The Needs of Families of Trauma Intensive Care Patients

The Needs of Families of Trauma Intensive Care Patients

This mixed methods study identified that families of trauma patients have different needs to families of general patients and the nurses rated the needs of the families of trauma patients as less important than the families... read more

Perspectives on Strained ICU Capacity: A Survey of Critical Care Professionals

Perspectives on Strained ICU Capacity: A Survey of Critical Care Professionals

Strained intensive care unit (ICU) capacity represents a supply-demand mismatch in ICU care. Limited data have explored health care worker (HCW) perceptions of strain. Strained capacity is perceived as common among inter-professional... read more

Hospitalists Are the New Intensivists

Hospitalists Are the New Intensivists

Intensivists may get all the credit, but over 37,000 hospitalists provide much of the care for ICU patients in the U.S. According to a recent survey, they often do it without the presence or availability of intensivists for... read more

Clinical Trial Participants’ Views of the Risks and Benefits of Data Sharing

Clinical Trial Participants’ Views of the Risks and Benefits of Data Sharing

In a survey of participants in clinical trials, most believe the potential benefits of data sharing outweigh potential negative consequences and are willing to share their data. Less than 8% of respondents felt that the potential... read more

Associations With Psychological Outcomes Among Family Members of Mechanical Ventilation Survivors

Associations With Psychological Outcomes Among Family Members of Mechanical Ventilation Survivors

In this multicenter cross-sectional survey, we interviewed family members of mechanically ventilated patients at the time of transfer from the ICU to the hospital ward. To our knowledge, this is the first study to explore... read more

NHS ICUs Sending Patients Elsewhere Due to Lack of Beds

NHS ICUs Sending Patients Elsewhere Due to Lack of Beds

Six in ten UK ICUs cannot function normally because they are so short of nurses, a survey has found. Patients whose lives are at risk are being turned away from their local hospitals because of a lack of intensive care beds,... read more

Teaching Internal Medicine Residents About Palliative Care

Teaching Internal Medicine Residents About Palliative Care

A survey of nearly 800 resident physicians suggested that 90% deemed their residency education on the topic to be inadequate; 25% did not feel comfortable discussing end-of-life care with patients. Teachable moments in medicine... read more

Effect of Standardized Handoff Curriculum on Improved Clinician Preparedness in the ICU

Effect of Standardized Handoff Curriculum on Improved Clinician Preparedness in the ICU

The UW-IPASS standardized handoff curriculum was perceived to improve intensive care provider preparedness and workflow. IPASS-based curricula represent an important step forward in communication standardization efforts and... read more

Guidelines for the Content of Statistical Analysis Plans in Clinical Trials

Guidelines for the Content of Statistical Analysis Plans in Clinical Trials

While guidance on statistical principles for clinical trials exists, there is an absence of guidance covering the required content of statistical analysis plans (SAPs) to support transparency and reproducibility. Recommendations... read more

iSepsis – A 30ml/kg Bolus: Yes or No -The Results

iSepsis – A 30ml/kg Bolus: Yes or No -The Results

The results of both surveys are not surprising. This recommendation has never been prospectively tested in a large RCT and has little supporting evidence. Imagine the American Heart Association (AHA) or the American Diabetes... read more

A Measure of Physicians’ Motivation to Adopt Medical Devices

A Measure of Physicians’ Motivation to Adopt Medical Devices

This is the first reliable and valid scale to measure physicians' adoption motivation. Future adoption studies assessing the individual level should include the PMA scale to obtain more information about the role of physicians’... read more

Worldwide Survey of the ABCDEF Bundle in the ICU

Worldwide Survey of the ABCDEF Bundle in the ICU

The current implementation of the ABCDEF bundle varies across individual components and regions. We identified specific targets for quality improvement and adoption of the ABCDEF bundle. Our data reflect a significant but... read more

International Survey of Critically Ill Children with Acute Neurological Insults

International Survey of Critically Ill Children with Acute Neurological Insults

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks with Ericka L. Fink, MD, MS, about the PANGEA study (Prevalence of Acute Critical Neurological Disease in Children: A Global Epidemiological Assessment), published in the April 2017 issue... read more

Developing an ICU Diary in the Pediatric ICU

Todd Fraser, MD, speaks with Jenny Tcharmtchi, BSN, RN, CCRN, about the article, "Family Experience in the PICU," published in Critical Connections, the Society of Critical Care Medicine's newsletter. Ms. Tcharmtchi... read more