Critical Care Alert – December 1, 2006
December 1, 2006
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Why Nurses Want to Leave the ICU: Work Environment and Clinical Competence
This study reports findings from a survey of 2,323 ICU nurses regarding their intention to leave due to working conditions and factors predicting this intention. The sample was part of a larger study of patient safety that involved 110 ICUs from 66 hospitals across the United States. -
Keeping HIT on Our Radar Screens
A systematic search of the literature from 1984 to 2004 was conducted in order to answer the question posed by the title of this article: How frequently is venous thromboembolism in heparin-treated patients associated with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)? -
Special Feature: Update on the Management of Sepsis
Severe sepsis with organ failure has one of the highest mortality rates of any diagnosis commonly treated in the Intensive Care Unit. Recent clinical trials have provided some positive results with reductions in overall mortality from sepsis. -
Ventilator Weaning: RT-Driven or R2D2-Driven?
A previously described "closed-loop knowledge based system" placed into a standard ventilator may be used to guide weaning via the pressure support mode. -
Pharmacology Watch: Sweeping Changes Needed for US Drug Safety System
Antiaging Supplements Proven Ineffective; The Three Most Common Culprits of ADE; New Guidelines for Lyme Disease Prevention; FDA Actions -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement