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Fewer Catheter-Related Complications with Central Access in ICU Patients
What type of venous access -- central or peripheral -- is better for patients in the intensive care unit who have no absolute indication for...
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Intravenous Haloperidol Does Not Prevent ICU Delirium
Research suggests physicians avoid using scheduled antipsychotics to reduce ICU delirium in critically ill inpatients
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Reviews of Research on Haloperidol and ICU Delirium, Proton Pump Inhibitors, Thrombolytics and Stroke
Also reviewed this month: hospital-acquired anemia, prothrombin complex concentrate and fresh frozen plasma, surgical site infections, colchine...
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Hospital-Based Palliative Care Reduces Length of Stay, Charges, Invasive Procedures, ICU Deaths
Hospitalized children who received PC in the ICU had reduced lengths of stay, charges, invasive procedures, mortality rate
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Turn up the tunes in the ICU
Can patient-directed music therapy decrease anxiety and reduce sedative use in the intensive care unit?
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Universal MRSA Decolonization in ICU Leads to Fewer Bloodstream Infections
Does universal decolonization for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in patients in the intensive care unit decrease the rate of...
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Hospital ICUs Chart Progress in Preventing Central-Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections
Drop in CLABSI incidence credited to incorporating best practice guidelines, infection-control treatment bundles, alcohol-based hand rubs
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Clarifying the Role of Hospitalists Focused on Family Medicine in the ICU
Lack of intensivist certification pathways for physicians results in shortage of ICU docs
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Bloodsteam Infections in ICU Patients Plummet
Bathing all ICU patients daily with antimicrobial chlorhexidine soap credited for 44% reduction in infection rates at hospitals in 16 states
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Position Paper on Critical-Care Debate Did Not Address Family Practice Physicians in ICU
The main thrust of the paper, "The Critical-Care Debate" article in The Hospitalist, October, 2012 issue, focuses specifically on...