Among sepsis survivors, primary care interventions not associated with improved mental health outcomes
1. Compared to standard care, 6 months of primary care interventions were not associated with any improvement in mental health-related ...
Tag: intensive care
Aspirin does not decrease the incidence of ARDS in at-risk patients
1. Among at-risk patients in the emergency department, administration of aspirin within 24 hours of presentation was not associated with ...
Misperceptions about prognosis among surrogates of critically ill patients
1. Discordant expectations about a critically ill patient’s prognosis were common among surrogate decision makers and were due both to ...
Sepsis associated with susceptibility to further infections and immunosuppression
1. Patients with sepsis were predisposed to ICU-acquisition of further infections. 2. Sepsis is associated with a degree of immunosuppression. ...
Early, goal-directed therapy does not reduce mortality in septic shock [ProMISe trial]
1. Early, goal-directed therapy was shown to reduce mortality in severe sepsis and septic shock in a single-center, randomized controlled ...
Tight glycemic control common in ICUs despite evidence-based literature
1. Publication of the Leuven I trial resulted in increased tight glycemic control and hypoglycemia in critically ill adults. 2. ...
Poor pre-ICU functional status associated with post-ICU mortality
1. In a cohort of elderly adults more than 70 years of age admitted to an ICU, more than half ...
ICU chlorhexidine baths do not reduce rates of hospital-acquired infections
1. In this study, daily bathing with chlorhexidine did not decrease the rates of hospital-acquired infections in ICU patients. 2. ...
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 ...
Shared decision-making may be limited in PICU end-of-life discussions
1. In 47 end-of-life discussions recorded at 2 Dutch PICUs, most physicians communicated information regarding the situation, treatment, prognosis, options, ...