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Improved ICU design reduces acquisition of antibiotic-resistant bacteria: a quasi-experimental observational studyPhillip D Levin
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, POB 12000, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
Crit Care 15:R211. 2011..The role of ICU design and particularly single-patient rooms in decreasing bacterial transmission between ICU patients has been debated. A recent change in our ICU allowed further investigation...- Withdrawing and withholding life-sustaining therapies are not the samePhillip D Levin
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
Crit Care 9:230-2. 2005..Appreciation of these differences allows the provision of accurate information, and facilitates decision making that is compassionate, caring and adherent to the needs of the patient and their family... - Blood cultures at central line insertion in the intensive care unit: comparison with peripheral venipunctureSheldon Stohl
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Centre, POB 12000, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
J Clin Microbiol 49:2398-403. 2011..This may be related to the increased manipulations required for CVC insertion... - Institutional control measures to curtail the epidemic spread of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: a 4-year perspectiveMatan J Cohen
Center for Clinical Quality and Safety, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 32:673-8. 2011..To describe the implementation of an institution-wide, multiple-step intervention to curtail the epidemic spread of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP)... - End-of-life treatment and bacterial antibiotic resistance: a potential associationPhillip D Levin
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Chest 138:588-94. 2010..Great variability exists in the occurrence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in ICUs around the world. The contribution of specific ICU care variables to these geographic variations is unknown... - Contamination of portable radiograph equipment with resistant bacteria in the ICUPhillip D Levin
Departments of Anesthesiology, Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
Chest 136:426-32. 2009.... - Intensive care physicians' attitudes concerning distribution of intensive care resources. A comparison of Israeli, North American and European cohortsSharon Einav
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, POB 12000, 91120 Jerusalem, Israel
Intensive Care Med 30:1140-3. 2004..To evaluate the attitudes of Israeli intensive care physicians regarding intensive care unit (ICU) triage issues... - Diastolic dysfunction and mortality in severe sepsis and septic shockGiora Landesberg
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
Eur Heart J 33:895-903. 2012..8, 21.4 and 2.3, P= 0.015, <0.001 and 0.13). Conclusion Diastolic dysfunction is common and is a major predictor of mortality in severe sepsis and septic shock... - A pediatric sedation/anesthesia program with dedicated care by anesthesiologists and nurses for procedures outside the operating roomDavid Gozal
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
J Pediatr 145:47-52. 2004..CONCLUSION: A dedicated sedation team using a written protocol provides a service with minimal case cancellation, zero sedation failure, very good safety, and excellent parental satisfaction... - Intensive care outflow limitation--frequency, etiology, and impactPhillip D Levin
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
J Crit Care 18:206-11. 2003..CONCLUSION: ICU outflow limitation occurs in up to 1 in 6 discharges. It can be due to medical deterioration, level of care issues or administrative problems, and may lead to inefficient use of ICU resources... - Obesity, metabolic syndrome, and the surgical patientPhillip D Levin
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hebrew University Medical Center, Hebrew University Hadassah School of Medicine, Kiryat Hadassah, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
Med Clin North Am 93:1049-63. 2009..The ultimate aim of caring for such patients is to find ways to minimize the untoward effects of surgery in patients who are obese or have metabolic syndrome... - Cultural differences at the end of lifePhillip D Levin
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
Crit Care Med 31:S354-7. 2003 - Another point of view: no swan song for the pulmonary artery catheterPhillip D Levin
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center Jerusalem, Israel
Crit Care Med 33:1123-4. 2005 - Forgoing life-sustaining treatments: comparison of attitudes between Israeli and North American intensive care healthcare professionalsEthan Soudry
Medical Education Unit, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 5:770-4. 2003..S. They differ from their U.S. counterparts in that they confer less significance to the will of the patient, and do not consult as much with families of patients regarding DNR orders... - Risk factors associated with resistance to ciprofloxacin in clinical bacterial isolates from intensive care unit patientsPhillip D Levin
Department of Critical Care, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, B121 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5, Canada
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 28:331-6. 2007..To determine risk factors and outcomes associated with ciprofloxacin resistance in clinical bacterial isolates from intensive care unit (ICU) patients...