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Over a third of deaths after discharge from intensive care are preventable
Over a third of deaths after discharge from intensive care are preventable (Reduction in mortality after inappropriate early discharge from intensive care unit: logistic regression triage model) BMJ Volume 322, pp 1274-1276 Death after discharge from intensive care may be reduced by 39% if at risk patients were to stay in intensive care for... view more... (2001-05-23)
Significant rise in proportion of chronically ill children dying in intensive care
The proportion of chronically ill young children dying in intensive care after being admitted to other hospital wards has steadily risen year on year since the end of the 1990s, reveals a study in the Journal of Medical Ethics. view more (2007-05-01)
Live music has positive effects on hospitalised premature babies
Music stimulation can have beneficial effects on pre-term infants during their hospitalisation in the neonatal intensive care unit. view more (2004-08-24)
Study aims to cut deaths from severe infection in hospital wards
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh are aiming to reduce the risks posed by a life-threatening condition which affects four in ten of Scottish intensive care patients. view more (2006-06-08)
New website could stop intensive care beds going to waste
In this month`s Critical Care, Philip Hopkins and Anthony Wolff explain how a new website could help prevent critically ill patients dying while being transported between hospitals. In the last 30 years the demand for intensive care beds has increased as intensive care treatment has changed from being considered a luxury to a necessity.... view more... (2002-03-12)
Intensive care units poorly equipped to care for the dying
Almost half of the patients who die in intensive care units die within 24 hours, but the environment is not equipped to provide good end-of-life care. Most relatives are nevertheless happy with the care given, shows a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy. view more (2009-10-05)
Some evidence of gender bias in intensive care
There is some evidence that intensive care is unfair and may be due to gender bias, shows research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The research team analysed over 46,500 admissions to 91 intensive care units across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The data came from the Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre... view more... (2002-05-13)
Multiple organ failure and malignant tumors main causes of death in ICU and hospital
Multiple organ failure is the main cause of death in intensive care units. A study published today in the journal Critical Care shows that the main risk factors for death in the intensive care unit are central nervous system failure and cardiovascular failure, and the most frequent cause of death is multiple organ failure. view more (2006-11-03)
Intensive treatment does not reduce violence in psychotic patients
Increasing the intensity of treatment does not reduce the level of violence in patients with severe mental illness, concludes a study in this week's BMJ. view more (2001-11-07)
MRSA in hospital intensive care -- what's growing where?
Researchers are finding out which bugs grow in intensive care units to develop a novel sampling regime that would indicate the threat of MRSA and other superbugs in the environment, scientists heard today (Monday 31 March 2008) at the Society for General Microbiology's 162nd meeting being held this week at the Edinburgh International Conference... view more... (2008-03-31)
Critical care of children at risk because UK medical training has not kept pace
The critical care of children in the UK is under threat because medical training has not kept pace with developments. And the numbers of junior doctors in paediatrics are being cut, contends a children’s intensive care specialist in Archives of Disease in Childhood. view more (2003-07-18)
Stark differences in care at top US hospitals revealed
Striking differences exist in the care provided to dying patients by top US hospitals, according to researchers in this week's BMJ. These findings prompt concerns about hospital reforms in Britain and elsewhere. Researchers identified patients attending 77 hospitals that appeared on the 2001 US News and World Report "best hospitals"... view more... (2004-03-10)
Novel transfusion strategy for pediatric patients in intensive care
In its April 19th, 2007 edition, the New England Journal of Medicine published an article about the findings of a multi-center randomized clinical trial that compared transfusion strategies for patients in pediatric intensive care units. view more (2007-04-20)
Intensive therapy improves low back pain, but is it worth the cost?
Intensive rehabilitation programmes reduce pain and improve function in patients with chronic low back pain, concludes a study in this week's BMJ, but it remains unclear whether the improvements are worth the cost of these intensive treatments. Disabling low back pain is thought to be a result of interrelating physical, psychological, and social... view more... (2001-06-20)
Government's NHS Plan linked to striking improvements in critical care
Survival among patients in intensive care units in England has improved significantly since the implementation of the NHS Plan in 2000, finds new research published on bmj.com today. view more (2009-11-13)
COMPUTER EXPERTS TO HELP INTENSIVE CARE PATIENTS TO COMMUNICATE
The researchers, based at the University of Dundee and Ninewells Hospital, are hoping to have produced a prototype computer-based communications system within the next 18 months. The work is being funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. view more (1999-12-08)
Patients in US 5 times more likely to spend last days in ICU than patients in England
Patients who die in the hospital in the United States are almost five times as likely to have spent part of their last hospital stay in the ICU than patients in England. view more (2009-10-23)
SEDATIVE LEADS TO CARDIAC FAILURE IN PATIENTS WITH HEAD INJURY (p117)
The sedative propofol given to patients with head injury in intensive care units may lead to sudden cardiac failure, report researchers in this week’s issue of THE LANCET. Propofol is used as a sedative and as a general anaesthetic in surgery or procedures lasting less than one hour. In patients with head injury the drug is also aimed at... view more... (2001-01-11)
Corticosteroids associated with poor outcomes, death in the trauma intensive care unit
Patients in the trauma intensive care unit who receive corticosteroids may have more infections, longer stays in intensive care or on a ventilator and a higher death rate than those who do not. view more (2006-02-21)
Software might revolutionize glucose monitoring in critically ill patients
Researchers have developed a new computerized system to easily monitor the levels of glucose in the blood of patients in intensive care. view more (2005-12-19)
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