Sepsis Guideline Implementation
Sepsis guidelines are useful in improving outcomes - if they're properly introduced into routine daily practice. Learn simple tactics for success.
Category : intensive care : Health & Medical
Rescue Treatment with TP in Youths with Refractory Septic Shock
The effects of terlipressin (TP) as a rescue treatment in children with catecholamine refractory hypotensive septic shock are examined.
Oxygen Therapy in Critical Illness
Are the benefits of attempting to fully reverse arterial hypoxemia outweighed by the harms associated with high concentrations of supplemental oxygen?
Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Underrecognition by Clinicians
Acute respiratory distress syndrome appears underrecognized by clinicians in patients who die with this syndrome. Complicating the matter is that the specificities of existing clinical definitions var
Recombinant Human Soluble Thrombomodulin in Patients With Sepsis
Is ART-123 as simple and safe as it sounds -- as an intervention in critically ill patients with sepsis and suspected disseminated intravascular coagulation?
Driving Pressure, Mediation Analysis, and Spontaneous Breathing
Will you be measuring driving pressures on your mechanically ventilated patients?
Procalcitonin for Reduction of Antibiotic Use in Asthma
Can serum procalcitonin levels be used to effectively and safely reduce antibiotic exposure in patients admitted for acute exacerbation of asthma?
Treatment of Sepsis in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
Recently, treatment with statins has been associated with reduced rates of sepsis and improved sepsis outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease.
Warfarin Use in Stroke Patients
What is the best approach to using warfarin in a patient with chronic atrial fibrillation and metallic prosthetic mitral valve using oral anticoagulant who suffers an embolic stroke?
The Effects of Different Weaning Modes on the Endocrine
Intubation and mechanical ventilation are safe and effective treatments for critically ill patients with respiratory failure.
Flushing Hemodynamic Catheters: What Does the Science Tell Us?
Is your protocol for flushing hemodynamic catheters evidence-based?
Interaction of Vasopressin and Corticosteroids in Septic Shock
What's the real story between vasopressin and corticosteroids in septic shock?
Comparison of Diagnostic Criteria of AKI in Critically Ill
Learn which criteria stand out for diagnosing critically ill patients -- who may have acute kidney injury.
Procalcitonin for Reduction of Antibiotic Use in Asthma
Can serum procalcitonin levels be used to effectively and safely reduce antibiotic exposure in patients admitted for acute exacerbation of asthma?
Erythropoietin Mimics the Acute Phase In Critical Illness
Progressive anaemia is common in critical illness and often requires treatment with repeated blood transfusions, which are costly and not without risk.
Supporting Low Tidal Volume Ventilation for Everyone
More justification for using 6 mL/kg of ideal body weight for everyone.
Rating the Quality of Intensive Care Units
Quality of care has been defined by the Institute of Medicine as the "degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes".
Optimal Timing of Transfer Out of the Intensive Care Unit
Is there a golden hour for transferring patients? Learn more about optimizing ICU transfers.
Perceptions Related to Falls Among Hospitalized Adults
How willing and able are patients -- when it comes to preventing falls while in the hospital?
Managing Iron Deficiency in End-Stage Renal Disease
Do you advocate oral therapy and, if so, for how long before switching over to IV iron?