Families of patients in ICU: A Scoping review of their needs and satisfaction with care
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DOI: 10.1002/nop2.287
Abstract: To describe published literature on the needs and experiences of family members of adults admitted to intensive care and interventions to improve family satisfaction and psychological well‐being and health. read more here.
Keywords: satisfaction; scoping review; families patients; icu scoping ... See more keywords
How to ventilate obese patients in the ICU
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DOI: 10.1007/s00134-020-06286-x
Abstract: Obesity is an important risk factor for major complications, morbidity and mortality related to intubation procedures and ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU). The fall in functional residual capacity promotes airway closure and atelectasis… read more here.
Keywords: patients obesity; risk; ventilate obese; obese patients ... See more keywords
Non-opioid analgesics as adjuvants to opioid for pain management in adult patients in the ICU: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2019.08.022
Abstract: PURPOSE To identify the impact of non-opioid analgesics as adjuvants to opioid on opioid consumption and its side effects, as well as the analgesic effectiveness in adult patients in the ICU. METHODS Only randomized clinical… read more here.
Keywords: adjuvants opioid; adult; opioid analgesics; analgesics adjuvants ... See more keywords
ICU-Acquired Weakness, Chronic Critical Illness, and the Persistent Inflammation-Immunosuppression and Catabolism Syndrome.
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DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000002576
Abstract: To the Editor: We congratulate Witteveen et al (1) of the Molecular Diagnosis and Risk Stratification of Sepsis consortium for their prospective investigation of systemic inflammatory marker patterns among patients with ICU-acquired weakness (AW) in… read more here.
Keywords: catabolism; medicine; inflammation; patients icu ... See more keywords
Handing over patients from the ICU to the general ward: A focused ethnographical study of nurses' communication practice
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DOI: 10.1111/jan.13377
Abstract: AIM To explore nursing practice and perception of engaging in communicative interaction when handing over multi-morbid patients from the ICU to general medical or surgical wards. BACKGROUND Communication failures impose risks to patient safety. ICU… read more here.
Keywords: handing patients; communication; icu general; patients icu ... See more keywords
Geriatric patients in the ICU
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DOI: 10.22514/sv133.062017.5
Abstract: The proportion of patients older than 80 years admitted to the ICU is constantly increasing. Despite well-known admission criteria, older patients are frequently not referred and are admitted to the ICU. The emergency ward and… read more here.
Keywords: care; treatment; geriatric patients; patients icu ... See more keywords
Genetic variant rs3750625 in the 3'UTR of ADRA2A affects the sleep quality of patients in the ICU by promoting miR‑34a binding to ADRA2A.
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DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2020.4456
Abstract: Poor sleep is very common in patients in the ICU and hence, sleep quality is considered an important aspect of intensive care; however, the underlying mechanisms of poor sleep in patients in the ICU remain… read more here.
Keywords: mir 34a; group; adra2a; patients icu ... See more keywords