A Method of Predicting Critical Illness in the Emergency Department
Is it possible to use out-of-hospital factors to predict which nontrauma patients will require critical care? If so, it may be a step closer to regionalization of emergency care.
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Iron Deficiency and Gastric Bypass Surgery
A 30-year-old woman with a history of gastric bypass is now pregnant and has severe iron-deficiency anemia.
Reduce Use of Indwelling Urinary Catheters and Decrease UTI's
Can memory jogs for staff help to prevent urinary tract infections for patients with indwelling catheters?
Fluid Management With Simplified Conservative ARDS Protocol
Compare the performance of FACTT Lite, FACTT Conservative, and FACTT Liberal protocols.
Influence of Case-Volume on Acute COPD Exacerbation Outcomes
Learn more about the use of noninvasive ventilation during acute exacerbations of COPD in ICUs.
Management of Crohn's Disease and Microcytic Anemia
Is it reasonable to treat with a total dose infusion of parenteral iron if she is unable to tolerate oral iron?
Ask the Experts - Pulmonary Vasodilators
Can we use pulmonary vasodilators (like sodium nitroprusside) in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) if there are no facilities to use nitric oxide?
Prevalence and Consequences of NonAdherence to Hemodialysis Regimens
Research on nonadherence is associated with 2 major obstacles: inconsistencies in definitions and invalid measurement methods.
Validity of the Braden Scale for Patients in ICU
Get the skinny on skin breakdown prevention. Is the Braden Scale worth the time it takes to administer?
Surfactant Therapy for Acute Respiratory Failure in Children
Exogenous surfactant decreased mortality, increased ventilator-free days, and reduced the duration of ventilation in children mechanically ventilated for acute respiratory failure.
Is Early Parenteral Nutrition Better in the Critically Ill?
Dr. Greg Martin weighs in on the controversy surrounding early vs late parenteral nutrition in critically ill patients.
Strategies to Identify, Interrupt, and Correct Medical Errors
Nursing vigilance prevents many potentially dangerous situations from reaching and harming patients. Find out how.
Cutaneous Vascular Reactivity to Vasopressin
Does Supplementary AVP infusion in patients with advanced vasodilatory shock and severe postoperative multiple organ dysfunction syndrome compromise cutaneous reactive hyperaemia and flowmotion when compared with norepinephrine infusion alone?
Outcomes Associated With Central Catheter in Septic Shock
How well have we done with central line placement for septic shock?
Potentially Preventable Hospital Exposures and ARDS
Find out what specific hospital exposures impact the rate of acute respiratory distress syndrome development among at-risk patients.
What Have We Done on Medscape Critical Care in 2003?
A look back on the year in critical care medicine
Multivariate Analysis of Risk Factors for QT Prolongation
Hypokalemia and many types of electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormality are observed during the acute phase of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH).
Metformin Attenuates Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury
How does metformin affect the severity of ventilator-induced lung injury?
Patients With Acute Lung Injury
Does lower tidal volume ventilation decrease in plasma cytokines in patients with acute lung injury?
Rehospitalizations Following Sepsis: Common and Costly
Sepsis management is wide-open for quality improvement. Where to begin?