Tag: Intensive Care
Guidelines Issued for Managing Critically Ill Pediatric Patients
Guidelines address seven domains of care, including analgesia, sedation, delirium, and optimizing the environment
Alcohol-Related Cirrhosis Tied to Lower Survival Post-ICU
Survival following ICU stay worse for patients with alcohol-associated versus other types of cirrhosis independent of alcohol abstinence
Survivors of Severe COVID-19 Report Many Long-Term Symptoms
Findings show physical, mental, and cognitive symptoms one year after ICU stay for COVID-19
Balanced Multielectrolyte Solution No Benefit for Patients in ICU
No reduction seen in risk for death or acute kidney injury with BMES versus saline for critically ill patients in ICU
Nurse Work Environment Affects Patient Outcome
Surgical patients in hospitals with good nurse environment less likely to be admitted to ICU, have 30-day mortality
School Absences Common Among Pediatric Critical Care Survivors
Also, work absences common for primary caregivers after critical care hospitalization of child for acute respiratory failure
Simulation Can Improve Time to First Shock in IHCA
Online education and code simulation improves performance of intensive care unit nurses when responding to in-hospital cardiac arrests
ICU Bed Occupancy During COVID-19 Linked to Increase in Excess Deaths
If ICU bed use reached 75 percent capacity nationwide, an excess of 12,000 deaths would be expected two weeks later
Prior Bariatric Surgery May Protect Against Severe COVID-19 Outcomes
Among COVID-19-positive adults, outcomes better for those with prior bariatric surgery versus those eligible for bariatric surgery
Clinically Active IBD Linked to Adverse COVID-19 Outcomes
Measure indicating greater activity of IBD independently linked to ICU/ventilation/death and hospitalization among patients 50 years or younger
