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Teamwork in the intensive care unit. [PDF]

American Psychologist, 2018
Intensive care units (ICUs) provide care to the most severely ill hospitalized patients. Although ICUs increasingly rely on interprofessional teams to provide critical care, little about actual teamwork in this context is well understood. The ICU team is typically comprised of physicians or intensivists, clinical pharmacists, respiratory therapists ...
Jennifer N. Ervin, Jeremy M. Kahn, Taya R. Cohen, Laurie R. Weingart   +3 more
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Noise in an intensive care unit [PDF]

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2011
Patients and staff in hospitals are exposed to a complex sound environment with rather high noise levels. In intensive care units, the main noise sources are hospital staff on duty and medical equipment, which generates both operating noise and acoustic alarms.
Salandin, Andrea, Arnold, Jörg, Kornadt, Oliver   +2 more
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Non-catecholamine vasopressors in the treatment of adult patients with septic shock—evidence from meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomized clinical trials

Journal of Intensive Care, 2020
Background Norepinephrine (NE) has currently been the first-choice vasopressor in treating septic shock despite generally insufficient for patients with refractory septic shock.
Lei Zhong, Xiao-Wei Ji, Hai-Li Wang, Guang-Ming Zhao, Qing Zhou, Bo Xie   +5 more
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Prescription practice and clinical utility of chest radiographs in a pediatric intensive care unit: a prospective observational study

BMC Medical Imaging, 2021
Background Chest radiograph (CXR) prescribing pattern and practice vary widely among pediatric intensive care units (PICU). ‘On demand’ approach is increasingly recommended as against daily ‘routine’ CXRs; however, the real-world practice is largely ...
Rajeev Gupta, Karthi Nallasamy, Vijai Williams, Akshay Kumar Saxena, Muralidharan Jayashree   +4 more
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Sedation in the Intensive Care Unit [PDF]

Current Anesthesiology Reports, 2021
This narrative review illustrates literature over the last 5 years relating to sedation delivery to mechanically ventilated adult patients in intensive care units.There has been an increase in dexmedetomidine-related publications but although systematic reviews suggest dexmedetomidine reduces delirium, agitation, and length of stay, clinical trials ...
Valerie J. Page, Valerie J. Page, Catherine McKenzie, Catherine McKenzie   +3 more
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Acute Hemorrhagic Leukoencephalitis: A Case and Systematic Review of the Literature

Frontiers in Neurology, 2020
Objectives: To present a patient with acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis (AHLE) and a systematic review of the literature analyzing diagnostic procedures, treatment, and outcomes of AHLE.Methods: PubMed and Cochrane databases were screened.
Pascale Grzonka, Marleen C. Scholz, Gian Marco De Marchis, Gian Marco De Marchis, Kai Tisljar, Stephan Rüegg, Stephan Rüegg, Stephan Marsch, Stephan Marsch, Joachim Fladt, Raoul Sutter, Raoul Sutter, Raoul Sutter   +12 more
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Characteristics and Outcomes of Children With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infection Admitted to US and Canadian Pediatric Intensive Care Units.

JAMA pediatrics, 2020
Importance The recent and ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has taken an unprecedented toll on adults critically ill with COVID-19 infection.
L. Shekerdemian, Nabihah Mahmood, Katie K. Wolfe, Becky J. Riggs, Catherine E. Ross, C. McKiernan, S. Heidemann, L. Kleinman, Anita I Sen, M. Hall, Margaret A. Priestley, J. McGuire, K. Boukas, M. Sharron, J. Burns   +14 more
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Prevalence and Outcomes of Infection Among Patients in Intensive Care Units in 2017.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2020
Importance Infection is frequent among patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Contemporary information about the types of infections, causative pathogens, and outcomes can aid the development of policies for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and ...
J. Vincent, Y. Sakr, M. Singer, I. Martín-Loeches, F. Machado, J. Marshall, S. Finfer, P. Pelosi, L. Brazzi, D. Aditianingsih, J. Timsit, B. Du, X. Wittebole, J. Máca, S. Kannan, L. Gorordo-Delsol, J. D. De Waele, Y. Mehta, M. Bonten, A. Khanna, M. Kollef, Marie Human, D. Angus   +22 more
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Skin-Interfaced Biosensors and Pilot Studies for Advanced Wireless Physiological Monitoring in Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units

Nature Network Boston, 2020
Standard clinical care in neonatal and pediatric intensive-care units (NICUs and PICUs, respectively) involves continuous monitoring of vital signs with hard-wired devices that adhere to the skin and, in certain instances, can involve catheter-based ...
Ha Uk Chung, Alina Y. Rwei, A. Hourlier-Fargette, Shuai Xu, KunHyuck Lee, E. Dunne, Zhaoqian Xie, Claire Liu, Andrea Carlini, Dong Hyun Kim, Dennis Ryu, Elena Kulikova, Jingyue Cao, I. Odland, Kelsey B. Fields, B. Hopkins, Anthony R. Banks, Christopher Ogle, Dominic Grande, Jun Bin Park, Jongwon Kim, M. Irie, Hokyung Jang, JooHee Lee, Yerim Park, Jungwoo Kim, H. Jo, Hyoungjo Hahm, Raudel Avila, Yeshou Xu, Myeong Namkoong, J. Kwak, Emily Suen, Max Paulus, Robin J. Kim, Blake V. Parsons, Kelia A. Human, Seung Sik Kim, Manish Patel, William Reuther, Hyun Soo Kim, S. H. Lee, J. Leedle, Yeojeong Yun, Sarah Rigali, Tae-Seo Son, I. Jung, Hany M Arafa, Vinaya R. Soundararajan, Ayelet Ollech, Avani Shukla, Allison Bradley, Molly Schau, C. Rand, Lauren E Marsillio, Z. Harris, Yonggang Huang, A. Hamvas, A. Paller, D. Weese-Mayer, Jong Yoon Lee, J. Rogers   +61 more
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Epidemiology and burden of sepsis acquired in hospitals and intensive care units: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Intensive Care Medicine, 2020
Purpose Sepsis is recognized as a global public health problem, but the proportion due to hospital-acquired infections remains unclear. We aimed to summarize the epidemiological evidence related to the burden of hospital-acquired (HA) and ICU-acquired ...
Robby Markwart, Hiroki Saito, T. Harder, S. Tomczyk, Alessandro Cassini, C. Fleischmann-Struzek, F. Reichert, T. Eckmanns, B. Allegranzi   +8 more
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