Daily Assessment of the Critically ill Patient

Small Animal Critical Care Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 852-856

  Barton, Linda ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 72649103305     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-2591-7.10201-2     Document Type: Chapter

References (8)

1. Kirby R Septic shock. Current veterinary therapy XII 1995, Saunders, Philadelphia. J.D. Bonagura (Ed.).
2. Porter JM, Ivatury RR In search of the optimal end points of resuscitation in trauma patients: A review. J Trauma Inj Infect Crit Care 1998, 133:908.
3. Smarick SD, Haskins SC, Aldrich J, et al. Incidence of catheter-associated urinary tract infection among dogs in a small animal intensive care unit. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2004, 224:1936.
4. Van den Berghe G, Wouters P, Weekers F, et al. Intensive insulin therapy in the critically ill patient. N Engl J Med 2001, 345:1359.
5. A chapter that demonstrates the use of a checklist of clinical parameters to guide assessment and therapy of septic shock.
6. An article that reviews the evidence pertaining to physiologic and biochemical markers of occult shock in human trauma patients.
7. An article that reports the incidence of urinary tract infection associated with urinary catheterization in a veterinary ICU and recommends a protocol for urinary catheter placement and maintenance to minimize catheter-related infections.
8. A prospective, randomized controlled study that found that strict glucose control (at or below 110 mg/dl) significantly reduced morbidity and mortality in human surgical ICU patients.