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Key Enablers and Barriers for Improving ICU Outcomes

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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

 
 
Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis Evaluation

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Neonatal Early-Onset Sepsis Evaluation

Twelve years ago, we began a National Institutes of Health–funded study of neonatal early-onset sepsis (EOS) whose goal was to develop multivariate predictive models that could be used by clinicians to evaluate a newborn’s... read more

 
 
Sepsis: Definitions, Pathophysiology and the Challenge of Bedside Management

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Sepsis: Definitions, Pathophysiology and the Challenge of Bedside Management

A comprehensive and state-of-the-art resource for clinicians who care for patients with sepsis and research scientist alike. Patients with severe sepsis requiring ICU admission have very high rates of ICU and overall hospital... read more

 
 
ICU Bloodstream Infections Reduced by 80 Percent

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ICU Bloodstream Infections Reduced by 80 Percent

Bloodstream infections acquired in UK Intensive Care Units (ICUs) reduced by 80% between 2007 and 2012, according to research funded by Biomedical Research Centres (BRC). The findings are based on data collected from over... read more

 
 
Science and Practice of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

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Science and Practice of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

The field of critical care medicine is in the midst of a dramatic change. Technological and scientific advances during the last decade have resulted in a fundamental change in the way we view disease processes, such as sepsis,... read more

 

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Sedation is Necessary to Minimize Patients’ Discomfort During Mechanical Ventilation

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Sedation is Necessary to Minimize Patients’ Discomfort During Mechanical Ventilation

More than half of critical care nurses believe sedation is needed to minimize discomfort and distress among patients receiving mechanical ventilation, according to survey results published recently in the American Journal... 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

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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

 
 
Platelet Function During ECMO in Adult Patients

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Platelet Function During ECMO in Adult Patients

Employing impedance aggregometry and flow cytometry, we found both impaired platelet aggregation and decreased platelet activation on day 1 of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) support compared with healthy controls.... read more

 
 
Mechanical Ventilation Management during ECMO for ARDS

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Mechanical Ventilation Management during ECMO for ARDS

Ultra-protective lung ventilation on ECMO was largely adopted across medium to high case-volume ECMO centers. In contrast with previous observations, mechanical ventilation settings during ECMO did not impact patients’... read more

 
 
ICU Manual

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ICU Manual

This practical guide provides a multidisciplinary, clinically oriented approach to the management of patients in intensive care. The book discusses the complete range of specialties, including cardiology, pulmonology, gastroenterology,... read more

 
 
Determinants of Health-Related Quality of Life After ICU

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Determinants of Health-Related Quality of Life After ICU

Preexisting comorbidity counts, but not severity of ICU illness, are strongly associated with health-related quality of life and physical symptoms in the year following critical illness. We prospectively collected data for... read more

 
 
The Complex Kinetics of Blood Endocan During the Time Course of Sepsis and ARDS

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The Complex Kinetics of Blood Endocan During the Time Course of Sepsis and ARDS

This study highlights the kinetics of endocan in severe sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), thus helping to understand the apparently conflicting results observed in the literature. However, the interpretability... read more

 
 
Pediatric Critical Care: A Primer for All Clinicians

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Pediatric Critical Care: A Primer for All Clinicians

Pediatric critical care is an emotionally and intellectually demanding field of medicine; however, it is at its core the discipline focused on saving and improving the lives of children affected by acute and chronic illnesses,... read more

 
 
Mechanical Ventilation-induced Diaphragm Atrophy Strongly Impacts Clinical Outcomes

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Mechanical Ventilation-induced Diaphragm Atrophy Strongly Impacts Clinical Outcomes

Diaphragm atrophy developing during mechanical ventilation strongly impacts clinical outcomes. Targeting an inspiratory effort level similar to that of healthy subjects at rest might accelerate liberation from ventilation.... read more

 
 
Antipsychotics Not Helpful for Delirium in ICU

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Antipsychotics Not Helpful for Delirium in ICU

Delirium is a confused mental state that includes changes in awareness, thinking, judgment, sleeping patterns, and behavior. It can affect patients of any age but is more common among older adults who experience major illness... read more

 
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