Critical Care Alert – June 1, 2003
June 1, 2003
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Prediction of Medical Futility By Nurses vs Doctors
Utmost caution has to be applied when future quality of life as presumed by nurses and doctors is used as an argument for withholding or withdrawing further treatment. -
Pressure Support May Interfere with Sleep
Sleep was more fragmented during ventilation with PSV than A/C in a small group of critically ill patients studied with polysomnography. -
Practice Guidelines Reduce Unnecessary Testing in the CCU
A 3-part intervention (guideline development, computerized order templates, and education) led to an overall 17% reduction in test ordering without a change in clinical outcomes. -
Special Feature: Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
In recent years, an important manifestation of shock, resuscitation, and critical illness has become more evident in the intensive care unit. -
Critical Care Plus: Special Report: Hospitals Nationwide Preparing for SARS
More than 2000 cases of severe acute respiratory disease (SARS) with more than 70 deaths were reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) by April 2, 2003. -
Critical Care Plus: Staffing Law Movement Spreads Nationwide
The fact that Californias Safe Hospital Staffing Law (AB 394) isnt getting much support from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses hasnt stopped other nursing associations that support the law from encouraging nurses throughout the country to lobby for similar staffing ratio laws. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
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Pharmacology Watch: Pneumococcal Vaccine Ineffective at CAP Prevention
Pneumococcal vaccine protects older adults from developing pneumococcal bacteremia but does not prevent community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), according to a new study from Group Health Cooperative in Seattle.