Significant predictors of VTE were APACHE II score, previous immobilization, femoral central venous catheter, and invasive mechanical ventilation. Common risk assessment models for predicting venous ...
Mortality of critically ill cancer patients with COVID-19 is not prohibitively high. Decisions on ICU admission for these patients must be individualized taking into account the performance status of ...
The updated version of the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA), the global reference system in intensive care medicine ...
Patients critically ill with COVID-19 are at exceptionally high risk for developing healthcare-associated pressure injuries (HAPrIs), and nurses and other clinicians should be extra vigilant with ...
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When patients stabilize enough to leave the ICU, the transition should represent progress. Instead, it often marks the beginning of a new set of risks. Research shows that in some patient cohorts, 1 ...
Diagnostic errors among hospitalized adults who died or were transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) were fairly common, a retrospective cohort study suggested. In a random sample of over 2,400 ...
Prophylaxis for gastrointestinal stress ulceration is frequently given to patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), but its risks and benefits are unclear. A total of 3298 patients were enrolled; ...
Scripted recordings of family members’ voices significantly increased delirium-free days for patients in the ICU who required ...
The mortality rate for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was greater than one-third if they were admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU). Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus ...