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Cognitive impairment in the U.S. population without dementia is found in 22% of those over age 70. This is more than the number of those with Alzheimer's or other dementias alone, and needs to be recognized and addressed in our healthcare of this group.
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Current use of antipsychotic medications by the elderly places them at increased risk for hospitalization for pneumonia.
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12-lead ECG and lead II rhythm strip obtained from a 67-year-old man with new-onset shortness of breath.
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A growing literature suggests that packed red blood cell (PRBC) transfusions are associated with adverse outcomes in a variety of patient populations, but the mechanisms behind the observed effects are not clear.
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Investigators at St Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, BC, conducted a retrospective review of all ICU admissions between November 1998 and July 2003, to find all patients who were potential candidates for noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in the context of an exacerbation of COPD or acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema (CPE).
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Effective patient communication is a critical component to ICU patient care and to family member understanding of a critical illness.
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Clinicians generally believe that mechanical ventilation rests and restores the respiratory muscles in acute respiratory failure.
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Although protocol-driven sedation and analgesia management has been shown to improve patient outcomes, adherence to these guidelines is often poor.
