017 Oct-Dec;29(4):418-426. doi: 10.5935/0103-507X.20170062.

  5. Treatment and management of COVID-19 - Wikipedia

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    The principal for obstetric management of COVID-19 include rapid detection, isolation, and testing, profound preventive measures, regular monitoring of fetus as well as of uterine contractions, peculiar case-to-case delivery planning based on severity of symptoms, and appropriate post-natal measures for preventing infection.

  6. Sedation - Wikipedia

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    Sedation scales are used in medical situations in conjunction with a medical history in assessing the applicable degree of sedation in patients in order to avoid under-sedation (the patient risks experiencing pain or distress) and over-sedation (the patient risks side effects such as suppression of breathing, which might lead to death).

  7. Neurointensive care - Wikipedia

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    Dr. Walker realized that some surgical patient could use specialized postoperative neurosurgical monitoring and treatment. The unit Dr. Walker created showed a benefit to postoperative patients, than neurologic patients came to the unit. Dr. Safar created the first intensive care unit in the United States in Baltimore in the 1950s. [1]

  8. Man documents inflated grocery prices in Alaskan hometown ...

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    In the most recent video, Magdanz described his visit to the newest grocery store in Kotzebue, recording some food and drink prices there.. Butter was on sale for $8.14 per pound, a quart of ...

  9. Dexmedetomidine - Wikipedia

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    Studies suggest dexmedetomidine for sedation in mechanically ventilated adults may reduce time to extubation and ICU stay. [13] [14] Compared with other sedatives, some studies suggest dexmedetomidine may be associated with less delirium. [15] However, this finding is not consistent across multiple studies. [14]