Critical Patient
Description
The main lines of research of the Research Group in Infections of the Critical Patient are the following:
- Donation and transplantation of organs.
- Infections in critical patients.
- Nutritional treatment of critical patients.
- Serious traumatic diseases.
- Simulation in critical patients.
- Other aspects of critical patients.
The objectives of the Research Group in Infections of the Critical patients are the following:
Line 1: Donation and transplantation of organs.
- To improve the quality of the organs donated by means of actions applied to the donor.
- To implement and cooperate in the development of new techniques to obtain organs (uncontrolled or controlled asystole, etc.).
- To analyze the characteristics of the immediate post-operative period in liver transplantations from a global perspective to detect risk patterns for the onset of complications.
- To investigate the role of extracorporeal liver clearance techniques in acute liver failure secondary to graft dysfunction.
- To assess the characteristics of the post-operative evolution of patients who have received a graft from a donor in cardiac arrest.
Line 2: Infections in critical patients.
- To develop actions aimed at improving the monitoring and prevention of nosocomial infections.
- To implement measures to improve the different aspects of antimicrobial treatment
Line 3: Promoting research on nutritional treatment in critical patients.
- To examine the possibilities of nutritional assessment and the calculation of requirements.
- To further study the metabolic and nutritional characteristics of liver transplantations.
- To analyze problems related to enteral and parenteral nutrition.
Line 4: Serious traumatic diseases.
- To administer the initial care of patients with serious trauma.
- To analyze aspects derived from treatments with blood components.
- To monitor and identify treatment objectives.
Line 5: Simulation in critical patients.
- To develop and evaluate simulation models.
- To identify clinical scenarios for the simulation.
Line 6: Other aspects of critical patients.
- Extracorporeal clearance and/or support systems.
- Ethical aspects and humanization in the care of critical patients.
- Music therapy in the intensive care unit (ICU).
- Organization of critical patient care.