ICU admissions among Medicare beneficiaries on a decade-long downward trend
1. Intensive care unit (ICU) admission rates decreased from 2006 to 2015. 2. No association was found between percentage change ...
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Quality improvement interventions not associated with decreased mortality in Brazilian ICUs
1. Implementation of quality improvement (QI) interventions consisting of daily checklists, goal setting, and clinician prompting in Brazilian ICUs did ...
Increasing post-ICU physical therapy does not improve functional status [RECOVER trial]
1. In this trial, increasing the frequency and intensity of physical, occupational, speech and language, and dietetic therapies during the ...
Withholding and withdrawing care viewed as different among Asian intensivists
1. This survey of Asian intensive care unit physicians’ attitudes towards end of life care showed that, for patients who ...
Off-hours PICU admissions not linked to increased mortality
1. Off-hours admissions to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) were less likely to be elective, had a higher risk ...
Arterial catheter monitoring in ICU not associated with mortality benefit
1. In this retrospective cohort study, the use of arterial catheters in 139 US ICUs was not associated with mortality ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind August 4 – August 10, 2014
In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past week. High-Protein ...
Increased psychiatric illness noted in intensive care unit patients
Image: PD 1. Non-surgical intensive care unit (ICU) patients receiving mechanical ventilation demonstrated a higher prevalence of psychiatric diagnoses and ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind February 10-16, 2014
Image: PD In this section, we will highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the ...
Tight glycemic control in pediatric ICU does not reduce mortality
Image: PD/Navy 1. Among critically ill children admitted to PICU, tight glycemic control had no significant impact on clinical outcomes ...