Search results for "Critical care"
Deterioration alert system did not reduce escalations from medical and surgical units
The single-center study of a machine learning-based alert system did find that mortality was lower among patients on a medical unit where staff were notified when the computer predicted high risk of deterioration.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/28/deterioration-alert-system-did-not-reduce-escalations-from-medical-and-surgical-units.htm
28 Feb 2024
Research on strokes and readmissions in COVID-19, updated guidance from NIH and SSC
One study showed that strokes were rare in COVID-19 patients, while another didn't find any connection between fever or biomarkers before discharge and readmissions. The NIH and the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) updated their COVID-19 critical care recommendations.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/10/1.htm
10 Feb 2021
Procalcitonin do's and don'ts
Although the optimal use of procalcitonin is still up for debate, there are best practices for getting the most bang for this blood test.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/07/05/free/procalcitonin-dos-and-donts.htm
5 Jul 2023
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
March 6, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/06/
Survey finds shortcomings in assessment of neurologic function after cardiac arrest
More than a third of clinicians said they used absent corneal reflexes and absent pupillary reflexes at 24 hours to assess patient prognosis, even though guidelines recommend waiting 72 hours.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/27/4.htm
27 Nov 2019
Oxygen saturation targets not related to long-term outcomes in critically ill adults
Cognition, quality of life, and related outcomes did not differ at 12 months among patients with lower, intermediate, or higher oxygen saturation targets while on mechanical ventilation, a retrospective study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/07/oxygen-saturation-targets-not-related-to-long-term-outcomes-in-critically-ill-adults.htm
7 Feb 2024
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
April 2008
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/04/
November 2021
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/11/