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Monday, 2 February 2009

Considerations in Caring for the Critically Ill Older Patient.

Considerations in Caring for the Critically Ill Older Patient.
Pisani MA.J Intensive Care Med. 2008 Dec 28.
[Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19114416 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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Sepsis articles

Venous thromboembolism in critically ill patients. Observations from a randomized trial in sepsis.
Shorr AF, Williams MD.Thromb Haemost. 2009 Jan;101(1):139-44.
PMID: 19132200 [PubMed - in process]Related Articles

Management of sepsis in the ICU.
Trejnowska E, Popovich MJ.Int Anesthesiol Clin. 2009 Winter;47(1):55-66. No abstract available. PMID: 19131752 [PubMed - in process]
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Managing severe sepsis: a national survey of current practices.
Durthaler JM, Ernst FR, Johnston JA.Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009 Jan 1;66(1):45-53.PMID: 19106344 [PubMed - in process]
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Hyperthermia during anaesthesia and intensive care unit stay.

Hyperthermia during anaesthesia and intensive care unit stay.
Lenhardt R, Grady M, Kurz A.Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2008 Dec;22(4):669-94.PMID: 19137810 [PubMed - in process]Related Articles

Intra-abdominal hypertension: incidence and association with organ dysfunction during early septic shock.

Intra-abdominal hypertension: incidence and association with organ dysfunction during early septic shock.
Regueira T, Bruhn A, Hasbun P, Aguirre M, Romero C, Llanos O, Castro R, Bugedo G, Hernandez G.J Crit Care. 2008 Dec;23(4):461-7. Epub 2008 Apr 18.
PMID: 19056007 [PubMed - in process]
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The impact of adverse events in the intensive care unit on hospital mortality and length of stay

Research article
The impact of adverse events in the intensive care unit on hospital mortality and length of stay

Forster AJ, Kyeremanteng K, Hooper J, Shojania KG, van Walraven CBMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:259 (17 December 2008)
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Empowering family members in end-of-life care decision making in the intensive care unit.

Empowering family members in end-of-life care decision making in the intensive care unit.
Browning AM.Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2009 Jan-Feb;28(1):18-23.
PMID: 19104247
[PubMed - in process]
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A comfortable place to say goodbye.
Millner P, Paskiewicz ST, Kautz D.
Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2009 Jan-Feb;28(1):13-7.PMID: 19104246
[PubMed - in process]
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Close relatives' experiences of caring and of the physical environment when a loved one dies in an ICU.

Close relatives' experiences of caring and of the physical environment when a loved one dies in an ICU.
Fridh I, Forsberg A, Bergbom I.Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2008 Dec 26. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19112022 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related Articles

Nurses' perceptions of leadership in an adult intensive care unit:

Nurses' perceptions of leadership in an adult intensive care unit: A phenomenology study.
Linton J, Farrell MJ.Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2009 Jan 6. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19131249 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related Articles

Gram-negative sepsis in the intensive care unit: avoiding therapeutic failure.

Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2008 Dec;21(6):604-9.
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Gram-negative sepsis in the intensive care unit: avoiding therapeutic failure.
Chapman S Jr, Iredell JR.
Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Sydney West Area Health Service, Australia University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The purpose of this review is to examine some of the latest concepts in the management of sepsis and septic shock in the Intensive Care environment, with a focus on Gram-negative infections.

RECENT FINDINGS: Recent developments in adjunctive therapies for sepsis and septic shock are discussed including protocol-driven therapies, the importance of timely appropriate antimicrobials and the growing threat and implications of rising Gram-negative antimicrobial resistance.

SUMMARY: The balance between the most effective and the most responsible prescribing is difficult to strike, but recognition of the impact of antibiotic failure makes it even more important to consider how we husband the microflora of the ICU. New therapeutic options are somewhat limited but goal-directed protocol-driven approaches linked with sound knowledge of the microflora and our impact upon it as an ecosystem is essential.

Intensive Care Medicine articles

Intensive Care Medicine

Building consensus on ICU-acquired weakness.
Herridge, M. S.
http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/wzgw?db=etoc&terms=RN243539170&field=zid

55-62
Management of invasive candidiasis and candidemia in adult non-neutropenic intensive care unit patients:
Part I. Epidemiology and diagnosis.Guery, B. t.; Arendrup, M. C.; Auzinger, G.; Azoulay, l.; Borges Sá, M. r.; Johnson, E. M.; Müller, E.; Putensen, C.; Rotstein, C.; Sganga, G.http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/wzgw?db=etoc&terms=RN243539183&field=zidpp.

108-114
Response to hypercapnic challenge is associated with successful weaning from prolonged mechanical ventilation due to brain stem lesions.

Wu, Y. K.; Lee, C. H.; Shia, B. C.; Tsai, Y. H.; Tsao, T. C.
http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/wzgw?db=etoc&terms=RN243539247&field=zid

Previous endotracheal aspirate allows guiding the initial treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia

Intensive Care Medicine

pp. 101-107
Previous endotracheal aspirate allows guiding the initial treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia
Jung, B.; Sebbane, M.; Chanques, G.; Courouble, P.; Verzilli, D.; Perrigault, P. F.; Jean-Pierre, H.; Eledjam, J. J.; Jaber, S.
http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/wzgw?db=etoc&terms=RN243539080&field=zid

Year in review in Intensive Care Medicine, 2008

INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE
VOL 35; NUMBER 1; 2009
ISSN 0342-4642

pp. 30-44
Year in review in Intensive Care Medicine, 2008: I. Brain injury and neurology, renal failure and endocrinology, metabolism and nutrition, sepsis, infections and pneumonia.
Antonelli, M.; Azoulay, E.; Bonten, M.; Chastre, J.; Citerio, G.; Conti, G.; Backer, D.; Lemaire, F. o.; Gerlach, H.; Groeneveld, J.
http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/wzgw?db=etoc&terms=RN243538993&field=zid

Evidence-based approach to intensive care unit management: need for improvement.

Critical Care
VOL 12; NUMBER 1; 2008
ISSN 1364-8535

p. 404
Evidence-based approach to intensive care unit management: need for improvement.
Ersson, A.; Chew, M.

Understanding ventilator waveforms-and how to use them in patient care.

NURSING CRITICAL CARE
VOL 4; NUMB 1; 2009
ISSN 1558-447X

pp. 43-55
Understanding ventilator waveforms-and how to use them in patient care.
Lian, J.X.

Strategies for Success: Orienting to the Role of a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Critical Care

AACN Advanced Critical Care
47–54
Strategies for Success: Orienting to the Role of a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Critical Care
K. Cheli Miga, RN, MSN, CCRN; Carol A. Rauen, RN, MS, PCCN, CCRN, CCNS;
Kathleen Srsic-Stoehr, RN, MSN, MS, NEA-BC