Tag: mortality
Insulin-Treated Diabetes Reduces Dysglycemia-Related Mortality in Sepsis
Patients with sepsis and a pre-existing diagnosis of insulin-treated diabetes (ITD) may show a different relationship between hospital mortality and highest glucose levels and glycemic variability in the first 24 hours than... read more
How to Improve Worldwide Early Enteral Nutrition Performance in ICUs?
Early enteral nutrition (EEN), typically started within 48 h after ICU admission, is recommended to be superior over delayed enteral nutrition and parenteral nutrition. The ESICM Working Group on Gastrointestinal Function... read more
Characterising Risk of In-Hospital Mortality Following Cardiac Arrest Using Machine Learning
Resuscitated cardiac arrest is associated with high mortality; however, the ability to estimate risk of adverse outcomes using existing illness severity scores is limited. Using in-hospital data available within the first... read more
Outcomes of Patients Presenting with Mild ARDS
Hospital mortality in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is approximately 40%, but mortality and trajectory in "mild" acute respiratory distress syndrome (classified only since 2012) are unknown, and many cases are... read more
ICU Costs Higher for Patients Dying Before Discharge
The high cost of critical care has engendered research into identifying influential factors. However, previous studies have not considered patient vital status at ICU discharge. This is what a new study has found: The largest... read more
The utility of biomarkers in traumatic brain injury clinical management
Currently, TBI management is guided by clinical histories and neuroimaging techniques. While these techniques may be advanced, they are more costly than serum analysis, involve exposure to ionizing radiations, and have certain... read more
Terlipressin vs. Norepinephrine As Infusion in Patients With Septic Shock
In this multicentre, randomised, double‑blinded trial, we observed no difference in mortality between terlipressin and NE infusion in patients with septic shock. Patients in the terlipressin group had a higher number of... read more
What’s the Bleeding Problem with Trauma Laparotomies?!
Mortality for hypotensive trauma patients undergoing emergency laparotomy have not changed in 20 years. This blog explores the literature and the future! Wait! We're emergency physicians, why do we care about laparotomies?!... read more
Short People Have Higher Risk Of Dying In The ICU
Researchers of a new study have found a link between a patient's height and odds of survival in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital. The study, published in the journal Intensive Care Medicine on Dec. 23, show that... read more
Prospective Assessment of the Feasibility of a Trial of Low Tidal Volume Ventilation for Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure
Use of initial tidal volumes less than 8 ml/kg PBW is common at hospitals participating in the NHLBI PETAL Network. After considering the size and budgetary requirement for a cluster-randomized trial of LTVV vs. usual care... read more
Bedside Ultrasound Assessment of Lung Reaeration in Patients With Blunt Thoracic Injury Receiving High-Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen Therapy
High-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy may be considered as an initial respiratory therapy for trauma patients with blunt chest injury. High-flow nasal cannula therapy could improve lung aeration as noted by the transthoracic... read more
Epidemiology of Mechanically Ventilated Patients Treated in ICU and non-ICU Settings in Japan
A large proportion of Japanese patients on mechanical ventilation (MV) were treated in non-ICU settings. Analysis of administrative data indicated preliminary that hospital mortality rates in these patients were higher in... read more
Association of Driving Pressure With Mortality Among Ventilated Patients With ARDS
Our study confirmed an association between higher driving pressure and higher mortality in mechanically ventilated patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). These findings suggest a possible range of driving... read more
Nurse Staffing, Nursing Assistants and Hospital Mortality
Lower RN staffing and higher levels of admissions per RN are associated with increased risk of death during an admission to hospital. These findings highlight the possible consequences of reduced nurse staffing and do not... read more
Do State Regulations on Nurse Staffing Make a Difference in ICU Outcomes?
In the recent issue of Critical Care Medicine, Law and colleagues published an evaluation of the impact of changes in Massachusetts state regulations mandating that nurse staffing levels on critical care units be set at 1:1... read more
Mortality of civilian patients with suspected traumatic hemorrhage receiving pre-hospital transfusion of packed red blood cells compared to pre-hospital crystalloid
In a single centre UK HEMS study, in patients with suspected traumatic hemorrhage who received a PRBC transfusion there was an observed, but non-significant, reduction in mortality at 6 h and 28 days, also reflected in... read more
Mortality and Morbidity in Acutely Ill Adults Treated with Liberal vs. Conservative Oxygen Therapy
In acutely ill adults, high-quality evidence shows that liberal oxygen therapy increases mortality without improving other patient-important outcomes. Supplemental oxygen might become unfavourable above an SpO2 range of 94-96%.... read more
Antithrombotic Therapy for Venous Thromboembolic Disease
This JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis summarizes the American College of Chest Physicians' 2016 recommendations on antithrombotic therapy for venous thromboembolism (VTE). The estimated annual incidence of VTE, defined... read more
