Adoption of ICU Telemedicine in the United States
What's the optimal strategy for using this technology most effectively and efficiently over time?
Category : intensive care : Health & Medical
Septic Shock: Is EGDT Still Necessary?
The investigators in a new trial tested whether all aspects of early goal-directed therapy (EGDT) are necessary in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock.
Heliox Improves Hemodynamics in Ventilated Patients w/COPD
COPD patients with persistent intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure-induced hemodynamic changes despite ventilator management may benefit from heliox.
The Efficacy and Safety of Heparin in Patients With Sepsis
Learn more about heparin use in patients with sepsis, septic shock, or disseminated intravascular coagulation associated with infection.
Changes In Critical Care Beds And Occupancy In The United States 1985-2000
Across hospitals of all sizes, CCM bed numbers are increasing, whereas non-CCM bed numbers are decreasing. Does this fit our demographics?
Coping and Posttraumatic Stress in Family Decision Makers
How is coping strategy use connected to post-traumatic stress in family decision-makers of ICU patients?
Trauma's Long-term Consequences
Few large studies have examined the long-term effects of trauma, so these findings are especially important.
Intensive Care Use and Mortality After Healthcare Reform
What lessons can be gleaned from Massachusetts healthcare reform?
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.
Status Epilepticus: Impact of Therapeutic Coma on Outcome
Therapeutic coma is advocated in guidelines for management of refractory status epilepticus, but does the evidence still hold?
Relieving Suffering or Intentionally Hastening Death
The objective of the study was was to demonstrate that there is no clear-cut distinction between treatments administered to relieve pain and suffering and those intended to shorten the dying process.
Infection Management Guidelines and Outcomes in Severe Sepsis
Find out about the tight connection between sepsis guideline-driven initial infection management and patient outcome.
Effects of Plasma Expansion With Albumin and Paracentesis on Haemodynamics
Paracentesis with parameter-guided fluid substitution and maintenance of central blood volume may improve renal function in the treatment of patients with hepatorenal failure.
Skype and FaceTime Updates With Parents in the NICU
Providing updates via videoconferencing offers a new means of communicating with parents when they are unable to visit the NICU.
Adverse Events in Patients After Discharge From the Intensive Care Unit
More than 30% of patients discharged from the ICU experienced an adverse event. Is there anything clinicians can do to alter this outcome?
ADDRESS Long-Term Follow-Up: One-Year Safety and Efficacy Evaluation
This study, performed as an addendum to the placebo-controlled ADDRESS study, reports risk of death and evidence of harm at 1 year associated with drotrecogin alfa (activated).
Melatonin Therapy to Improve Nocturnal Sleep in Critically Ill Patients
Reduction in plasma melatonin levels and loss of circadian rhythm observed in critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation may contribute to this irregular sleep-wake pattern.
National Approach to Surveillance for Ventilator-Associated Events
Finally ventilator associated events have standardized definitions and data collection methods. Will standardization positively impact patient care or add to the burden?
Nutrition Support Protocol in Critically Ill Patients
When eating is out of the question and nutritional needs are escalated, a protocol for feeding may be just the ticket.
Early Sedation and Outcomes of Mechanically Ventilated Patients
What's wrong with early deep sedation in mechanically ventilated patients?