Tag: ICU

Oxalate Nephropathy Following Vitamin C Intake within ICU

Compelling evidence obtained from in-vitro and animal studies suggest that vitamin C, a circulating antioxidant, may be a valuable adjunctive therapy in critically-ill patients. Data from humans are more conflicting.... read more

Evaluating Delivery of Low Tidal Volume Ventilation in Six ICUs Using Electronic Health Record Data

Despite low mean tidal volume in the cohort, a significant percentage of patients were exposed to a prolonged duration of high tidal volumes which was correlated with higher mortality. Detailed ventilator records in the... read more

Lung Recruitability in Severe ARDS Requiring ECMO

Significant variability in potential for lung recruitment in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). 47 adults with severe ARDS requiring ECMO... read more

The Role of the Physician Assistant in Critical Care

Since inception in the mid-1960s, the Physician Assistant (PA) profession has grown to become an integral part of healthcare delivery. As the name implies, PAs were historically seen as assistants to the physician, helping... read more

Intensive vs. Conventional Glucose Control in Critically Ill Patients

n this large, international, randomized trial, we found that intensive glucose control increased mortality among adults in the ICU: a blood glucose target of 180 mg or less per deciliter resulted in lower mortality than did... read more

Balanced Crystalloids vs. Saline in Critically Ill Adults

Among critically ill adults, the use of balanced crystalloids for intravenous fluid administration resulted in a lower rate of the composite outcome of death from any cause, new renal-replacement therapy, or persistent renal... read more

Biomarker Profiles of Coagulopathy and Alveolar Epithelial Injury in ARDS

Coagulopathy and alveolar epithelial injury were observed in both patients with direct common risk factors (dARDS) and with idiopathic or immune-related diseases (iARDS). However, their biomarker profiles were significantly... read more

Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Positive Airway Pressure Treatment and Postoperative Delirium

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common among older surgical patients, and delirium is a frequent and serious postoperative complication. Emerging evidence suggests that OSA increases the risk for postoperative delirium.... read more

Detection, Treatment of Dyspnea Inconsistent in ICU

Although the prevalence of dyspnea was at least as high as that of pain, the detection and treatment of moderate to severe dyspnea were more inconsistent than for pain among critically ill patients in the ICU, according to... read more

Derivation and Validation of Plasma Endostatin for Predicting Renal Recovery from AKI

Plasma endostatin shows a useful value for predicting failure to recover from acute kidney injury (AKI). The predictive ability can be greatly improved when endostatin is combined with the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment... read more

Use of Machine Learning to Analyze Routinely Collected ICU Data

The rate of publication of studies using machine learning to analyze routinely collected ICU data is increasing rapidly. The sample sizes used in many published studies are too small to exploit the potential of these methods.... read more

Clinical Examination for the Prediction of Mortality in the Critically Ill

Clinical examination has reasonable discriminative value for assessing 90-day mortality in acutely admitted ICU patients. In our study population, a single, protocolized clinical examination had similar prognostic abilities... read more

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

Identification of Subclasses of Sepsis that Showed Different Clinical Outcomes and Responses to Amount of Fluid Resuscitation

Sepsis is a heterogeneous disease and identification of its subclasses may facilitate and optimize clinical management. This study aimed to identify subclasses of sepsis and its responses to different amounts of fluid resuscitation.... read more

Epidemiology of Sepsis and Septic Shock in Critical Care Units

A comparison between sepsis-2 and sepsis-3 populations using a national critical care database. In an ICU database, compared with Sepsis-2, Sepsis-3 identifies a similar sepsis population with 92% overlap and much smaller... read more

Impact on Patient Outcomes of Pharmacist Participation in Multidisciplinary Critical Care Teams

Including critical care pharmacists in the multidisciplinary ICU team improved patient outcomes including mortality, ICU length of stay in mixed ICUs, and preventable/non-preventable adverse drug events. From the 4,725... read more

Preventing Surgical Site Infections Related to Abdominal Drains in the ICU

Surgical site infections are significant contributors to health care–associated infections. Nursing interventions may help decrease the incidence of surgical site infections, particularly in regards to the management of... read more

Laryngeal Injury and Upper Airway Symptoms After Oral Endotracheal Intubation With Mechanical Ventilation During Critical Care

Laryngeal injury from intubation is common in the ICU setting. Guidelines for laryngeal assessment and postextubation surveillance do not exist. A systematic approach to more robust investigations could increase knowledge... read more

Prophylactic Haloperidol Effects on Long-term Quality of Life in Critically Ill Patients at High Risk for Delirium

Prophylactic haloperidol use does not affect long-term quality of life in critically ill patients at high risk for delirium. Several factors, including the modifiable factor number of sedation-induced coma days, are associated... read more

Randomized Clinical Trial of an ICU Recovery Pilot Program for Survivors of Critical Illness

This randomized pilot trial found that a multidisciplinary ICU recovery program could deliver more interventions for post ICU recovery than usual care. The finding of longer time-to-readmission with an ICU recovery program... read more

Estimated Effects of Early Diuretic Use in Critical Illness

The main objectives of this study was to estimate the effects of diuretic use during the first 24 hours of an ICU stay on in-hospital mortality and other clinical outcomes including acute kidney injury (AKI) and duration... read more

The Role of Central Venous Oxygen Saturation (ScvO2) as an Indicator of Blood Transfusion in the Critically Ill

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