Risk Factors of Readmissions in Severe Sepsis Survivors
How common and costly are reamissions for sepsis survivors?
Category : intensive care : Health & Medical
Candida Bloodstream Infections in Intensive Care Units
Candida bloodstream infections in intensive care unit patients are compared with bacterial bloodstream infections in the same population.
Medication Errors in Critically Ill Adults
In an ICU environment, critically ill patients are particularly susceptible to the consequences of errors. What do we need to do to eliminate medication errors?
Risk of Severe Sepsis After Acute Kidney Injury
Does dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury rev up the risk for severe sepsis?
Propensity Scores--Here, There, and Everywhere
Are the popular new propensity scores useful or just another 'weapon of mass destruction'?
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.
Albumin and Furosemide Therapy in Hypoproteinemic Patients
Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) may affect as many as 150,000 people per year in the United States, with mortality exceeding 40% in most published series.
Helium/Oxygen Mixture Reduces the Work of Breathing
The following study was designed to test the hypothesis that the helium/oxygen mixture could reduce the work of breathing and the dynamic intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure in COPD patients.
A Stormy Postoperative Course
What caused this man to decompensate so quickly in the postanesthesia care unit?
Prolonged Acute Mechanical Ventilation, Hospital Resource Utilization
Do patients requiring prolonged acute mechanical ventilation have the same likelihood of being discharged alive as those on shorter-term mechanical ventilation?
Body Temperature and Mortality in Patients With ARDS
Should clinicians routinely intervene to suppress fever in critically ill patients?
Effects of Local Anesthetics on Pain with Intravenous Catheter Insertion
Do nurses routinely offer lidocaine (or other anesthetics) before inserting an IV?
Ventilation in Critically Ill With Acute Exacerbation of COPD
Which critically ill patients with COPD are candidates for noninvasive ventilation as a first-line therapy?
Temporal Change, Reproducibility, and Interobserver Variability
The pressure volume (PV) curve of the respiratory system has been proposed as a method to individualize positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and ventilator settings in patients with acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
Plasma Interleukin-8 is not an Effective Risk Stratification Tool for Adults
Plasma biomarkers provide a potentially useful approach to risk stratification of patients before enrollment in clinical trials, but may not be ready for prime time use across populations.
ICU Delirium: An Expert Interview With E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH
Hypoactive vs hyperactive delirium, do you know the critical difference?
Effect of Lavender on Vital Signs and Sleep in Intermediate Care Unit
Does lavender oil improve sleep quality for patients in intermediate care?
Folate and Endothelial Function
Is there a definitive relevance about a folate-positive action on endothelial function independently from correction of hyperhomocystinemia?
Patients Family Members During Critical Care Hospitalization
More interpersonal contact with medical staff can help meet the information needs of patients' families, facilitate a sense of optimism in family members and encouraging them to participate in care.
Comparison of Two Percutaneous Tracheostomy Techniques, Guide
There was no significant difference in major complications, either peri-operative or postoperative, between guide wire dilating forceps and Ciaglia Blue Rhino techniques.