Critical Care Alert – December 1, 2013
December 1, 2013
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Burnout Syndrome Among Critical Care Professionals: A Cause for Alarm
While burnout occurs in any occupation, this paper will focus on ICU nurses and physicians. -
ICU Feeding Strategy and Acute Lung Injury Outcomes
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The Vexing Problems of Lung-Protective Ventilation: Asynchrony, Work of Breathing, and Sedation
This single-center, prospective, observational study examined the effects of clinician adjustments in ventilator settings or sedation/analgesic dosing on breath stacking (an inspiratory effort that causes the ventilator to deliver two consecutive breaths without an intervening expiratory phase).