Tag: strategy
Choosing the Appropriate Configuration and Cannulation Strategies for ECMO
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is becoming a common procedure to support patients with severe cardio-circulatory or respiratory failure as well as in case of combined compromise of the two systems. Deciding which... read more
Should Transfusion Trigger Thresholds Differ for Critical Care vs Perioperative Patients?
The safety of restrictive transfusion strategies likely differs for critically ill patients versus perioperative patients. Further trials investigating transfusion strategies in the perioperative setting are necessary. The... read more
Post Resuscitation Management of Cardiac Arrest Patients in the Critical Care Environment
There is a clear relationship between evidence-based post resuscitation care and survival and functional status at hospital discharge. The Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) recommends protocol driven care to enhance... read more
Strategies for the Prevention of Airway Complications
Despite being infrequent, complications of airway management remain an important contributor to morbidity and mortality during anesthesia and care of the critically ill. Developments in the last three decades have made anesthesia... read more
Implementing Clinical Practice Changes in Critical Care
Lessons learned in a national collaborative of over 60 ICU teams. Improving care in the intensive care unit (ICU) is a global area of focus for clinicians worldwide. The complexity of the ICU environment, compounded by multiple... read more
Restrictive or Liberal Red-Cell Transfusion for Cardiac Surgery
In patients undergoing cardiac surgery who were at moderate-to-high risk for death, a restrictive strategy regarding red-cell transfusion was noninferior to a liberal strategy with respect to the composite outcome of death... read more
Promoting High-Value Practice by Reducing Unnecessary Transfusions With a Patient Blood Management Program
Although blood transfusion is a lifesaving therapy for some patients, transfusion has been named 1 of the top 5 overused procedures in US hospitals. As unnecessary transfusions only increase risk and cost without providing... read more
Optimizing Strategies for Clinical Decision Support
As a result of a collaboration between the NAM and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, this NAM Special Publication summarizes and builds upon a meeting series in which a multi-stakeholder... read more
Cochrane Strategy to 2020
Strategy to 2020 aims to put Cochrane evidence at the heart of health decision-making all over the world. It defines how we intend to accomplish this and provides a framework for Cochrane's future decision-making, helping... read more
