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The Intensive Care Unit, well known as ICU, is a specialized section of a hospital that provides comprehensive and continuous care (treatment and monitoring) for persons who are critically ill or in an unstable condition and who can benefit from treatment. The importance of this specific area of the hospital can be also understood from the amount and variety of the equipment that is installed inside. Therefore the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) should provide both continuous fault-free equipment operation and enhanced electrical safety for the patients and the medical staff. The main objective of the thesis is to study and design the electrical installation and the dedicated devices of a sample ICU, according to the latest European regulations and standards. In the first introductory chapter is described the main ICU medical equipment, patient modules, areas and utilities. The second chapter contains the Main Standards, Directives and Recommendations related to the building installing and testing of the ICU electrical installation and dedicated equipment. Chapter three described general the electrical safety in the ICU and the methods and means of protection against an Electrical shock. The next chapter reviews the methods and means of protection against an Equipment Malfunction and against Mains power failure. The fifth chapter is the design of a sample ICU Area including main power electrical installation and dedicated protection and monitoring devices. The last chapter includes the electrical safety tests of the installed system and dedicated devices and also the value limitations according to the European Standards and Regulations. / Η Μονάδα Εντατικής Θεραπείας, γνωστή ως ICU, είναι ένα εξειδικευμένο τμήμα του νοσοκομείου που παρέχει πλήρη και συνεχή φροντίδα (θεραπεία και παρακολούθηση) στα πρόσωπα που αντιμετωπίζουν κρίσιμα προβλήματα υγείας ή βρίσκονται σε μια ασταθή κατάσταση. Ο εξειδικευμένος εξοπλισμός της χωρίς καμία αμφιβολία μπορεί να επιφέρει πολύ θετικά αποτελέσματα στον ιατρικό τομέα Η λειτουργία και η σημασία της μονάδας, αναμφίβολα μπορούν να διαφανούν και από τον άριστο εξοπλισμό που διακατέχει. Είναι βέβαιο ότι μέσα από την συγκεκριμένη μονάδα θεραπείας μπορεί να δοθεί στον ασθενή η κατάλληλη σημασία έτσι ώστε να μπορεί να γιατρευτεί. Ο άρτια εξοπλισμός που υπάρχει μπορεί να επιφέρει άριστα αποτελέσματα. Συνεπώς, η Μονάδα Εντατικής Θεραπείας (ICU) πρέπει να συνεχίσει την απρόσκοπτη λειτουργία της και συνάμα την ενίσχυση του εξοπλισμού της, έτσι ώστε να υπάρχει ενισχυμένη ηλεκτρική ασφάλεια τόσο για τους ασθενείς όσο και για το ιατρικό προσωπικό. Ο κύριος στόχος της διατριβής είναι η μελέτη και ο σχεδιασμός της ηλεκτρικής εγκατάστασης και δείγμα των αποκλειστικών συσκευών της μονάδα, σύμφωνα με τις τελευταίες ευρωπαϊκές προδιαγραφές. Στο πρώτο εισαγωγικό κεφάλαιο, περιγράφεται ο βασικός εξοπλισμός της μονάδας και η ιατρική που παρέχεται. Ακολούθως στο δεύτερο κεφάλαιο περιλαμβάνονται οι κύριοι κανόνες, οδηγίες και οι συστάσεις που σχετίζονται με την εγκατάσταση του κτιρίου. Επίσης γίνεται αναφορά στον έλεγχο της ηλεκτρικής εγκατάστασης και του ειδικού εξοπλισμού της μονάδας. Στο τρίτο κεφάλαιο περιγράφεται η γενική ηλεκτρική ασφάλεια στη μονάδα, με ιδιαίτερη αναφορά στις μεθόδους και στα μέσα προστασίας από ηλεκτροπληξία. Στη συνέχεια στο επόμενο κεφάλαιο εξετάζεται το κατά πόσο οι μέθοδοι και τα μέσα προστασίας μπορούν να είναι λειτουργικά έναντι των δυσλειτουργιών που μπορεί να προκληθεί από την διακοπή ρεύματος. Για την όσο καλύτερη λειτουργία της μονάδας γίνεται αναφορά στο πέμπτο κεφάλαιο, όπου γίνεται νύξη για τον σχεδιασμό του χώρου της μονάδας, συμπεριλαμβανομένων των κύριων ηλεκτρικών εγκαταστάσεων συσκευών προστασίας και παρακολούθησης. Μέσα από μια εκτεταμένη ανασκόπηση, έρευνα και πληθώρα πειραμάτων στο τελευταίο κεφάλαιο παρουσιάζονται οι ηλεκτρικές δοκιμές ασφαλείας του εγκατεστημένου συστήματος, οι ειδικές συσκευές, σύμφωνα πάντα με τα Ευρωπαϊκά πρότυπα και κανονισμούς.

