2 Minute Medicine Rewind October 6 – October 13, 2014
In this section, we highlight the key high-impact studies, updates, and analyses published in medicine during the past week. Prevalence ...
Tag: intensive care
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 ...
Digestive tract decontamination associated with low antibiotic resistance in ICU
1. Selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) was associated with a lower prevalence of antibiotic-resistant gram-negative bacteria in the ...
Vitamin D supplementation in the ICU does not improve outcomes [VITdAL-ICU trial]
1. Vitamin D supplementation did not change length of ICU or hospital stay among individuals with vitamin D deficiency in ...
Healthcare-associated infections falling among critically ill children
1. Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) and ventilator-associated pneumonias (VAPs) fell significantly among neonatal intensive care units between 2007 and ...
Immune-modulating enteral nutrition does not reduce infections in the ICU
1. High protein enteral nutrition enriched with immune-modulating nutrients (IMHP) did not reduce infections in mechanically ventilated adults compared to ...
Laboratory values and treatment associated with DKA-related cerebral edema [Pediatrics Classics Series]
Image: PD 1. Among children admitted to 1 of 10 medical centers for diabetic ketoacidosis management, elevated serum urea nitrogen ...
Music therapy reduces anxiety and sedative requirements in the ICU
Image: PD 1. Conscious, intubated patients in the intensive care unit frequently experience significant anxiety, which can affect their clinical ...