Critical Care Alert – March 1, 2015

March 1, 2015

• Post Intensive Care Syndrome: Risk Factors and Prevention Strategies

  Each year, approximately 800,000 patients in the United States develop an illness that results in admission to an ICU and need for mechanical ventilation.

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• Communicating About Prognosis in the ICU

  Effectively communicating a prognosis to a patient’s surrogates in the ICU can be challenging.

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• The Quandry Over Preventing Delerium in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

  A significantly higher incidence of delirium was found in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

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