Cognitive Dysfunction, Psychiatric Distress, and Functional Decline After COVID-19

Cognitive Dysfunction, Psychiatric Distress, and Functional Decline After COVID-19

At approximately 4 months after acute illness, cognitive dysfunction, emotional distress, and functional decline were common among a diverse clinical sample of COVID-19 survivors varying in acute illness severity. Patients... read more

Clinical Communication with Families in the Age of COVID-19

Clinical Communication with Families in the Age of COVID-19

The admission of a critically ill patient to an intensive care unit (ICU) is a distressing event for the patient, their family and friends, which has been amplified by the impact of the covid-19 pandemic. Many hospitals... read more

Optimal Sleep Health Among Frontline Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Optimal Sleep Health Among Frontline Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Since the start of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, it has been declared a pandemic and has now involved over 200 countries. Adverse effects on the mental health of frontline... read more

Psychological Consequences of ICU Admission

Psychological Consequences of ICU Admission

For most patients and their families, admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) is an unanticipated event that causes substantial psychological distress. For patients, short- and long-term consequences include delirium,... read more

Mechanical Ventilation Sedation Necessary for Comfort According to Nurses

Mechanical Ventilation Sedation Necessary for Comfort According to Nurses

Nurses' attitudes toward sedating patients receiving mechanical ventilation have shifted in the past decade, with fewer nurses now believing that all patients should be sedated. However, more than half of nurses still agree... read more

Antipsychotics to Treat Delirium in Hospitalized Patients Not Including the ICUs

Antipsychotics to Treat Delirium in Hospitalized Patients Not Including the ICUs

No evidence has been found to support or refute the suggestion that antipsychotics shorten the course of delirium in hospitalized patients. Based on the available studies, antipsychotics do not reduce the severity of delirium... read more

Ketamine Sedation for Patients With Acute Behavioral Disturbance During Aeromedical Retrieval

Ketamine Sedation for Patients With Acute Behavioral Disturbance During Aeromedical Retrieval

Acute behavioural disturbance(ABD), also known as Excited Delirium Syndrome, is a medical emergency with reported mortality of 8-10%. The management of ABD usually involves a judicious combination of de-escalation techniques,... read more

Psychology Consultation Patterns in a Medical ICU

Psychology Consultation Patterns in a Medical ICU

Intensive care unit (ICU) survivors frequently experience long-lasting mental health, cognitive, and physiologic challenges. Psychologists have a role in providing interventions to reduce patient distress during critical... read more

Aid Tool Does Not Help Care Decisions in Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation

Aid Tool Does Not Help Care Decisions in Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation

Treatment decisions commonly have to be made in intensive care units (ICUs). These decisions are difficult for surrogate decision makers and often lead to decisional conflict, psychological distress, and treatments misaligned... read more

NHS Cancels 14% of Operations at Last Minute

NHS Cancels 14% of Operations at Last Minute

One in seven NHS hospital operations are being cancelled just before they are due to take place, often because of a lack of beds, staff or operating theatres, research reveals. Of 26,171 procedures due to take place during... read more

A Qualitative Study Exploring Moral Distress in the ICU Team

A Qualitative Study Exploring Moral Distress in the ICU Team

This study identified the ways in which moral distress manifests across critical care disciplines in different ICU environments. Our results have potential implications for patient care. First, when clinicians alter the content... read more

Psychological Burnout and Critical Care Medicine

Psychological Burnout and Critical Care Medicine

While you are likely proud to be a critical care medicine (CCM) practitioner, does work routinely leave you increasingly drained? Do you feel resentful about requests for "futile interventions" and unwilling to absorb others'... read more

Targeting Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury

Targeting Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury

We propose that the most promising therapeutic strategies to explore are interleukin-10 therapy, down-modulating C-reactive protein levels, targeting reactive oxygen species, or blocking the interleukin-8 receptors; all focused... read more

Moral distress and its contribution to the development of burnout syndrome among critical care providers

Moral distress and its contribution to the development of burnout syndrome among critical care providers

Correlation between moral distress and burnout was assessed among all intensive care unit (ICU) and the step–down unit (SDU) providers (physicians, nurses, nurse technicians and respiratory therapists). Researchers reported... read more