Agitation and Associated Factors in Critically Ill Adults
Agitation in critically ill adults can result in life-threatening events for patients or care providers. Find out how to crack the code and stop the cycle.
Category : intensive care : Health & Medical
Early vs Late Tracheotomy for Prevention of VAP
Are the anticipated benefits of early tracheotomy real, or does early tracheotomy subject more patients to an unnecessary procedure?
RAS Activation Correlates With Microvascular Dysfunction
What's the clinical significance of this association?
Eye Care in the Intensive Care Unit: Narrative Review and Meta-Analysis
Patients in the ICU are at increased risk of exposure keratopathy, which can progress to microbial keratitis and visual loss if untreated. Clinical presentation and tips are reviewed in this article.
Propensity Scores--Here, There, and Everywhere
Are the popular new propensity scores useful or just another 'weapon of mass destruction'?
Arterial Catheter for Glucose Control in Critically Ill
Is blood from an arterial catheter safe and effective for glucose monitoring -- in patients on intensive insulin therapy?
Beta-blockers in the Critically Ill: Physiology to Evidence
What's the latest on using beta-blockers in critically ill patients affected by sepsis, acute respiratory failure and traumatic brain injury?
Bereavement Care of Families of Critically Ill or Dying Infants
Education on bereavement may affect nurses comfort when caring for families of critically ill or dying infants.
Noninvasive Ventilation and the ICU
Is noninvasive ventilation an ICU technique or is it really a ward technique used to try to keep patients out of ICU?
Computerized Insulin Calculator and Glycemic Control
How well does a computerized insulin dose calculator facilitate management of glycemic control - for critically ill cardiac patients?
Fatality After Ingestion of Sustained-Release Ibuprofen
A report of a fatality from isolated toxicity following self-poisoning with sustained-release ibuprofen.
Critical Care of the Burn Patient: The First 48 Hours
This article provides an overview of some of the most important resuscitation and monitoring issues and approaches that are unique to burn patients compared with other ICU patients.
Preventing Hypokalemia in Critically Ill Patients
Does administering potassium preemptively in maintenance intravenous fluid prevent episodes of hypokalemia and reduce the need for potassium boluses?
Expert Interview With Kenneth Mattox, MD: Lessons From Katrina
Physicians caring for the 25,000 evacuees at the Houston Astrodome tell us the good, the bad, and what they would do differently next time, should there be a next time.
Use of IV Iron in a Hemodialysis Patient
What about the use of intravenous iron in a patient on hemodialysis who has decreased absorption through the GI tract?
Epoetin Therapy Guidelines for Secondary Anemia
What are the latest ASH/ASCO guidelines for epoetin therapy for cancer- and CKD-induced anemia?
25-Hydroxyvitamin D Deficiency and Mortality in Severe Sepsis
Is vitamin D a lifesaver for patients in septic shock?
CMV and Critical Care
CMV: a newly identified risk factor for adverse outcomes in critically ill patients.
Chlorhexidine, Toothbrushing, and Preventing VAP in Critically Ill Adults
When resources are tight, what works best for VAP prevention?
Perceptions Related to Falls Among Hospitalized Adults
How willing and able are patients -- when it comes to preventing falls while in the hospital?