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Communication Facilitators Potentially Can Improve Care for the Sickest ICU Patients
Highly trained communication facilitators who counseled families and met with physicians and nurses were shown to decrease symptoms of depression in family members at six months and decreased ICU length of stay without affecting mortality.
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Delaying Intubation in Severe Alcohol Withdrawal
Delaying intubation until aspiration or cardiopulmonary decompensation did not affect mortality but increased the incidence of pneumonia and length of stay.
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Patients Rarely Sleep in the ICU
Understanding the mechanisms of sleep deprivation in the ICU may help clinicians modify some of these factors to promote better quality sleep.
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Pediatric Seizures
Although benzodiazepines remain the first-line therapy, awareness of next steps in therapy is necessary.
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Does Phone Consult Establish Patient-Physician Relationship?
EPs cannot safely assume that a consultant who gives advice over the phone will be held liable if a bad outcome results.
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Settlement of Med/Mal Claim Could Cause EP Unexpected Problems
A quick settlement can seem very appealing to any EP defendant facing protracted litigation, but EPs should be aware of the repercussions.
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EP Failed to Administer tPA for Stroke: Is Malpractice Claim Defensible?
Reasoning must be clear in ED chart.
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The Battle Against Protectionism in the Utilization of Telemedicine
Telemedicine allows technology to access patients, wherever they are, via cost-effective methods with documented quality outcomes.
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Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
MONOGRAPH: Early recognition and treatment has been shown to improve patient outcomes.
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Top Patient Safety Risks Include Health IT Issues, Patient ID Errors
Failure to embrace a safety culture is listed as number 10 on this year’s list of the top 10 patient safety concerns for healthcare organizations.