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Abstract & Commentary: Factors that Increase Risk for ICU Readmission: Implications for ICU Discharge Practices
The purpose of this study was to use data from the multi-institutional APACHE IV database (Cerner Corporation) to compare characteristics of and outcomes for patients who were readmitted to the ICU and those who were not readmitted after ICU discharge; to identify risk factors for ICU readmission; and to examine case-mix adjusted outcomes for patients with and without ICU readmission. -
Abstract & Commentary: Mechanical Insufflation-Exsufflation and Prevention of Post-Extubation Respiratory Failure
This study from Portugal addresses an important gap in managing patients who have been extubated after an episode of acute respiratory failure facilitating the clearance of airway secretions to avoid the necessity of reintubation. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Pharmacology Watch: Does Aspirin Prevent Cancer?
In this issue: Aspirin and cancer prevention; rivaroxaban for pulmonary embolism; new rhinosinusitis practice guidelines; and FDA actions. -
Abstract & Commentary: ICU Bed Availability Appears to Influence Goals of Care but not Hospital Mortality
This study examined outcomes for 3494 adult patients who experienced clinical deterioration that triggered a medical emergency team (MET) activation over a 2-year period. -
Critical Care Alert May 2012 Issue in PDF
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Abstract & Commentary: Failure to Adhere to Evidence-Based Guidelines Worsens Outcomes: Support from a Large Study in Trauma Patients
Rice and colleagues report a secondary analysis of outcomes among trauma patients in relation to the degree to which the clinicians managing them adhered to a specified set of evidence-based guidelines. -
Volunteers for America: Tennessee cracks meningitis outbreak with existing network built on 'trust'
"By the time we learned this was a problem around the country, the information from Tennessee had already narrowed it down to what the problem was. [It was] a textbook case of how to do it right." Paul Jarris, MD, executive director of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. -
Use ASHP tool to evaluate compounding pharmacies
A compounding-pharmacy assessment tool developed by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) can provide critical guidance for hospitals in the wake of the national meningitis outbreak. -
NSHN: The gold standard for HAI surveillance
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's rapidly expanding National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) has long been the gold standard surveillance system for health care associated infections (HAIs).