Journal of critical care
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Journal of critical care · Oct 2019
Multicenter Study Observational StudyWould you like to be admitted to the ICU? The preferences of intensivists and general public according to different outcomes.
Intensivists hold different views on their own thresholds for intensive care admission versus those they hold for patients.
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Journal of critical care · Oct 2019
ReviewEfficacy of music on sedation, analgesia and delirium in critically ill patients. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.
There is inadequate evidence supporting the benefit of music on sedation, analgesia or delirium in critically ill patients.
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Journal of critical care · Oct 2019
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyVariability in triage practices for critically ill cancer patients: A randomized controlled trial.
Intensive care triage practices and end-user interpretation of triage guidelines have rarely been assessed. We evaluated agreement between providers on the prioritization of patients for ICU admission using different triage guidelines. ⋯ The low agreement amongst practitioners on the prioritization of cancer patient cases for ICU admission existed using both general triage guidelines and guidelines tailored only to cancer patients. The lack of consensus on intensive care unit triage practices in the oncological population exposes a potential barrier to appropriate resource allocation that needs to be addressed.
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Journal of critical care · Oct 2019
Multicenter StudyEvaluation of the quality of the communication and emotional support during the donation procedure: The use of the donor family questionnaire (DFQ).
A multi-centric study in Intensive Care units (ICU) and Emergency departments (ED) was designed to evaluate whether the provided communication and emotional support to the family in the context of organ donation met the international recommendations of the European Donor Hospital Education Program (EDHEP). ⋯ The DFQ is a useful instrument to evaluate the donor procedure. The physician is important in the first phases of the donor procedure for the medical explanation. Other disciplines could be more involved in the following phases to assure enough emotional support, but this issue requires further exploration.
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Journal of critical care · Oct 2019
Multicenter StudySafety and efficacy of beta-blockers to improve oxygenation in patients on veno-venous ECMO.
Beta-blockers (BB) may improve oxygenation in patients on veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-V ECMO). This study analyzed safety and efficacy of BB in hypoxemic patients on V-V ECMO. ⋯ In this study, use of BB in hypoxemic patients on V-V ECMO was safe and associated with a moderate increase in SaO2.