The Speaker Gender Gap at Critical Care Conferences

The Speaker Gender Gap at Critical Care Conferences

There is a speaker gender gap at critical care conferences, with male faculty outnumbering female faculty. This gap is more marked among physician speakers than those speakers representing nursing and allied health professionals.... read more

Occupational Therapy in the ICU

Occupational Therapy in the ICU

The role of occupational therapists in ICU rehabilitation is not currently well established. Current interventions in the ICU are dominated by physical rehabilitation with a growing role in communication and delirium... read more

Traditional vs. Alternative Metrics to Measure the Impact on Critical Care Medicine

Traditional vs. Alternative Metrics to Measure the Impact on Critical Care Medicine

In this analysis of major pulmonary and critical care journals the correlation between traditional publishing metrics and Altmetric Attention Scores (AAS) was fair, with a strong positive correlation between citations and... read more

Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis

Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis

A riveting exploration of the most difficult and important part of what doctors do, by Yale School of Medicine physician Dr. Lisa Sanders, author of the monthly New York Times Magazine column "Diagnosis," the inspiration... read more

Key Enablers and Barriers for Improving ICU Outcomes

Key Enablers and Barriers for Improving ICU Outcomes

Several enablers and barriers to implementing ICU follow-up clinics and peer support groups should be taken into account and leveraged to improve ICU recovery. Among the most important enablers are motivated clinician leaders... read more

Implementation of a Standardized Transfusion Protocol for Cardiac Patients Treated With Venoarterial ECMO Is Associated With Decreased Blood Component Utilization and May Improve Clinical Outcome

The data indicate that implementation of a standardized transfusion protocol, using more restrictive transfusion indications in cardiac ECMO patients, was associated with reduced blood product utilization, decreased complications,... read more

Audiobooks As Good As The Old-fashioned Reading

Audiobooks As Good As The Old-fashioned Reading

With the rise of new technologies, long gone are the days of cassette tapes and CDs that made stopping, rewinding, learning, and restarting an audio recording an annoyance. Digital media now makes it possible for individuals... read more

Interhospital Transport on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation of Neonates

Interhospital Transport on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation of Neonates

In recent years the number of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) cases in neonates has been relatively constant. Future expansion lays in new indications for treatment. Regionalization to high-volume ECMO centers... read more

Holographic Telepresence  – Taking Trauma Care to the Next Level

Holographic Telepresence  – Taking Trauma Care to the Next Level

Advancing technology is all set to bring in a new era of highly-realistic holographic Telepresence. Throughout the history of science fiction and video gaming, we've seen holograms come in various shapes and sizes. Today,... read more

Poor Communication Between Physicians and Nurses Linked to Patient Catheter Issues

Poor Communication Between Physicians and Nurses Linked to Patient Catheter Issues

Communication is contextual, and improving physician-nurse communication about appropriate catheter use may require innovations that address the identified contextual barriers. Several barriers to communication between physicians... read more

Pain in the PICU: How and What Are We Doing?

Pain in the PICU: How and What Are We Doing?

Pain management in critically ill children is complex. Epidemiological research is needed to identify how often patients in pediatric intensive care units (PICU) experience pain and the practices being used to lessen pain. Critically... read more

Penn Finds a Way to Reduce ICU Doctor Burnout

Penn Finds a Way to Reduce ICU Doctor Burnout

Reducing the length of rotations in medical ICUs in half also reduces rates of physician burnout in half while additionally improving feelings of fulfillment, according to a new pilot study from Penn Medicine. The results... read more

Translational Simulation: Not “Where?” But “Why?” A Functional View of In SITU Simulation

Translational Simulation: Not “Where?” But “Why?” A Functional View of In SITU Simulation

Healthcare simulation has been widely adopted for health professional education at all stages of training and practice and across cognitive, procedural, communication and teamwork domains. Recent enthusiasm for in situ simulation—delivered... read more

Mapping Sources of Noise in an ICU

Mapping Sources of Noise in an ICU

Excessive noise in hospitals adversely affects patients' sleep and recovery, causes stress and fatigue in staff and hampers communication. The World Health Organization suggests sound levels should be limited to 35 decibels.... read more