Objective: To determine the risk factors for extubation failure in the intensive care unit. Methods: The present case-control study was conducted in an intensive care unit. Failed extubations were used as cases, while successful extubations were used as controls. Extubation failure was defined as reintubation being required within the first 48 hours of extubation. Results: Out of a total of 956 patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit, 826 were subjected to mechanical ventilation (86%). There were 30 failed extubations and 120 successful extubations. The proportion of failed extubations was 5.32%. The risk factors found for failed extubations were a prolonged length of mechanical ventilation of greater than 7 days (OR = 3.84, 95%CI = 1.01 - 14.56, p = 0.04), time in the intensive care unit (OR = 1.04, 95%CI = 1.00 - 1.09, p = 0.03) and the use of sedatives for longer than 5 days (OR = 4.81, 95%CI = 1.28 - 18.02; p = 0.02). Conclusion: Pediatric patients on mechanical ventilation were at greater risk of failed extubation if they spent more time in the intensive care unit and if they were subjected to prolonged mechanical ventilation (longer than 7 days) or greater amounts of sedative use. / Revisión por pares / Revisión por pares

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / Objetivou-se analisar a prÃtica dos Enfermeiros de terapia intensiva junto ao paciente potencial doador de ÃrgÃos e tecidos. Trata-se de uma pesquisa exploratÃria, descritiva e analÃtica, com abordagem qualitativa. O estudo foi realizado em um Centro de Terapia Intensiva (CTI) clÃnico de um hospital pÃblico estadual em Fortaleza - CE. Os sujeitos do estudo foram 30 Enfermeiros que atuam no serviÃo. A produÃÃo de dados ocorreu entre agosto e dezembro de 2013, apÃs aprovaÃÃo pelo Comità de Ãtica em Pesquisa da InstituiÃÃo, conforme Parecer n 376.423. Os dados deste estudo foram produzidos atravÃs de entrevista e a partir da observaÃÃo sistemÃtica. Na anÃlise do material optamos pela tÃcnica de anÃlise de conteÃdo, modalidade temÃtica, segundo Bardin (2011). Para a ordenaÃÃo do material empÃrico e constituiÃÃo do corpus, aplicamos a tÃcnica de anÃlise categorial. O processo de anÃlise e discussÃo foi construÃdo com base no discurso do Enfermeiro do CTI, nas informaÃÃes da observaÃÃo e diÃrio de campo. O processo de anÃlise e discussÃo iniciou-se com o agrupamento e classificaÃÃo do material produzido em quatro categorias e dez subcategorias. As categorias definidas foram: O processo de doaÃÃo de ÃrgÃos; DimensÃes do cuidado do Enfermeiro ao paciente potencial doador; PercepÃÃo do Enfermeiro sobre a sua prÃtica junto ao paciente potencial doador de ÃrgÃos e tecidos; Impacto da assistÃncia do Enfermeiro na concretizaÃÃo da doaÃÃo de ÃrgÃo e tecidos. A observaÃÃo sistemÃtica da assistÃncia dos Enfermeiros ao potencial doador de ÃrgÃos foi utilizada como contra ponto ao discurso dos sujeitos ao definirem sua prÃtica junto ao paciente e sua famÃlia. A percepÃÃo dos Enfermeiros acerca do processo de doaÃÃo de ÃrgÃos està permeada por questÃes culturais, filosÃficas, Ãticas e emocionais, relacionadas ao: significado da doaÃÃo de ÃrgÃos; falta de capacitaÃÃo tÃcnico-cientÃfica; dificuldades emocionais de lidar com o paciente e com a famÃlia. O processo de doaÃÃo de ÃrgÃos e tecidos à complexo e, muitas vezes, difÃcil para os envolvidos. Constatamos que o Enfermeiro, apesar de reconhecer que nÃo possui formaÃÃo tÃcnica especÃfica para atuar junto a este tipo de clientela, considera que desempenha um papel determinante no processo doaÃÃo-transplante. Em sua prÃtica, desenvolve o cuidado voltado, principalmente, para a monitorizaÃÃo e manutenÃÃo hemodinÃmica e, tambÃm, para orientar e acolher os familiares, considerando que todos estes cuidados podem ser determinante ao sucesso da concretizaÃÃo da doaÃÃo. As dificuldades vivenciadas pelo Enfermeiro tÃm repercussÃes pessoais que influenciam em sua saÃde fÃsica e emocional, e, tambÃm, na qualidade da assistÃncia ou desassistÃncia ao paciente e sua famÃlia. A aproximaÃÃo da realidade estudada nos permitiu conhecer um pouco da prÃtica complexa e multifacetada, desenvolvida pelo Enfermeiro, em um ambiente tenso e crÃtico, onde a dor, o sofrimento, a morte, a vida, a esperanÃa, a inseguranÃa e tantos outros sentimentos, se misturam e se dimensionam na individualidade de cada profissional e do paciente e da sua famÃlia.