Journal of critical care
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Journal of critical care · Feb 2012
Organizational and safety culture in Canadian intensive care units: relationship to size of intensive care unit and physician management model.
The objectives of this study are to describe organizational and safety culture in Canadian intensive care units (ICUs), to correlate culture with the number of beds and physician management model in each ICU, and to correlate organizational culture and safety culture. ⋯ Differences in perceptions between staff in larger and smaller ICUs highlight the importance of teamwork across units in larger ICUs.
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Journal of critical care · Feb 2012
Earthquake-related injuries: evaluation with multidetector computed tomography and digital radiography of 1491 patients.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the common features of earthquake-related injuries using radiography and computed tomography. ⋯ The Sichuan earthquake most commonly resulted in extremity fractures, but there was a high incidence of injuries to multiple body areas. Head, abdominal, and thoracic injuries and age older than 64 years all were significant risk factors for earthquake mortality.
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Journal of critical care · Feb 2012
Multicenter Study Comparative StudyCritical care in Colombia: differences between teaching and nonteaching intensive care units. A prospective cohort observational study.
The aim of this study was to determine the differences in the efficacy and efficiency in providing critical care to hospitalized patients in teaching vs nonteaching intensive care units (ICUs) in Colombia. ⋯ Nonteaching ICUs discharge patients earlier than do teaching ICUs, but the effect of it remains to be clarified with further studies addressing questions as what happens after ICU discharge.
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Journal of critical care · Feb 2012
Short-term prognosis of critically ill surgical patients: the impact of duration of invasive organ support therapies.
We wanted to identify the importance of the duration of invasive ventilation and of renal replacement therapy for short-term prognosis of surgical patients treated in an intensive care unit (ICU). ⋯ Prolonged duration of invasive ventilation but not of renal replacement therapy is inversely related to short-term survival.
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To examine the performance and properties of the Revised Health Care System Distrust Scale among surrogates in the intensive care unit (ICU). ⋯ Among surrogates in the ICU, the Health Care System Distrust Scale has high internal consistency and convergent validity. There was substantial variability in surrogates' trust in the health-care system.