Search results for "Intensive care"
Intensive care management for high-risk VA patients didn't affect overall costs
The trial focused on patients in the Veterans Affairs system (VA) who had recently had a hospital admission or ED visit and who were considered high risk for admission within 90 days.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/06/4.htm
6 Jun 2018
February 2019
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April 2021
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/
No difference found for moderate vs. mild hypothermia for comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
There may not be a single, optimal target temperature for all patients with cardiac arrest, noted the authors of a trial that compared target temperatures of 31 °C and 34 °C. The effects of therapeutic hypothermia could be modulated by several clinical variables, they suggested.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/10/27/4.htm
27 Oct 2021
MKSAP quiz on intensive care
This month's quiz includes questions from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP 18) that take place in the ICU.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/02/mksap-quiz-on-intensive-care.htm
15 Feb 2019
Take a bite out of HAP
Brushing teeth reduces hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) risk, and changes are needed to make this simple practice happen more regularly in the hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/06/free/take-a-bite-out-of-hap.htm
6 Mar 2024
Guideline addresses viral testing in patients with community-acquired pneumonia
The new American Thoracic Society guideline opposes routine use of nucleic acid-based testing for noninfluenza viral pathogens in outpatients with community-acquired pneumonia but identifies some uses for the tests in inpatients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/12/4.htm
12 May 2021
Get with the latest ARDS guideline
Recent changes to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) guidance, including some controversy over neuromuscular blockers, are explained by an expert.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/14/get-with-the-latest-ards-guideline.htm
14 Feb 2024
Survival of critical illness in ICU linked to subsequent suicide, self-harm
Compared to hospital survivors who never required ICU admission, those who were discharged from an ICU had a higher risk of suicide and self-harm in a Canadian study. Risk factors included previous psychiatric diagnoses and use of life-support interventions in the ICU.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/12/2.htm
12 May 2021
A look back at an intense year in intensive care
Three experts analyze the pandemic response.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/04/a-look-back-at-an-intense-year-in-intensive-care.htm
15 Apr 2021