Predictors of Short Intensive Care Unit Stay for Patients with Diabetic Ketoacidosis Using a Novel Emergency Department–Based Resuscitation and Critical Care Unit

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria L. Zhou ◽  
Frances S. Shofer ◽  
Nikita G. Desai ◽  
Ilona S. Lorincz ◽  
Nikhil K. Mull ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (12) ◽  
pp. 1599-1609
Author(s):  
George L. Anesi ◽  
Jayaram Chelluri ◽  
Zaffer A. Qasim ◽  
Marzana Chowdhury ◽  
Rachel Kohn ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 620-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan L. Haas ◽  
Sage P. Whitmore ◽  
James A. Cranford ◽  
Ryan E. Tsuchida ◽  
Adam Nicholson ◽  
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1992 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
BC Friedman ◽  
W Boyce ◽  
CE Bekes

Critical care medicine programs must provide outpatient experience for their fellowship trainees. We have developed an unusual follow-up plan allowing critical care fellows to contact their patients months after their intensive care unit stay. We evaluated responses of 46 patients after a mean interval of 8.6 months since their initial intensive care unit stay. Patients were stratified by severity of disease by using the APACHE scoring system. Diagnostically, the patients represented the typical medical-surgical intensive care unit population. Patients were asked 11 questions concerning their health and socio-emotional status as it related to their hospitalization and intensive care unit stay. Our results established a practical method of providing outpatient follow-up that may fulfill residency review requirements for critical care fellowships, confirmed previously speculative ideas about ICU experiences, and suggested future research opportunities to study intensive care unit patients following discharge.


2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Bodnar

The intensive care unit (ICU) and hospice inpatient unit (IPU) environments differ in many ways. Although both endeavor to provide the best care possible for their patients, the day-to-day goals of these environments are almost antithetical. Similarly, the experiences and expertise of the staff differ. When performing a similar clinical task, it may be addressed in different ways because each group is engrained in their primary day-to-day focus. Terminal withdrawal of mechanical ventilation is a procedure that is performed in both ICUs and some hospice IPUs. Previous examinations of this subject have been based largely upon the correlative background, practices, and perceptions of the ICU prescriber. The purpose of this review is to examine how the manner in which this procedure is performed in the hospice environment may differ in ways that the intensivist can incorporate into their own plan of care, or better appreciate when making the decision to remove mechanical ventilation in the critical care unit or transfer the patient to a hospice environment for the procedure to be completed.


2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-102
Author(s):  
Andrius Macas ◽  
Asta Mačiulienė ◽  
Sandra Ramanavičiūtė ◽  
Alina Vilkė ◽  
Kęstutis Petniūnas ◽  
...  

The variety of focus assessed ultrasound applications and protocols in emergency department and intensive care unit setting is growing. Focus assessed protocols can provide essential information about critically ill patient. It is now the standard of care to perform focused assessment using sonography for trauma - FAST early in the evaluation of trauma patient. Other focus assessed protocols can prove to be useful as well as FAST.


1970 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Meilita Enggune ◽  
Kusman Ibrahim ◽  
Hana Rizmadewi Agustina

Tingginya angka kematian yang terjadi di unit perawatan intensif, menuntut peningkatan pelayanan perawatan paliatif termasuk perawatan pasien menjelang ajal, yang melibatkan perawat perawatan kritis. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk memperoleh gambaran persepsi perawat terhadap perawatan pasien menjelang ajal di ruang Neurosurgical Critical Care Unit(NCCU). Delapan perawat pelaksana di ruang NCCU RSHS Bandung dilibatkan dalam penelitian deskriptif kualitatif ini dengan rentang usia antara 27– 43 tahun, dan bekerja selama 3–20 tahun. Teknik sampling yang digunakan adalah purposive samplingdan jumlah informan dibatasi setelah data jenuh. Pengumpulan data dengan melakukan wawancara semi terstruktur, dan analisis yang digunakan adalah content analysis. Hasil penelitian didapatkan 4 tema dan 15 subtema yaitu: (1) Pemahaman perawat tentang perawatan pasien menjelang ajal yaitu: membantu pasien meninggal dengan tenang, menghadirkan keluarga untuk memberikan dukungan, dan lebih berfokus pada bimbingan spiritual; (2) Cara menghadapi kematian yang sering terjadi yaitu: adaptasi perawat terhadap kondisi pasien menjelang ajal, kesulitan menentukan fase menjelang ajal pasien kritis, dilema dalam pengambilan keputusan, dan empati; (3) Peran perawat dalam mempersiapkan pasien menjelang ajal yaitu: pembimbing spiritual pasien, komunikator, fasilitator, dan pemberi dukungan emosional keluarga; (4) Hal-hal yang perlu diperbaiki dalam perawatan menjelang ajal yaitu: diperlukan pelatihan perawatan paliatif pada pasien kritis, diperlukan ruangan khusus pasien menjelang ajal, diperlukan pembimbing rohani khusus, dan diperlukan standar operasional prosedur (SOP) perawatan pasien menjelang ajal. Perawat perlu memberikan perawatan yang membantu pasien meninggal dengan tenang, memberikan dukungan untuk keluarga, dan lebih difokuskan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan spiritual pasien.Kata kunci: Intensive Care Unit, perawatan akhir hidup, persepsi perawat AbstractThe high number of death that occurred in the Intensive Care Unit, strive to improve palliative care services including the provision of care of dying patients by critical care nurses. The purpose of this study was to obtain a perception of nurses toward the care of dying patients in the Neurosurgical Critical Care Unit ( NCCU ). Eight nurses who work at NCCU were involved in this study, age between 27- 43 and have been working from 3 to 20 years. The sampling technique used the purposive sampling method and a limited number of informants after data saturated. Data collection was done by conducting semi- structured interviews, content analysis was used to analyse the data. There are four themes with 15 sub-themes include: 1) Nurse understanding about caring for dying patients: help the patients to die peacefully, presenting the family to provide supports, and more focused on spiritual guidance. 2) Way of handling the frequent of death occurance: adaptation of nurses to dying condition, difficulty determining the critical phase of the dying patient, dilemmas in decision-making, and empathy. 3) The role of nurses in preparing for the dying patient: the patient spiritual guides, communicators, facilitators, and providers of family emotional support. 4) The Things that need to be improved in end of life care: the palliative care training is required in critically ill patients as well as separate unit for dying patients, exclusive spiritual guide, and standard operating procedures (SOP) of care for the dying patients. It can be concluded that nurses need to provide treatment that helping patients to die peacefully, and providing support for the family, which is focused on meeting the spiritual needs of patients.Key words:Intensive Care Unit, end of life care, nurses perception


2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (06) ◽  
pp. 675-680
Author(s):  
Clio Rubinos ◽  
Ayham Alkhachroum ◽  
Caroline Der-Nigoghossian ◽  
Jan Claassen

AbstractSeizures are common in critically ill patients. Electroencephalogram (EEG) is a tool that enables clinicians to provide continuous brain monitoring and to guide treatment decisions—brain telemetry. EEG monitoring has particular utility in the intensive care unit as most seizures in this setting are nonconvulsive. Despite the increased use of EEG monitoring in the critical care unit, it remains underutilized. In this review, we summarize the utility of EEG and different EEG modalities to monitor patients in the critical care setting.


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