The aim of the present study was to investigate the incidence of organ dysfunction, and to describe the clinical characteristics and intensive care unit (ICU) outcomes of critically ill cancer patients who were admitted to an oncological ICU during the isolated limb perfusion post-operative period. The present study was an observational investigation of 42 critically ill cancer patients who wer...

BACKGROUND Because of the assumed dismal prognosis there is still reluctance to admit haematological patients to the intensive care unit (ICU). This study was conducted to determine trends in outcome of allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients transferred to the intensive care unit in a Dutch tertiary care hospital. METHODS All patients who received allogeneic HSCT bet...

Non-invasive ventilation for weaning, avoiding reintubation after extubation and in the postoperative period: a meta-analysis A. J. Glossop, N. Shephard, D. C. Bryden, and G. H. Mills (Br J Anaesth 2012; 109: 305–14 doi:10.1093/bja/aes270) The authors found that there were errors in this article that were not noticed until after publication: (1) The second author’s surname was incorrectly spell...

illness, as far as quantitative and qualitative sleep depriva tion can have negative consequences on a physiologic function, particularly the immune mechanism, as well as psychological well-being [1]. Patients’ perception of intensive care is very diff erent depending on the study. To illustrate, Simini reported frequent feelings such as ‘pain, noise, sleep deprivation, thirst, hunger, fear, an...

Introduction Mortality in the ward after an intensive care unit (ICU) stay is considered a quality parameter, and is described as a source of avoidable mortality. Additionally, the attending intensivist frequently anticipates fatal outcome after ICU discharge. Our objective was to test the ability of a new score to stratify patients according to ward mortality after ICU discharge. Methods A pro...

illness, as far as quantitative and qualitative sleep depriva tion can have negative consequences on a physiologic function, particularly the immune mechanism, as well as psychological well-being [1]. Patients’ perception of intensive care is very diff erent depending on the study. To illustrate, Simini reported frequent feelings such as ‘pain, noise, sleep deprivation, thirst, hunger, fear, an...

BACKGROUND Comparison of survival and quality of life in a mixed ICU population of patients 80 years of age or older with a matched segment of the general population. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed survival of ICU patients ≥80 years admitted to the Haukeland University Hospital in 2000-2012. We prospectively used the EuroQol-5D to compare the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) betwee...

PURPOSE To evaluate the impact of a redesigned intensive care unit (ICU) nursing discharge process on ICU discharge delay, hospital mortality, and ICU readmission within 72 hours. METHODS A quality improvement study using a time series design and statistical process control analysis was conducted in one Australian general ICU. The primary outcome measure was hours of discharge delay per patie...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Patients who receive intravenous (IV) tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) for ischemic stroke are currently monitored in an intensive care unit (ICU) or a comparable stroke unit for at least 24 hours due to the high frequency of neurological exams and vital sign checks. The present study evaluates ICU needs in patients with diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) negative MRI aft...

Development of antibiotic resistance in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) is a worldwide problem. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of an antibiotic stewardship program (ASP) by carbapenems restriction on gram-negative antimicrobial resistance in ICU. The study was designed in a 21 bedded general ICU of a teaching hospital with two wings (one and two) in Tehran, Iran. Carbapenem pr...