Publications by authors named "U Liebeskind"
Article Synopsis
- Quality improvement in intensive care is important, but there's no perfect way to measure it yet.
- A pilot project in Germany started using voluntary peer reviews to help hospitals improve their care for patients in intensive care units (ICUs).
- The study found that peer reviews highlighted problems with staff, communication, and reporting, but also showed that most ICUs were doing well with their quality goals.
Background: Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) followed by hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) can improve the prognosis of selected patients with peritoneal surface malignancy (PSM). Usually, treatment is performed as an extensive one-step approach. We investigated the feasibility of delayed HIPEC, if the one-step procedure was interrupted precociously.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To assess perioperative outcomes and blood pressure (BP) responses to an implantable carotid sinus baroreflex activating system being investigated for the treatment of resistant hypertension.
Methods: We report on the first seventeen patients enrolled in a multicenter study. Bilateral perivascular carotid sinus electrodes (CSL) and a pulse generator (IPG) are permanently implanted.
Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility and potential use of intraoperative computed tomography (IOP CT) as guidance for video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS).
Material And Methods: Fifteen consecutive patients with peripheral intrapulmonary nodules underwent a thoracoscopy with IOP CT. Solitary lesions were known in 6/15 patients (40 %, group II) whereas 9/15 (60 %, group I) patients had multiple lesions (n >/= 2).