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intensive care : Health & Medical
Providing End-of-Life Care to Patients: Obstacles and Supports
The biggest obstacle to appropriate end-of-life care in the ICU patients' families that remove nurses from caring for patients and more. What goes on in your ICU?
Intensive Insulin Therapy Improves Insulin Sensitivity
Tighter glucose control may have several clinical benefits for severely burned children.
Error in ICU: Repurcussions and Defense Mechanisms
Find out what impacts capacity to acknowledge and disclose error and to learn from them.
Ultrasound and Pulse Ox vs CXR and ABGs for ARDS Diagnosis
Which tools are most useful to detect lung abnormalities consistent with ARDS in under-resourced settings?
Effect of Selenium Therapy on Mortality in Sepsis Syndrome
Are high-dose selenium supplements safe when compared to placebo -- in patients with sepsis?
Influence of Case-Volume on Acute COPD Exacerbation Outcomes
Learn more about the use of noninvasive ventilation during acute exacerbations of COPD in ICUs.
Short Women With Sepsis-Related Acute Lung Injury
Learn why short women with sepsis-related acute lung injury are treated differently from those who are taller.
Pneumoperitoneum After Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy in ICU Patients
Most clinicians consider a small pneumoperitoneum in patients following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy to be benign. What is your opinion?
Patients' Bath Basins as Potential Sources of Infection
Nosocomial infections are linked to a high number of patient deaths and bath basins may expose hospitalized patients to dangerous pathogens.
Acetaminophen for Oxidative Injury in Severe Sepsis
Which patients benefit from acetaminophen within 24 hours of ICU admission for severe sepsis?
Impact of Intensive Care on Renal Function Before Graft Harvest
Use of epinephrine and mannitol in the resuscitation of brain-dead donors is associated with impairment of kidney function and graft harvest should be performed <24 hours after brain death diagnosis.
Do Earplugs and Eye Masks Affect Sleep in the Critically Ill?
Does blocking out noxious sensory input improve sleep and sanity for patients in ICU?
Following Severe Injury, Hypocholesterolemia Improves
In 1994 Dunham and coworkers demonstrated that patients with severe trauma had a sudden reduction in total serum cholesterol concentration.
Preexisting Comorbid Psychiatric Conditions and Mortality in ICU Patients
Do psychiatric diagnoses increase the risk of death among patients in ICU settings?
MEDLINE Abstracts: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
What's new in the literature on acute respiratory distress syndrome?
Do Windows Affect Outcomes Among Patients in ICUs?
An ICU room with natural light may help sleep for some patients, but how does it impact the bottom line?
Transitions: Critical Care Outreach in End-of-Life Decisions
Escalation of levels of care is often not questioned until patients become critically or acutely unwell.
Dexmedetomidine Use in the ICU
Learn more about the efficacy of dexmedetomidine vs midazolam or propofol in maintaining sedation, reducing duration of mechanical ventilation, and improving patients' interaction.
The Very Elderly Admitted to ICU: A Quality Finish?
Find out about aspects of care that can be improved when death is imminent - due to old age.
Two Decades of Mortality Trends in Severe Sepsis
Compare time trends in severe sepsis mortality using both clinical trial data and administrative data -- to find out if we're saving more lives today.