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The provision of intensive-care facilities for patients in transit can present problems. We describe our novel approach to these in which we have added facilities to a standard bed which is used for the transfer of patients. This may also be a cost-effective method of providing intensive-care equipment to beds at any location.
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Leitos , Cuidados Críticos/instrumentação , Transporte de Pacientes/métodos , Desenho de EquipamentoRESUMO
The exposure of midwives to nitrous oxide in four hospitals was measured with personal samplers. In three of the four hospitals the average exposure was not significantly less than 100 parts per million (ppm). In one hospital the average exposure was 360 ppm; this was reduced by a factor of about 2.5 when a trial scavenging system was used. Differences in working practices and in the layout, size, and ventilation of the labour suites contributed to the observed differences in average exposure. Midwives and other staff working in the labour room are potentially at risk from excessive occupational exposure to nitrous oxide.
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Anestesia Obstétrica/efeitos adversos , Tocologia , Óxido Nitroso/efeitos adversos , Doenças Profissionais/induzido quimicamente , HumanosRESUMO
A new, inexpensive commercial infant respiration monitor, the Baby-Sitter by Direct Diagnostics Ltd, has been evaluated and subjected to clinical trial. Dual respiration recordings were made from infants exhibiting apnoeic episodes to compare the new monitor with an acceptable reference monitor (Graesby Medical Model MR10). Both monitors are designed to detect respiration movement by means of pressure pulses produced in an air-filled sensor attached to the infant's abdomen. The new monitor is found to have unacceptable performance.
