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Researchers found 2 factors independently associated with intubation and mortality: age and non-invasive ventilation as first-line therapy.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/06/15/2.htm
15 Jun 2016
Delays in ICU transfer increase mortality, LOS, but early warning score may help, study finds
Researchers retrospectively applied the previously published electronic Cardiac Arrest Risk Triage (eCART) score, which utilizes demographics, vital signs, and laboratory data as an objective measure of critical illness.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/07/13/2.htm
13 Jul 2016
Hospitalists work to find their way in the ICU
The majority of hospitalists report that they treat ICU patients, and many feel insufficiently trained and supported.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/hospitalists-find-their-way-in-the-icu.htm
15 May 2018
Frail elderly, Enterobacteriaceae infections, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/03/recent-research.htm
15 Mar 2018
Dexmedetomidine sped extubation of ventilated patients with agitation and delirium
The placebo-controlled trial included 74 adult patients from 15 ICUs in Australia and New Zealand who did not have advanced dementia or traumatic brain injury.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/04/20/2.htm
20 Apr 2016
Survival has improved considerably for patients with acute liver failure
Between 1998 and 2013, decreases were seen in red blood cell transfusions, frozen plasma transfusions, mechanical ventilation, and vasopressors for acute liver failure patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/04/06/4.htm
6 Apr 2016
Recent Research
Short-term NSAIDS and MI risk, VTE after colorectal surgery, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/11/rr.htm
15 Nov 2011
End of life in the ICU
Outcomes, whether life or death, should better reflect goals and values of patients, experts say.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/end-of-life-ICU.htm
15 Jan 2016
Diagnoses of Medicare ICU patients have shifted
Cardiovascular disease remains the top disease category of primary diagnoses, but it declined yearly from 1996 to 2010, while infection-related diagnoses, especially sepsis, rose.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/03/23/2.htm
23 Mar 2016
Early mobilization significantly reduced cognitive impairment in ICU patients, trial finds
Less than a quarter of patients randomized to early occupational and physical therapy while ventilated were cognitively impaired at one year, compared to 43% of those who received usual care, a single-center study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/01/early-mobilization-significantly-reduced-cognitive-impairment-in-ICU-patients-trial-finds.htm
1 Feb 2023