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This is for our readers who practice critical care medicine. Published in Crit Care Med. 2014 Aug;42(8):1839-48 Authors; Lewis SC et al OBJECTIVES: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released new surveillance definitions for ventilator-associated events, including the new entities of ventilator-associated conditions and infection-related ventilator-associated complications. Both ventilator-associated conditions and infection-related ventilator-associated […]
Read MoreThis is for our readers that practice critical care medicine. Published in Crit Care Med. 2014 Jul 10 Authors: Kane-Gill SL et al OBJECTIVE: To determine the point prevalence of drug-induced hypotension episodes in critically ill patients, to assess the episodes resulting from error, and to describe how episodes are treated. DESIGN: Multicenter observational, 24-hour […]
Read MoreA preoperative briefing lasting 2 minutes or less improves safety and communication in the operating room (OR) and reduces delays by more than 80%, say the authors of a new review. Briefings and debriefings can improve teamwork in the OR, lead author Caitlin W. Hicks, MD, and colleagues write in an article published online July […]
Read MorePreoperative medication compliance improved when patients were given a simple, standardized, multicolored medication instruction sheet combined with verbal instructions, according to an article published in the July issue of Anesthesiology. Failure to remember and comply with instructions can result in rescheduled same-day surgeries and longer hospital stays. Patients in the study were scheduled for general […]
Read MoreA recently approved iPad app has been put to use to measure blood loss during cesarean section births. The app is being used as a substitute for evaluation techniques, such as sponge weighing, in cesarean surgeries at Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. The Triton technology is the first and only mobile app to a real-time […]
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