Cardiopulmonary resuscitation performance during mock codes does not meet the American Heart Association’s quality recommendations. Healthcare providers have poor insight into the quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation... Read More

As healthcare professionals we want to provide patients the best possible medical care. Prehospital care, like the rest of medicine, is constantly changing, since the research performed today will shape the medical care we... Read More

When the number of patients who require intensive care is greater than the number of beds available, intensive care unit (ICU) entry flow is obstructed. This phenomenon has been associated with higher mortality rates in patients... Read More

This observational study showed the pulmonary edema (WiPO) occurred in a significant number of critically ill patients who failed a first spontaneous breathing trial (SBT), while cardiac ischemia (WiCI) was less frequent.... Read More

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

Greater numbers of severe hyperoxemia events appeared to be associated with increased mortality in this large, diverse cohort of critically ill children, supporting a possible exposure-response association between severe... Read More

Interest in the role of the adrenal cortex in the recovery from an infection dates back nearly 100 yr. More than six decades of research on the role of corticosteroid supplementation as an adjunctive treatment for sepsis... Read More

Bloodstream infection (BSI) is a major cause of death in developed countries and the detection of microorganisms is essential in managing patients. Despite major progress has been made to improve identification of microorganisms,... Read More

Neonatal sedation practices during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) are not well described and no universal guidelines exist. Current literature describes types of medications used in adult and pediatric ECMO patients,... Read More

Survival was found to be at the upper range of the results retrieved by the systematic literature review. However, we found no significant improvements over time. The neurological outcomes of the survivors were favorable.... Read More

Transfusion of red blood cells is an everyday practice in critical care with the primary aim of restoring adequate tissue oxygenation. However, blood transfusion may also be harmful and costly, therefore a so called restrictive... Read More

Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice: Model and Guidelines has proven to be one of the most foundational books on EBP in nursing. This fully revised third edition builds on the strength of the first two editions... Read More

The acclaimed application-based guide to adult mechanical ventilation, updated to reflect the latest topics and practice guidelines. This practical guide is written from the perspective of authors who have nearly 100 years’... Read More

The early use of neuromuscular blocking agents in the setting of moderate-to-severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) was previously understood to confer a survival advantage at 90 days, based on the outcomes of... Read More

This book describes current, evidence-based guidelines for damage control interventions across the field of trauma care with the aim of enabling clinicians to apply them to best effect in daily clinical practice. Emphasis... Read More