Search results for "Critical care"
The limited evidence for IV albumin
An expert explains recent guidelines on IV albumin that recommended against the blood product in the settings where it is most commonly used.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/04/10/the-limited-evidence-for-iv-albumin.htm
10 Apr 2024
Risk factors known during critical care admission linked to long-term mortality after sepsis
Older age, male sex, presence of one or more severe comorbidities, prehospitalization dependency, and nonsurgical (medical) status were associated with increased risk of long-term mortality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/06/05/2.htm
5 Jun 2019
October 2020
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/10/
Time for change in critical care training, society says
A new white paper from the Society of Critical Care Medicine calls for development of a common critical care medicine examination cosponsored by the medical specialty boards overseeing the subspecialty.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/07/11/4.htm
11 Jul 2018
Critical care experts propose expanding definition of ARDS
The 2012 Berlin definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) should be revised to accommodate the increasing use of high-flow nasal oxygen, among other changes, an expert panel recommended.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/08/02/critical-care-experts-propose-expanding-definition-of-ards.htm
2 Aug 2023
Estimates of ICU benefit differ among critical care physicians
Decisions about ICU care may be tied to bed availability, family presence, and patient age, one study found, while another revealed wide variation among states in ICU admissions for Medicare patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/10/17/1.htm
17 Oct 2018
Take a bite out of HAP
Brushing teeth reduces hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) risk, and changes are needed to make this simple practice happen more regularly in the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/06/free/take-a-bite-out-of-hap.htm
6 Mar 2024
Point-of-care and critical care ultrasound—register now for November course
The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) and the Wake Forest School of Medicine, in cooperation with ACP, are offering a course called “Point-of-Care and Critical Care Ultrasound, Incorporating Ultrasound in the Practice of Medicine.”
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/06/24/5.htm
24 Jun 2015
Knowing when AI is wrong
Physicians need to learn the explanations behind artificial intelligence (AI) answers, say the authors of a study in which hospitalists had lower diagnostic accuracy when working with biased AI.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/13/knowing-when-ai-is-wrong.htm
13 Mar 2024
New recommendations on sharing decision making in critical care
Clinicians should be trained in communication skills and shape the decision making process to individual patient preferences, advised the American College of Critical Care Medicine and American Thoracic Society.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/11/04/4.htm
4 Nov 2015