Search results for "Intensive care"
Model predicts risk of developing delirium in ICU
A simple, new model outperforms clinicians at predicting which intensive care unit (ICU) patients are likely to develop delirium during their ICU stay, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/02/29/2.htm
29 Feb 2012
Sepsis, cardiac arrest, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/12/in-the-news.htm
15 Dec 2020
More at-home deaths in Medicare patients, but also more end-of-life ICU stays
More Medicare patients died at home in 2009 than in 2000, but there was also an increase in intensive care use during the last 30 days of life, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/02/13/2.htm
13 Feb 2013
Acid suppression benefits don't outweigh harms
Acid-suppressive medication does reduce patients' risk of nosocomial gastrointestinal tract bleeding, but the incidence is so low in non-critically ill hospitalized patients that prophylactic treatment should not be used routinely in patients outside of the intensive care unit, a new study concluded.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/03/02/2.htm
2 Mar 2011
Same mortality risk with saline, hydroxyethyl starch for ICU fluid resuscitation
For fluid resuscitation in the intensive care unit (ICU), hydroxyethyl starch (HES) and saline carry the same mortality risk, but the former is associated with greater need for renal replacement therapy, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/10/24/4.htm
24 Oct 2012
Patients admitted from ED with certain conditions have higher risk of ICU transfer
Emergency department (ED) patients who are admitted with myocardial infarction, sepsis, or respiratory conditions have a higher risk of unplanned transfer to the intensive care unit (ICU) within 24 hours than other patients admitted from the ED, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/10/17/2.htm
17 Oct 2012
Wide variation in use of ICUs for heart failure admissions
Hospitals vary widely in their use of the intensive care unit (ICU) for heart failure patients, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/02/06/4.htm
6 Feb 2013
Hospitalists have a spot in the spectrum of stroke care
Get tips on inpatient stroke and TIA treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/06/hospitalists-have-a-spot-in-the-spectrum-of-stroke-care.htm
15 Jun 2021
Telemedicine reduced mortality, LOS in ICUs
Implementation of a tele-intensive care unit (ICU) reduced mortality and length of stay at one academic medical center.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/05/25/2.htm
25 May 2011
Pneumonia guideline adherence increased mortality
A performance-improvement initiative found that compliance with guidelines may actually have increased mortality from pneumonia among intensive care patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/01/26/3.htm
26 Jan 2011