Critical Care Alert – January 1, 2013

January 1, 2013

• Nutritional Support in the ICU

  Nutritional support is an essential component of caring for critically ill patients.

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• Rapid Response Teams: Evidence of a Broader Impact that Influences Morale and Nursing Workload

  In this study, the authors sought to elicit perceptions of the impact of a rapid response team (RRT) by interviewing care providers.

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• Threshold Vital Sign Abnormalities as Triggers for Rapid Response Activation

  Fagan and colleagues at Denver Health Medical Center examined electronic data collected on all adult patients who generated a medical surgical acute-care room charge during a recent 6-month period and remained on the ward for at least 24 hours.

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• Physicians’ Own Beliefs on Goals of Care Strongly Influence Presentation of Comfort Care Option to Patient Surrogates

  This study conducted in five ICUs at two academic hospitals in San Francisco sought to describe how comfort care is presented to surrogates and if physicians beliefs on whether life support should be withdrawn are associated with the option of comfort care being presented.

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• Pharmacology Watch: Zolpidem and Risk of Falls in Hospitalized Patients

  In this issue: Zolpidem and risk of falls; AVR and anticoagulation; statins in cancer patients; and FDA actions.

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• Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement

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