Search for dissertations about: "icu"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 149 swedish dissertations containing the word icu.

  2. 11. Interprofessional collaboration in the ICU : facilitating progress in teams of learners

    Author : Helen Conte; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: Looking across research on health care education, few studies have explored processes of collaboration in interprofessional teams of participants at an interprofessional training unit (ITU) in intensive care. In particular, little is known about the active and evolving interplay between supervisors guiding groups and the learners’ progress in becoming a team in their collaborative work in patient care. READ MORE

  4. 12. Long-term follow-up after intensive care: Development of an ICU-specific questionnaire

    Author : Johan Malmgren; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; intensive care; critical illness; intensive care unit; quality of life; long-term follow-up; survivorship; health-related quality of life; burden of disease;

    Abstract : Background: With improved results in intensive care comes a shift in focus – from survival to survivorship. Studies show that ICU survivorship includes effects on, for example, mental and physical health, cognition, ADL, ability to return to work, and sensory organ functions. READ MORE

  5. 13. Mean systemic filling pressure - from Guyton to the ICU, and back again

    Author : Per Werner Möller; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; mean systemic filling pressure; venous return; right atrial pressure; positive pressure ventilation; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation;

    Abstract : Introduction: Mean systemic filling pressure (MSFP) is the equilibrated vascular pressure at zero flow. Venous return (VR) driving pressure (VRdP) is the difference between MSFP and right atrial pressure (RAP). READ MORE

  6. 14. A Deeper Understanding of Real Teamwork and Sustainable Quality Culture

    Author : Lilly-Mari Sten; Pernilla Ingelsson; Marie Häggström; Mattias Elg; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; ICU transitional care; QM; quality management; real team; real teamwork; sustainable quality culture; TMT; team; teamwork; top management team;

    Abstract : Today's organisations are faced with increasingly complicated and complex challenges. To master these challenges, organisations need to work more together, both within their own organisations and in collaboration with others. Working as a ‘real’ team, while also creating a sustainable quality culture, can be one way to address these challenges. READ MORE

  7. 15. The photo-diary and follow-up appointment on the ICU: Giving back the time to patients and relatives. : A descriptive and interventional study

    Author : Carl G Bäckman; Sten Walther; Folke Sjöberg; Lotti Orwelius; Lars Berggren; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Background: Patients on the ICU often spend a great deal of their time either unconscious or heavily sedated. When they return from the zone between life and death they are often in a state of confusion where dreams and delusions are intertwined with reality and it is not always easy to distinguish them apart. READ MORE