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Structural features shared by ICUs belonging to research networks an international survey. "Critical care research network survey".

Journal of critical care

Nguyen YL, Hejblum G, Guidet B.
PMID: 31404722
J Crit Care. 2019 Dec;54:99-104. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2019.05.018. Epub 2019 Aug 09.

PURPOSE: Major acute care research is conducted within critical care research networks (CCRN). Our aims were to describe CCRN and participating ICUs.METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among all CCRNs belonging to the International Forum of Acute Care Trialists....

Redesigning Rounds in the ICU: Standardizing Key Elements Improves Interdisciplinary Communication.

Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety

O'Brien A, O'Reilly K, Dechen T, Demosthenes N, Kelly V, Mackinson L, Corey J, Zieja K, Stevens JP, Cocchi MN.
PMID: 30064951
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2018 Oct;44(10):590-598. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2018.01.006. Epub 2018 Jul 13.

BACKGROUND: Daily multidisciplinary rounds (MDR) in the ICU represent a mechanism by which health care professionals from different disciplines and specialties can meet to synthesize data, think collectively, and form complete patient care plans. It was hypothesized that providing...

[Comparison of current critical care information systems from the perspective of clinical users : Summary of the results of a German nationwide survey].

Der Anaesthesist

Suchodolski K, von Dincklage F, Lichtner G, Friesdorf W, Podtschaske B, Ragaller M.
PMID: 31168685
Anaesthesist. 2019 Jul;68(7):436-443. doi: 10.1007/s00101-019-0615-x. Epub 2019 Jun 05.

BACKGROUND: Critical care information systems (CCIS) are computer-based systems designed to process the growing amount of complex medical data in intensive care units (ICU). Previous studies have shown that CCICs can increase the quality of patient care by reducing...

[Intensive care units. Introduction].

Geka chiryo. Surgical therapy

Iwatsuki K.
PMID: 5172000
Geka Chiryo. 1971 Dec;25(6):635-41.

No abstract available.

Key articles and guidelines relative to intensive care unit pharmacology.

Pharmacotherapy

Erstad BL, Jordan CJ, Thomas MC.
PMID: 12495169
Pharmacotherapy. 2002 Dec;22(12):1594-610. doi: 10.1592/phco.22.17.1594.34122.

Compilations of key articles and guidelines in a particular clinical practice area are useful not only to clinicians who practice in that area, but to all clinicians. We compiled pertinent articles and guidelines pertaining to drug therapy in the...

[Special attention intensive care in the Netherlands once again].

Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde

Voets AJ.
PMID: 9380168
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1997 Jun 21;141(25):1244-7.

The organizational structure of intensive care departments is still under debate. 'Open' (without) or 'closed format' (with intensivists), that is the question. However, various studies establish that the presence of full-time intensivists reduces mortality rates in intensive care units...

Improving Patient Safety in Handover From Intensive Care Unit to General Ward: A Systematic Review.

Journal of patient safety

Wibrandt I, Lippert A.
PMID: 28452913
J Patient Saf. 2020 Sep;16(3):199-210. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000000266.

OBJECTIVES: Despite of the increasing knowledge about patient safety improvements in the handover process in hospitals, we still lack knowledge about what magnitude of patient safety gains can be expected from improvements in handover between the intensive care unit...

VAP: just how good a benchmark is it really?.

Healthcare benchmarks and quality improvement

Michael K.
PMID: 18447250
Healthcare Benchmarks Qual Improv. 2008 Mar;15(3):32-3.

VAP shares symptoms with several conditions common to the ICU. Diagnosis is considered to be more reliable in the outpatient setting. New measures should reflect the totality of complications that can affect ventilated patients in addition to pneumonia.

Intensive-care units studies.

Modern healthcare

Greene J.
PMID: 10111829
Mod Healthc. 1991 Jul 15;21(28):24.

No abstract available.

[Quality health care in an intensive care unit].

Medicina intensiva

Santana-Cabrera L, Lorenzo-Torrent R, Sánchez-Palacios M.
PMID: 20950894
Med Intensiva. 2010 Dec;34(9):632-3. doi: 10.1016/j.medin.2010.07.006. Epub 2010 Oct 14.

No abstract available.

Conducting an efficient proactive risk assessment prior to CPOE implementation in an intensive care unit.

International journal of medical informatics

Hundt AS, Adams JA, Schmid JA, Musser LM, Walker JM, Wetterneck TB, Douglas SV, Paris BL, Carayon P.
PMID: 22608242
Int J Med Inform. 2013 Jan;82(1):25-38. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.04.005. Epub 2012 May 16.

PURPOSE: To develop, conduct, and evaluate a proactive risk assessment (PRA) of the design and implementation of CPOE in an ICU.METHODS: We developed a PRA method based on issues identified from documented experience with conventional PRA methods and the...

Recommendations on basic requirements for intensive care units: structural and organizational aspects.

Intensive care medicine

Valentin A, Ferdinande P.
PMID: 21918847
Intensive Care Med. 2011 Oct;37(10):1575-87. doi: 10.1007/s00134-011-2300-7. Epub 2011 Sep 15.

OBJECTIVE: To provide guidance and recommendations for the planning or renovation of intensive care units (ICUs) with respect to the specific characteristics relevant to organizational and structural aspects of intensive care medicine.METHODOLOGY: The Working Group on Quality Improvement (WGQI)...

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