Section 2 'Techniques and indications' covers bronchoscopy and other diagnostics techniques, and Section 3 'Principles of respiratory care' covers airway care, invasive and noninvasive ventilation, and hemodynamic monitoring.
In addition, details on previous use of medicines (including over the counter drugs and herbs) and alcohol consumption were carefully recorded by asking patients using a detailed structured questionnaire about symptoms, specific indications that covered the use of medicines most frequently associated with liver disease, and by showing them pictures of the major medications of interest.
Newly hired physicians (interns, residents, fellows, attending physicians) were required to complete the educational program, which covered indications for intravascular catheter use, proper procedures for the insertion and maintenance of intravascular catheters, and appropriate infection control measures to prevent intravascular catheter-related infections.
Culturing 'after physicians' request' was retained as an indication to cover all other possible signs suggestive for a beginning sepsis that were not included in the protocol, and to keep it manageable.
Despite the inconsistencies among global health authorities and their cough etiquette recommendations, the indication of "cover your cough with your elbow/arm/sleeve" has reached a phenomenal, close to universal acceptance, including elementary school children who are being successfully trained to practice it.
In this statement from the Interventional Section Leadership Council of the ACC, it is recommended that percutaneous coronary intervention should be considered in all patients with significant proximal coronary stenosis in major coronary arteries before TAVR, even though the indication is not covered in current guidelines.
If an indication was not covered by the local antibiotic policy the case was excluded.
Of the extracted papers, roughly one third (eleven papers, 34%) covered the indication of malnutrition.
A PDF (.pdf) file showing the original Topic Guide as an indication of the topics covered in our interviews.
