Medical negligence claims and the role of the Intensivist
Every year in the UK, over 270,000 adults are admitted to an intensive care unit. For the majority of patients, treatment is successful but the Department of Health estimates that around 10% of hospital inpatient…
Read more What Does an Intensivist do?
An intensivist, also known as an intensive care unit (ICU) or critical care physician, provides specialist care for critically ill patients. This is usually within the setting of an ICU in a major hospital, where…
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Read more Is admission to intensive care always the right answer?
A key part of life as a doctor in any discipline involves assessing a situation and deciding on the right course of action – in many specialties this involves considering whether a treatment can make…
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Read more What is an ICU Specialist?
In this article, we explore what an Intensive Care specialist (or Intensivist) does, the skills they need to have to be successful in their role and how their experience can be useful in supporting medico…
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Read more Sepsis: Challenges of diagnosis and building a medicolegal case
What is sepsis? One of the major conditions facing an Intensive Care Physician (Intensivist) is sepsis. Sepsis is defined as life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to an infection. Sepsis (also known as…
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