Tag: discharge
Left Ventricular Wall Findings in Non-electrocardiography-gated CE-CT After ECPR
Few studies have reported left ventricular wall findings in contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CE-CT) after extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR). This study examined left ventricular wall CE-CT findings... read more
Surviving Critical Illness: What Is Next?
This consensus-based framework for PT after hospital discharge aims to improve long-term outcomes for survivors of critical illness. Physical therapists should seek close collaboration with the multidisciplinary team... read more
20 Percent of Patients Hospitalized for Cardiac Arrest Readmitted Within a Month
This cohort study found increased rates of readmission among patients who survived cardiac arrest. Early follow-up with health care professionals may enable timely management of both cardiac and general medical conditions... read more
Mental Health Medication Use In Parents After A Child’s PICU Admission
This was the first large study to examine mental health medication use in parents after PICU admission for their children. Antidepressant and anxiolytic incidence rates for parents with critically ill children increased... read more
Impact of Critical Illness on Resource Utilization
An ICU admission is associated with increased resource utilization including hospital readmissions, with many due to an ambulatory care sensitive condition. Lower socioeconomic status and higher severity of illness are associated... read more
Impact of Vasoactive Medications on ICU-Acquired Weakness in Mechanically Ventilated Patients
In mechanically ventilated patients enrolled in a randomized clinical trial of early mobilization, the use of vasoactive medications was independently associated with the development of ICU-acquired weakness. Prospective... read more
Outcomes of Critically Ill Patients Who Received Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Although overall survival of ICU patients was 15.9%, patients requiring pressors and who experienced a CPA in an ICU were half as likely to survive to discharge and to be discharged home than patients not taking pressors.... read more
Increased Hospital-Based Physical Rehabilitation and Information Provision After ICU Discharge
Post-ICU hospital-based rehabilitation, including increased physical and nutritional therapy plus information provision, did not improve physical recovery or HRQOL, but improved patient satisfaction with many aspects of recovery.... read more
Hoopla Aside, hs-cTnI is Not Catching Missed Mis
We have been searching for a tool to identify myocardial infarction patients who are truly safe for discharge ever since Pope, et al., found that we were discharging two percent of patients with MIs from the emergency department.... read more
Assessment of the Safety of Discharging Select Patients Directly Home From the ICU
The discharge of select adult patients directly home from the ICU is common, and it is not associated with increased health care utilization or increased mortality. Among the 6732 patients included in the study, 2826 (42%)... read more
Risk Factors for 1-Year Mortality and Hospital Utilization Patterns in Critical Care Survivors
One in five ICU survivors die within 1 year, with advanced age and comorbidity being significant predictors of outcome, leading to high resource use. Care process factors indicating high system stress were associated with... read more
Caring for Critically Ill Patients with the ABCDEF Bundle
ABCDEF bundle performance showed significant and clinically meaningful improvements in outcomes including survival, mechanical ventilation use, coma, delirium, restraint-free care, ICU readmissions, and post-ICU discharge... read more
Feasibility and Perceptions of PICU Diaries
The use of ICU diaries in the PICU setting is feasible and perceived as beneficial by families of critically ill children. Future studies are needed to better understand if PICU diaries may objectively improve psychologic... read more
Should ICU clinicians follow patients after ICU discharge? No
Post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) describes new or worsening impairments of physical, cognitive or mental health resulting from an episode of critical illness and its treatment and lasting after discharge... read more
