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Innovative cultural care training: the impact of flipped classroom methods on critical cultural competencies in psychiatric nursing: a quasi-experimental study
IntroductionHealthcare systems are encountering a growing number of diverse and multicultural clients due to globalization and migration. To...
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Assessment of barriers to optimum enteral nutrition practices as perceived by critical care providers
BackgroundNutritional support is a vital intervention for critically ill patients. Despite the existence of several clinical practice guidelines...
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Compassion fatigue and stress related to cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a study of critical care nurses’ experiences
BackgroundCardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is considered one of the most stressful experiences in critical care nursing; it directly and...
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Level and predictors of caring behaviours of critical care nurses
BackgroundAdvanced technologies in intensive care units, including artificial intelligence and digitization, has implications for psycho-emotional...
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A framework for critical care triage during a major surge in critical illness
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many jurisdictions experienced surges in demand for critical care that strained or overwhelmed their healthcare...
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Critical care among newborns with and without a COVID-19 diagnosis, May 2020–February 2022
ObjectiveTo assess COVID-19 association with newborn critical care outcomes, including nursery level of care and ventilation, during three time...
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Reliability of point-of-care ultrasound to evaluate fluid tolerance performed by critical care residents
BackgroundPatients with hypotension usually receive intravenous fluids, but only 50% will respond to fluid administration. We aimed to assess the...
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Surge Capacity in the COVID-19 Era: a Natural Experiment of Neurocritical Care in General Critical Care
BackgroundCOVID-19 surges led to significant challenges in ensuring critical care capacity. In response, some centers leveraged neurocritical care...
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Bile pigments in emergency and critical care medicine
Bile pigments, such as bilirubin and biliverdin, are end products of the heme degradation pathway in mammals and are widely known for their cytotoxic...
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Quality of work life for health professions in Colombia’s adult critical care: An integrative analysis
BackgroundHealth professionals in Colombian and many parts of the world, in some cases, work in precarious conditions and intend to migrate to other...
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A historical delve into neurotrauma-focused critical care
Neurocritical care is a multidisciplinary field managing patients with a wide range of aliments. Specifically, neurotrauma is a rapidly growing field...
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Empowered Nurses: A Win-Win Situation in Pediatric Critical Care
The atmosphere of a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is charged, fast paced, stressful, and tiring with emphasis on precision of care. Pediatric...
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Neurosonology in Critical Care Monitoring the Neurological Impact of the Critical Pathology
This textbook addresses the classical use of Transcranial Doppler (TCD) and Transcranial Color-Coded Duplex Sonography (TCCS), focusing on the...
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Coma Prevalence in Critical Care Units in Chile: Results of a Cross-Sectional Survey on World Coma Day
BackgroundThe purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of coma among patients in critical care units in Chile. We also aimed to provide...
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Overcoming distance: an exploration of current practices of government and charity-funded critical care transport and retrieval organizations
BackgroundFor critically ill and injured patients, timely access to definitive care is associated with a reduction in avoidable mortality. Access to...
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Edema description in pediatric critical care: terms, patterns, and clinical characteristics
BackgroundNo validated methods are currently available to objectively quantify edema in critical illness. Therefore, the frequency, timing of onset,...
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Clinical Outcomes and Determinants of Survival in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies Admitted to Intensive Care Units with Critical Illness
Outcomes of patients with hematologic malignancies requiring ICU care for critical illness are suboptimal and represent a major unmet need in this...
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The use of machine learning and artificial intelligence within pediatric critical care
AbstractThe field of pediatric critical care has been hampered in the era of precision medicine by our inability to accurately define and subclassify...
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COVID-19 critical care triage across Canada: a narrative synthesis and ethical analysis of early provincial triage protocols
PurposeThe COVID-19 pandemic created conditions of scarcity that led many provinces within Canada to develop triage protocols for critical care...
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Physicians’ attitudes towards the development of the nurse prescribing role in critical care and emergency departments
BackgroundThe progression of the nurse prescribing role encounters numerous challenges, with physician resistance being a significant obstacle. This...