Critical care nurse
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Critical care nurse · Aug 2024
ReviewStrategies to Improve Sleep Quality in Intensive Care Unit Patients.
Patients in intensive care units are exposed to many factors that can negatively affect the quality of their sleep. ⋯ The most effective way to improve sleep for intensive care unit patients is to use a combination of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions. Among the latter, the use of earplugs and sleep masks is simplest.
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Critical care nurse · Aug 2024
Case ReportsCardiac Arrest Due to Capecitabine Toxicosis Treated With ECMO and CRRT: A Case Report.
This is the first report of a patient who developed cardiogenic shock after receiving oral chemotherapy with capecitabine and was treated with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation combined with continuous renal replacement therapy. ⋯ The use of comprehensive supportive treatments such as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation combined with continuous renal replacement therapy in patients with capecitabine-induced cardiac arrest can rapidly reduce drug concentrations, eliminate harmful substances, and improve the prognosis.