TCI: The Dyck Model for dexmedetomidine
Dexmedetomidine is a drug that has recently started to be used which has sedative, analgesic and anxiolitic properties. It used in Intensive Care Units for patients with assisted mechanical ventilation, for some types of conscious sedations (the patient can open their...
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All-In-One Concept: A Pump for all Areas of the Hospital
Intravenous drug infusion is something that is routinely used in all areas of a hospital, which is why at arcomed we have developed the All-In-One concept: the same pump (volumetric or syringe) can be used in any area of the hospital, from the ICU to the operating...
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Patient Safety: DERS (Drug-Error Reduction Systems)
The safety of patients admitted into hospital is a key part of ensuring that they are comfortable, that they trust the professionals looking after them, and that they are receiving the best possible care. This is a fundamental principle of health care: the patient is...
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Why easy handling of pumps and quick start for infusion means cost savings for hospitals
Infusion pumps are one of the most used devices in hospitals. As a result, any advantage of an infusion pump over another can be crucial, not only in the patient’s greater comfort or security systems it involves, but also for the savings in time. We will look at two...
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Non-cytostatic vesicant drugs infusion. Precautions for preventing extravasation
We recently dedicated one of our blog articles to the infusion of cytostatic drugs as part of chemotherapy for treating various types of cancer. One of the characteristics of these drugs is their irritating or vesicant capacity. However, chemotherapeutic agents are...
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Antibiotic intravenous infusion therapy: Precautions for avoiding complications
The antibiotic intravenous infusion therapy is a common therapy in hospitals and it has become more popular in recent years, parallel to the increase in bacterial resistance to many common antibiotics that are administered orally. In these cases, antibiotic...
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Remote monitoring systems in hospitals and eHealth. The present and future of patient care
Digitalisation is something present in every aspect of our daily lives. We spend a large part of our lives on social media, for most of the population it is difficult to envisage daily life without smartphones, cars, houses and even cities that are increasingly more...
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Why let the patient control their own pain?
Pain treatment as a symptom of multiple illnesses has been increasingly important over recent decades. Pain Units are no longer uncommon in most large hospitals (and those that are no so large). Similarly, Palliative Care in patients with very advanced or irreversible...
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Comparison between conventional epidural analgesia and PIEB
The introduction of epidural analgesia to delivery rooms meant a fundamental advance at a moment of a woman’s life that can be both traumatic and happy at the same time. Today the epidural analgesia is used in all hospital delivery rooms, at least in more developed...
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New applications of hyperbaric medicine
Hyperbaric medicine (also called hyperbaric oxygen therapy or HBOT) is a growing branch of medicine based on the use of hyperbaric chambers in which the patient breathes pure oxygen or compressed air at above atmospheric pressure(generally between 2 and 3 absolute...
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