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Sort by: Relevance | Newest | OldestSimple steps help prevent ICU delirium
Nonpharmacologic interventions improve outcomes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/simple-steps-help-prevent-icu-delirium.htm
15 Nov 2017
ICU admission may not reduce mortality at 6 months in critically ill elderly patients
The randomized trial's findings support close examination of ICU admission decisions, with the potential to safely reduce ICU beds, care, and costs, according to an accompanying editorial.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/10/04/3.htm
4 Oct 2017
ICU admissions, mortality rates for opioid overdoses on the rise
The average cost per ICU overdose admission increased by 58% between 2009 and 2015 while the proportion of critically ill overdose patients who needed renal replacement therapy increased by 37%.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/23/4.htm
23 Aug 2017
Virtual glucose monitoring, statins and heart surgery
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/08/recent-research.htm
15 Aug 2017
Longer visiting hours in ICU associated with less patient delirium
The effect was greatest in older patients, surgical patients, those with more severe illness, and patients who did not have psychiatric disorders or require parenteral sedation or mechanical ventilation, according to the single-center study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/07/12/1.htm
12 Jul 2017
Periop anticoagulation in afib, patient-to-intensivist ratios, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/in-the-news.htm
15 May 2017
COPD, heart failure, MI patients with marginal need for ICU had no better survival there
ICU admission was also associated with greater hospital costs for heart failure and acute myocardial infarction, but not chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to the retrospective study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/03/01/3.htm
1 Mar 2017
Recent Research
Ambulatory ECG monitoring after stroke, benefit of ventilator bundle components, alteplase and long-term survival after ischemic stroke, and more
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2017
Ideal patient-to-intensivist ratio varies in U.K. ICUs
Researchers found that patient-to-intensivist ratio was significantly associated with hospital mortality after multivariable adjustment, with a U-shaped association observed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/02/01/3.htm
1 Feb 2017
Recent Research
Severity of illness and patient satisfaction scores, obstructive sleep apnea, CA-UTI prevention, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/10/recent-research.htm
15 Oct 2016