Tag: Intensive Care

Updated recommendations integrate guidance for adults and children into a single guideline

A mortality prediction model lost 9 to 39 percent specificity after retraining once at a fixed sensitivity of 90 percent

However, no reduction seen in ventilatory support or oxygen therapy for those younger than 5 years

Those using recreational drugs have higher rate of in-hospital major adverse events

Model with serial ammonia measured on ICU days 1 and 3 predicted hospital mortality with reasonably good discrimination

Seniors with Alzheimer disease and related dementia have lower rates of home discharge and higher mortality

Findings seen for critically ill adults undergoing tracheal intubation

In a recent study, 31 percent of those whose caregivers declined died during hospitalization

No improvement seen in favorable functional outcome at six months, but reduced risk of death at 28 days after injury

Standards identified as minimum requirements for each level of care; facilities encouraged to go beyond minimum