Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) Insulin Infusion Protocol Update Using Evidence-Based Practice: A Quality Improvement Project [PDF]
Diabetic Ketoacidosis is a life-threatening side effect to Diabetes Mellitus. Standards of treatment and recommendations are made by the American Diabetes Association.
Lacey, Susan K
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This study aimed to investigate the latent profiles of clinical nurse preceptors (CNPs)’ compassion fatigue (CF), identify the influencing factors, and examine their association with work alienation.
Yuejun Huang +3 more
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ICU delirium - a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge in the intensive care unit.
ICU delirium is a common medical problem occurring in patients admitted to the intensive care units (ICUs). Studies have shown that ICU delirium is associated with increased mortality, prolonged hospitalization, prolonged mechanical ventilation, costs ...
K. Kotfis, A. Marra, E. W. Ely
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Ethical issues associated with in-hospital emergency from the medical emergency team's perspective: a national survey [PDF]
Medical Emergency Teams (METs) are frequently involved in ethical issues associated to in-hospital emergencies, like decisions about end-of-life care and intensive care unit (ICU) admission.
ALAMPI, DANIELA +13 more
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Anwaier Apizi,* Jian Li,* Paiheriding Kamilijiang, Chun-Bo Yang, Zheng-Kai Wang, Rui-Feng Chai, Zhao-Xia Yu Department of Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, 830054, People’s Republic
Apizi A +6 more
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Recommendations on the structure, personal, and organization of intensive care units [PDF]
Christian Waydhas +16 more
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Mechanical ventilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients, noninvasive vs. invasive method (randomized prospective study) [Usporedba neinvazivne i invazivne umjetne ventilacije kod bolesnika s kroničnom opstruktivnom plućnom bolesti: prospektivna randomizirana studija] [PDF]
Acute respiratory failure due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presents an increasing problem throughout the world. The aim of this study was to compare invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation (MV) for patients with COPD.
Buković, Damir +5 more
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Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Aerobic Bacteria Isolated from Patients with Bedsores Admitted to Intensive Care Units in Khartoum State [PDF]
Alzapir I. Ibrahim Alsafi B. Mukhtar +2 more
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Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome in the intensive care unit
The streptococcal toxic shock syndrome is a severe complication associated with invasive infections by group A streptococci. In spite of medical progresses in the care of patients with septic shock during the last decades, this condition has remained ...
M. Schmitz +3 more
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