Tag: Intensive Care
Value-Based Incentive Program Does Not Cut Catheter-Linked UTIs
VBIP implementation not linked with immediate changes or changes in trends for any outcome
January 2019 Briefing – Critical Care
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Critical Care for January 2019. This roundup includes the...
Minimal Benefit for Decision Aid About Prolonged Ventilation
Web-based decision aid does not improve prognostic concordance between surrogates and physicians
Adverse Birth Outcomes Up for Women With H1N1 Flu in ICU
Pregnant women admitted to ICU with flu more likely to deliver preterm infants, low birth-weight infants
Muscle Atrophy Occurs Rapidly in Critically Ill, Ventilated Children
47 percent of cohort experienced ≥11 percent decrease in diaphragm thickness after six days
Clinical Tool Rapidly Assesses Post-Intensive Care Syndrome
27-item questionnaire found to be valid clinical tool for assessing PICS
December 2018 Briefing – Critical Care
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Critical Care for December 2018. This roundup includes the...
Stethoscopes in ICU Show High Levels of Bacterial Contamination
Highest levels of contamination on practitioner stethoscopes, those in patient rooms
Workload of NICU Nurses Linked to Missed Nursing Care
Link significantly increased with increased subjective workload
November 2018 Briefing – Critical Care
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Critical Care for November 2018. This roundup includes the...
