There was no significant difference in 30-day mortality between the early vs late tracheotomy group.
Evidence-based updates in primary care medicine By Louis Kuritzky, MD
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The study was conducted in 26 ICUs that had at least 5 years experience with prone positioning (PP).
This study shows that adverse effects of endotracheal suctioning, particularly oxygen desaturation and hemorrhagic secretions, are frequent in mechanically ventilated patients, and can be reduced by the implementation of practice guidelines.
The Surviving Sepsis Campaign recently published a revised International Guidelines for the Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock, updating its 2008 guidelines.
Nutritional support is an essential component of caring for critically ill patients.
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to describe how comfort care is presented to surrogates and if physicians beliefs on whether life support should be withdrawn are associated with the option of comfort care being presented.
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.
