News tagged with intensive care unit
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Differences in sepsis care identified in europe, U.S.
(HealthDay)—Despite differences in processes of care and raw mortality for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock in the United States and Europe, after adjustment, mortality rates are similar, according ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 26, 2012 |
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Horizontal infection prevention strategy to reduce mrsa infections, increase patient safety
(Medical Xpress)—High compliance with hand hygiene and focusing on other simple infection control measures on medical, surgical and neuroscience intensive care units resulted in reduced rates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus au ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 24, 2012 |
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Low adoption by large hospital ICUs of catheter-associated urinary tract infection precautions
Hospital size matters when it comes to intensive care units (ICUs) adopting even the most routine prevention policies for catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), according to a new study from researchers at ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 23, 2012 |
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Risk of death significantly higher if both mother and newborn admitted to ICU following birth
Mothers and newborns who are both admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) after delivery are significantly more likely to die compared with mom–baby pairs not needing ICU admission, found a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical A ...
Health
Oct 22, 2012 |
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Off-label medications prescribed to nearly all pediatric intensive care patients
"Off label" drugs are medications that have not been tested for safety or efficacy for a specific patient age or condition. New research presented Oct. 21 at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and ...
Medications
Oct 21, 2012 |
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Bloodstream infections cut by 44 percent in sickest hospital patients, study concludes
A sweeping study on the issue of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospitals shows that using antimicrobial soap and ointment on all intensive-care patients significantly decreases bloodstream infection. The results, which ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 17, 2012 |
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Daily sedation interruption for critically ill patients does not improve outcomes
For critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation, daily sedation interruption did not reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation or appear to offer any benefit to patients, and may have increased both sedation ...
Other
Oct 17, 2012 |
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Psychological interventions could reduce mental health problems after intensive care
(Medical Xpress)—A study by UCL researchers at University College Hospital's intensive care unit has suggested that psychological interventions could reduce the mental health problems experienced by many patients.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 17, 2012 |
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Lower chloride use in intravenous fluids for critically ill patients may lower risk of kidney injury
In a pilot study assessing the effect of different levels of chloride in intravenous fluids administered to critically ill patients in an intensive care unit, restricting the amount of chloride administration was associated ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 16, 2012 |
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Secondhand smoke ups babies' risk of asthma, study says
(HealthDay)—Babies exposed to cigarette smoke are at increased risk for developing childhood respiratory diseases such as asthma, according to a new study.
Inflammatory disorders
Oct 15, 2012 |
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Wide discrepancy in surveillance and control of infections in ICUs
Screening practices for multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in intensive care units (ICUs) vary widely from hospital to hospital, according to a new study by researchers at Columbia University School of Nursing and published ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 15, 2012 |
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Retinal hemorrhage pattern can predict inflicted brain injury
(HealthDay)—In children under the age of 3, a high dot-blot count for retinal hemorrhages (RHs) is a strong predictor of inflicted traumatic brain injury (ITBI) rather than accidental traumatic brain injury ...
Pediatrics
Oct 09, 2012 |
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Is delaying premature delivery safe? Professor questions the use of drugs that delay premature birth
Professor Alfirevic from the Department of Women's and Children's Health at the University of Liverpool argues that although premature children tend to have lower cognitive ability than their peers and 14.9 million are born ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Oct 09, 2012 |
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Use of fresh red blood cells for transfusions for premature infants does not improve outcomes
Among premature, very low-birth-weight infants requiring a transfusion, use of fresh red blood cells (RBCs) compared with standard RBC transfusion practice did not improve clinical outcomes that included rates of complications ...
Other
Oct 08, 2012 |
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50-hour whole genome sequencing provides rapid diagnosis for children with genetic disorders
Today investigators at Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City reported the first use of whole genome information for diagnosing critically ill infants. As reported in Science Translational Medicine, the te ...
Genetics
Oct 03, 2012 |
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