Search results for "Critical care"
January 24, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/24/
ICU bundles do not appear to improve delirium but may help other outcomes
A meta-analysis found an association between bundled interventions in the ICU and improvements in coma duration, length of stay, and 28-day mortality rates.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/12/23/3.htm
23 Dec 2020
February 7, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/07/
March 27, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/03/27/
Trend-based EHR early warning score may help predict inpatient deterioration
Researchers used 43 variables and trends to develop a logistic model and deterioration index that helped predict patient deterioration one hour or more before an adverse event.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/05/12/3.htm
12 May 2021
February 1, 2023
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/01/
Support protocol for ICU patients after extubation didn't reduce reintubation rates
The trial compared a respiratory therapist-driven protocol that provided noninvasive ventilation or high-flow nasal cannula to patients after extubation to usual care and found no significant differences.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/04/14/4.htm
14 Apr 2021
Hospitalists work to find their way in the ICU
The majority of hospitalists report that they treat ICU patients, and many feel insufficiently trained and supported.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/05/hospitalists-find-their-way-in-the-icu.htm
15 May 2018
May issue online and in the mail
This issue focuses mainly on tools to combat COVID-19, including ventilation management, telemedicine, and palliative care. Other articles address Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and vitamin C for sepsis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/05/13/6.htm
13 May 2020
Deterioration alert system did not reduce escalations from medical and surgical units
The single-center study of a machine learning-based alert system did find that mortality was lower among patients on a medical unit where staff were notified when the computer predicted high risk of deterioration.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/02/28/deterioration-alert-system-did-not-reduce-escalations-from-medical-and-surgical-units.htm
28 Feb 2024