Critical Care Alert – October 1, 2012
October 1, 2012
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High-Value Health Care: Implications from Complexity Theory
Much of the recent attention to the high cost of health care has focused on opposing political viewpoints. Less attention has been given to an equally important issue: How do health care delivery organizations reliably deliver high-value health care and, by doing this, ensure optimal patient outcomes? -
Don't Stop CPR Too Soon: Study Shows Better Outcomes with Longer Attempts
Goldberger and colleagues at the University of Michigan sought to determine the variation in duration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) attempts following in-hospital cardiac arrest among different institutions across the United States. -
Tele-ICU: Is It Worth It?
Kumar et al set out to describe the cost of ICU telemedicine programs (tele-ICU). They had two objectives: to systematically review the existing literature reporting costs of tele-ICU programs and to provide cost figures for tele-ICU implementation in a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) hospital network. -
Therapeutic and Toxic Blood Concentrations of Drugs and Other Substances: A Comprehensive New Resource
In this contribution from Germany, Schulz and colleagues provide an annotated, referenced table of therapeutic, toxic, and potentially fatal blood concentrations of nearly 1000 drugs and other xenobiotics (substances foreign to the body that may be ingested or otherwise reach the circulation). -
Pharmacology Watch: Statins and Cognition — More to the Story?
In this issue: Side effects of statins; effects of cannabis use; antihypertensives and lip cancer; and FDA actions. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement