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The ICU is commonly viewed as a stressful environment. While common, stress responses are likely to vary over time, between individuals, and as a result of the context in which they occur.
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This study was designed to determine whether intensive glucose control in ICU patients reduces mortality at 90 days. Secondary outcomes included survival time during the 90 days, cause-specific death, duration of mechanical ventilation, need for renal replacement therapy, and hospital and ICU lengths of stay.
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Intensive insulin therapy in the ICU is a dynamic and controversial issue that has played out in the medical literature, at the bedside, and in the offices of policy makers over the last 8 years.
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This study examined patients' bath basins as a possible reservoir for bacterial colonization and a risk factor for subsequent hospital-acquired infections.
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In this issue: NSAIDs in the elderly; managing GI and CVD risk with NSAIDs; low-dose naltrexone and fibromyalgia; treating glucocorticoid-induced bone loss; FDA Actions.
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The potential benefits of electronic medical records (EMRs) are easier to spot than the possible drawbacks, according to some risk managers. Consider both the pros and cons of EMRs before adopting the technology, they say.
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Patient privacy rights is hardly a new issue, but it became an especially hot topic in 2008, as reports of unauthorized access to the confidential medical records of celebrities brought to light health care security shortfalls at several medical centers and hospitals.
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Wider adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs) has been a goal in health care for years, and progress is expected now that President Obama's economic stimulus plan includes $19 billion to help medical care facilities switch to electronic records. Risk managers have long thought, or at least hoped, that EMRs would result in fewer medical errors and malpractice lawsuits. The country may find out soon if that is true.
