Search results for "Intensive care"
On the alert for a quiet killer
Patients developing sepsis may go undiagnosed because the early symptoms can be subtle or suggest other disorders.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/01/sepsis.htm
15 Jan 2011
Prophylactic haloperidol lowers incidence of postop delirium for some patients
Prophylactic haloperidol reduced the incidence of postoperative delirium in elderly patients admitted to the intensive care unit after noncardiac surgery, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/02/29/4.htm
29 Feb 2012
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
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
Acute exacerbation of COPD
Diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of acute exacerbation of COPD in a 67-year-old man.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/04/morning-report-COPD.htm
15 Apr 2016
Maintain vigilance for MERS
Updated criteria, expert advice on when to suspect Middle East respiratory syndrome.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/10/MERS.htm
15 Oct 2015
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
Testing the tests
An expert gives advice on which tests may be most helpful in diagnosing intensive care patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/06/testing.htm
15 Jun 2011