Search results for "critical care"
Treatment in disproportionately minority hospitals linked to increased sepsis mortality
Compared to patients treated for sepsis at nonminority hospitals, those who received care at hospitals disproportionately serving the black and Hispanic communities had a 4% and 9% higher risk of mortality, respectively, regardless of their race.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/06/4.htm
6 May 2020
MKSAP quiz on critical care
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) on critical care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/mksap-quiz-on-critical-care.htm
15 Oct 2020
COVID-19 research looks at aspirin, disparities, long-term outcomes
Recent aspirin use may be associated with improved COVID-19 outcomes, and hospitals had widely differing mortality rates in April 2020. Half of discharged patients reported ongoing symptoms at four months, and most ICU patients showed evidence of impairments at one month, new studies found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/24/1.htm
24 Mar 2021
Early vasopressor dosing associated with mortality risk in septic shock
In the first six hours of septic shock, mortality risk was associated with relative dosing of vasopressors and fluid, but in the first 24 hours, there was a direct association between higher vasopressor doses and higher mortality, a prospective study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/29/3.htm
29 Jul 2020
Critical care
Critical care requires constant attendance and supervision by the physician providing direct management of acute, complex, potentially life-threatening situations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/08/coding.htm
15 Aug 2012
Reversal of prior DNR orders common at readmission of recently hospitalized patients
In a recent study, about 45% of California patients readmitted within 30 days following an initial hospitalization with do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders reversed their DNR preferences upon readmission.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/12/09/3.htm
9 Dec 2020
Plenary sessions, new research are highlights at 37th Critical Care Congress
Plenary sessions, new research are highlights at 37th Critical Care Congress.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/05/ccc.htm
15 May 2008
Latest COVID-19 research focuses on test accuracy, experimental therapies
Recent articles offered differing estimates of the risk of false negatives in testing for SARS-CoV-2, and studies reported the effectiveness of shared ventilators and a cancer drug for patients with severe COVID-19. The FDA revoked its authorization for hydroxychloroquine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/17/1.htm
17 Jun 2020
Studies look at new and old scores, biomarkers for predicting COVID-19 outcomes
The SOFA score did not perform well for predicting mortality in patients admitted with COVID-19, multiple recent studies found, but levels of d-dimer and C-reactive protein had prognostic value, according to the latest research.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/24/1.htm
24 Feb 2021
Adjunctive strategies underused in moderate to severe ARDS, international study finds
Most patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) did not receive neuromuscular blockade, prone positioning, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, inhaled vasodilators, or high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in the first 48 hours of treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/03/04/2.htm
4 Mar 2020