Caudwell Xtreme Everest: a field study of human adaptation to hypoxiaCritical Care - Tập 11 - Trang 1-2 - 2007
Mike Grocott, Alan Richardson, Hugh Montgomery, Monty Mythen
Caudwell Xtreme Everest (CXE) is a large healthy volunteer field study investigating human adaptation to environmental hypoxia. More than 200 individuals were studied at sea-level and in four laboratories on the trek to Everest Base Camp (5,300 m). Fifteen physicians climbed high on Everest and continued the studies as they ascended; eight of these individuals reached the summit of Everest and suc...... hiện toàn bộ
When once is not enough – further evidence of procalcitonin-guided antibiotic stewardshipCritical Care - Tập 13 - Trang 1-3 - 2009
Stephan Harbarth, Werner C Albrich, Beat Müller
Every day, critical care physicians around the world face the same challenge of the optimal timing of antimicrobial administration: when to start and when to stop antibiotics. Duration of antibiotic therapy for sepsis is mostly based on expert opinion, but its reduction is arguably the most promising approach to decrease emergence and selection of antibiotic resistance. The study by Hochreiter and...... hiện toàn bộ