Articles Tagged With: ICU
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Families’ Surprising Opinions on End-of-Life ICU Care
Intensive care units may be associated with poor-quality end-of-life care. A recent study’s findings call that assumption into question — at least from the family’s perspective.
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ICU Team Members’ Ethics Knowledge Varies Widely
ICU team members may lack a common language to talk about ethical problems. These differences shape how ICU professionals think about an ethical dilemma — or even whether something is viewed as an ethical dilemma at all.
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When should case be sent for external peer review?
Imagine being in the position of publicly critiquing a competing hospital's compliance with Joint Commission requirements. Would you be able to be completely objective? Even if you were, would your colleagues really trust your ability to be impartial? -
HIV+ patients still need PCP prophylaxis
Prophylaxis against pcp remains the single most cost-effective intervention in HIV+ patients at risk. But treatment has, in some ways, become a moving target in some patients, as their CD4 count rises and falls with newer HIV therapies, medication side effects, and variable compliance.