Survivors of intensive care unit admissions may have increased risk of self-harm and suicide
1. Patients with prior episodes of critical illness requiring ICU admission were found to have an elevated risk of suicide ...
Tag: ICU
#VisualAbstract: Tocilizumab may improve survival in COVID-19 patients with hypoxia and systemic inflammation
1. Compared to usual care, fewer patients in the tocilizumab group died within 28 days of randomization. 2. Patients allocated ...
Time-limited trials may decrease the length of stay of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit
1. Time-limited trial interventions in patients with poor prognoses decreased length of stay in ICU, reduced minimally beneficial treatments, and ...
#VisualAbstract: Active malignancy during COVID-19 infection not associated with increased risk of ICU admission, intubation, or death
1. There was no significantly increased risk of ICU admission, intubation, or death among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and active ...
Younger children are more likely to require hospitalization for RSV
1. In this study of children admitted with acute respiratory illness, about one-third were respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-positive and higher ...
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 ...
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 ...
