Recently various 'office based or bedside' simple, convenient and cheap strip-based IFOBT have been validated for CRC screening with performance characteristics similar to that of an ELISA-based IFOBT (Hoepffner et al, 2006; Smith et al, 2006).
The study, published in The New England Journal of Medicine last week, was based on bedside interviews with more than 900 heart attack survivors in Augsburg, Germany, from 1999 to 2001.
We propose that FIB can be estimated during the initial phase of trauma care based on bedside tests.
We found that point prevalence studies based on bedside surveillance are easy to perform and demonstrated the efficacy of the measures implemented.
Since echocardiography may not be available on a round-the-clock basis in many hospitals, and in view of the fact that echocardiographic criteria for the detection of acute RV dysfunction are often vague and poorly standardised [ 26, 27], we tested whether comparable prognostic information could be obtained by an alternative combination model based on bedside parameters for rapid risk assessment.
Predictive equations for resting energy expenditure (REE) are needed based on simple bedside parameters.
The cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery services were consulted emergently based on the bedside EUS findings.
While EPs with additional ultrasound training may decide to initiate therapy and obtain consultations more rapidly based on their bedside EUS, it is generally advisable to obtain confirmatory testing as a routine part of the patient's treatment course.
Based on clinical bedside observations and published reports [4, 5, 8], we hypothesize that ALI/ARDS secondary to pandemic influenza is associated with similar ICU outcomes but increased resource utilization and higher hospital charges due to the frequent need for rescue interventions and prolonged ventilatory assistance.
With respect to the lower hemoglobin levels and the severity of circulatory dysfunctions in transfused patients, it is likely that physicians followed a common pragmatic decision-making process at the bedside, based not only on a sole hemoglobin level but also on markers of tissue dysoxia.
I'm tempted to tell you what not to put by your bedside based on clients that I've worked with, but you know best what supports you.
