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Establishing a neonatology consultation program: extending care beyond the neonatal intensive care unit
Neonates can be cared for in neonatal, pediatric, or cardiac intensive care units, and general and subspecialty pediatric units. Disposition is based...
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Direct discharge from the intensive care unit improved patient flow in a resource-pressured health system
Critical care practice is constantly evolving. Pressures for bed availability in publicly funded healthcare systems have led to an increase in...
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Intensivist physician-to-patient ratios and mortality in the intensive care unit
PurposeA high daily census may hinder the ability of physicians to deliver quality care in the intensive care unit (ICU). We sought to determine the...
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Neuromuscular Blocking Agents in the Intensive Care Unit
Purpose of ReviewThe purpose of this review is to recognize common complications associated with the use of neuromuscular blocking agents in...
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Unit-to-unit transfer due to shortage of intensive care beds in Sweden 2015–2019 was associated with a lower risk of death but a longer intensive care stay compared to no transfer: a registry study
BackgroundIntensive care unit-to-unit transfer due to temporary shortage of beds is increasing in Sweden. Transportation induces practical hazards,...
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Intelligent Intensive Care Unit: Current and Future Trends
There is a growing demand for intensive care units, but there is a relative shortage of medical staff. Intensive care work is heavy and stressful....
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Controversies in CPT® coding in the neonatal intensive care unit: - critical vs. intensive care
Professional reimbursement to neonatal providers is based on the level of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) coding in the NICU, newborn nursery...
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Post Cardiac Arrest Care in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Purpose of ReviewCardiac arrests constitute a leading cause of mortality in the adult population and cardiologists are often tasked with the...
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Undergraduate nursing students’ experiences of palliative care in the intensive care unit
BackgroundThe terminal ill patients in the Intensive Care Unit had physical, mental, social, and spiritual suffering. Nursing students must be aware...
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Emergency critical care: closing the gap between onset of critical illness and intensive care unit admission
Critical illness is an exquisitely time-sensitive condition and follows a disease continuum, which always starts before admission to the intensive...
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End of life care in a level IV outborn neonatal intensive care unit
ObjectiveDescribe care surrounding the end of life (EOL) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
Study designRetrospective chart review of 208...
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Palliative Care in Severe Neurotrauma Patients in the Intensive Care Unit
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide and many patients with TBI require intensive care unit (ICU)...
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Staff perspectives on the influence of patient characteristics on alarm management in the intensive care unit: a cross-sectional survey study
BackgroundHigh rates of clinical alarms in the intensive care unit can result in alarm fatigue among staff. Individualization of alarm thresholds is...
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Measuring Consciousness in the Intensive Care Unit
Early reemergence of consciousness predicts long-term functional recovery for patients with severe brain injury. However, tools to reliably detect...
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Infant Intensive Care Unit: Is it Time to Change?
ObjectivesTo assess the effect of the Infant intensive care unit (InICU), a specialized unit for critically ill infants established in 2016 in...
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The use of checklists in the intensive care unit: a sco** review
BackgroundDespite the extensive volume of research published on checklists in the intensive care unit (ICU), no review has been published on the...
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Obstetric admission to intensive care units in Japan: a cohort study using the Japanese Intensive care PAtient Database
PurposeThis study aimed to describe the epidemiology and annual trends of obstetric patients using a multicenter intensive care database.
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Delirium in the intensive care unit: identifying difficulties in applying the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU)
BackgroundDelirium is an underdiagnosed condition and this may be related, among other causes, to the incorrect use of assessment tools due to lack...
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Characteristics of patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit through the emergency department: a monocentric retrospective observational study
BackgroundThe intensive care of critically ill patients is of great importance for emergency care. To achieve this, patients in need of intensive...