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Recomendaciones para la gestión de recursos en las unidades de cuidados intensivos durante la pandemia de COVID-19
Recommendations for resource management in intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemi

Medicina (B.Aires); 80 (supl.3), 2020
El presente documento tiene como fin proporcionar recomendaciones basadas en la evidencia para estimar los equipos de proteccion personal (EPP), los dispositivos médicos y los medicamentos comúnmente utilizados en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos durante la pandemia de COVID-19. Se llevó a cabo una re...

Clinical and economic impact of generic versus brand name meropenem use in an intensive care unit in Colombia

Braz. j. infect. dis; 23 (4), 2019
Abstract Background: Recent studies suggest that sustained use of generic antibiotics may be associated with clinical failure and emergence of antibacterial resistance. The present study was designed to determine the clinical outcome between the use of generic meropenem (GM) and brand-name meropenem (BN...

Direct cost of peripheral catheterization by nurses

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (1), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To measure the average direct cost of peripherally inserted central catheterization performed by nurses in a pediatric and neonatal intensive care unit. Method: A quantitative, exploratory-descriptive, single-case study, whose sample consisted of the non-participant observation of 1...

Monetary costs and hospital burden associated with the management of invasive fungal infections in Mexico: a multicenter study

Braz. j. infect. dis; 22 (5), 2018
ABSTRACT Background: Invasive fungal infections (IFIs) affect >1.5 million people per year. Nevertheless, IFIs are usually neglected and underdiagnosed. IFIs should be considered as a public-health problem and major actions should be taken to tackle them and their associated costs. Aim To report the ...

Relationship between availability of physiotherapy services and ICU costs

J. bras. pneumol; 44 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine whether 24-h availability of physiotherapy services decreases ICU costs in comparison with the standard 12 h/day availability among patients admitted to the ICU for the first time. Methods: This was an observational prevalence study involving 815 patients ≥ 18 yea...

Cost of nursing most frequent procedures performed on severely burned patients

Rev. bras. enferm; 70 (3), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the mean direct cost (MDC) of the most frequent procedures performed by nursing professionals on severely burned patients in an Intensive Care Unit. Method: exploratory-descriptive quantitative single-case study. The MDC was calculated by multiplying time (timed) spent b...

Financial impact of nursing professionals staff required in an Intensive Care Unit

ABSTRACT Objective: to calculate the cost of the average time of nursing care spent and required by patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the financial expense for the right dimension of staff of nursing professionals. Method: a descriptive, quantitative research, using the case study method, d...

Indicadores económicos en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos
Economical indicators in the Intensive Care Unit

Rev. cuba. enferm; 2 (2), 1986
Se analizan los indicadores económicos de la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos (UCI) del Hospital Provincial Docente "Saturnino Lora", de Santiago de Cuba, en el año 1980, por ser éste el más representativo del anterior quinquenio. Se obtiene de dicho análisis que los gastos directos generan el 67,4 % d...