Rapid, Positive Growth of Sepsis Coordinator Network Proves Need

Rapid, Positive Growth of Sepsis Coordinator Network Proves Need

Almost 1,000 healthcare professionals have joined the Sepsis Coordinator Network since its launch two months ago. There’s a saying that teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success and if the Sepsis Coordinator... read more

Difficult-to-Treat Resistance in Gram-negative Bacteremia at 173 US Hospitals: Retrospective Cohort Analysis of Prevalence, Predictors, and Outcome of Resistance to All First-line Agents

Difficult-to-Treat Resistance in Gram-negative Bacteremia at 173 US Hospitals: Retrospective Cohort Analysis of Prevalence, Predictors, and Outcome of Resistance to All First-line Agents

Nonsusceptibility to first-line antibiotics is associated with decreased survival in GNBSIs. DTR is a simple bedside prognostic measure of treatment-limiting coresistance. The Premier Database was analyzed for inpatients... read more

Controversial US Ketamine Trial Sparks Ethics Complaint

Controversial US Ketamine Trial Sparks Ethics Complaint

Advocacy group alleges that emergency medical workers in Minnesota gave patients ketamine injections without consent, despite known risks. A consumer-advocacy group is filing a complaint with the US government about two clinical... read more

Prehospital Plasma during Air Medical Transport in Trauma Patients at Risk for Hemorrhagic Shock

Prehospital Plasma during Air Medical Transport in Trauma Patients at Risk for Hemorrhagic Shock

In injured patients at risk for hemorrhagic shock, the prehospital administration of thawed plasma was safe and resulted in lower 30-day mortality and a lower median prothrombin-time ratio than standard-care resuscitation.... read more

Prolonged Glucocorticoid Treatment is Associated with Improved ARDS Outcomes

Prolonged Glucocorticoid Treatment is Associated with Improved ARDS Outcomes

Prolonged methylprednisolone treatment accelerates the resolution of ARDS, improving a broad spectrum of interrelated clinical outcomes and decreasing hospital mortality and healthcare utilization. We conducted two sets of... read more

Sepsis is a Preventable Public Health Problem

Sepsis is a Preventable Public Health Problem

There is a paradigm shift happening for sepsis. Sepsis is no longer solely conceptualized as problem of individual patients treated in emergency departments and intensive care units but also as one that is addressed as public... read more

Quality and Quantity of Sleep and Factors Associated With Sleep Disturbance in Hospitalized Patients

Quality and Quantity of Sleep and Factors Associated With Sleep Disturbance in Hospitalized Patients

This study demonstrated that the duration and quality of sleep in hospitalized patients were significantly affected and revealed many potentially modifiable hospital-related factors negatively associated with sleep. Raising... read more

Inspiratory Muscle Training for ICU Patients

Inspiratory Muscle Training for ICU Patients

Inspiratory muscle weakness is a known consequence of prolonged mechanical ventilation, and there is emerging evidence that specific inspiratory muscle training (IMT) can ameliorate this weakness. Australian researchers recommend... read more

Effect of Decompressive Laparotomy on Organ Function in Patients with Abdominal Compartment Syndrome

Effect of Decompressive Laparotomy on Organ Function in Patients with Abdominal Compartment Syndrome

Decompressive laparotomy has been advised as potential treatment for abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) when medical management fails; yet, the effect on parameters of organ function differs markedly in the published literature.... read more

Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Plants With Purpose

Legacy Emanuel Medical Center Plants With Purpose

The benefits of access to nature have been shown in a variety of settings and contexts, notes Roger S. Ulrich, an international leader in evidence-based healthcare design and a consultant to Legacy Health’s therapeutic... read more

You Can Stop Humming Now: A Doctor’s Stories of Life, Death, and in Between

You Can Stop Humming Now: A Doctor’s Stories of Life, Death, and in Between

Modern medicine is a world that glimmers with new technology and cutting-edge research. To the public eye, medical stories often begin with sirens and flashing lights and culminate in survival or death. But these are only... read more

Providing Psychological Support to People in Intensive Care

Providing Psychological Support to People in Intensive Care

The Provision Of Psychological support to People in Intensive Care (POPPI) psychological intervention to reduce acute patient stress in critical care and prevent future psychological morbidity was feasible and acceptable.... read more

AKI and Electrolyte Disorders in the Critically Ill Patient with Cancer

AKI and Electrolyte Disorders in the Critically Ill Patient with Cancer

This review outlines key knowledge areas for critical care physicians and nephrologists caring for patients with cancer and associated kidney issues such as acute kidney injury (AKI) and electrolyte disorders. Specifically,... read more

Cryptococcus Neoformans Meningoencephalitis

Cryptococcus Neoformans Meningoencephalitis

A 36-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 2-week history of fever, headache, drowsiness, and photophobia. He was previously healthy and was sexually active with men. The physical examination was notable... read more