Interruptions in enteral nutrition delivery in critically ill patients and recommendations for clinical practice.

abstract：:Clinical practice varies regarding the choice of agent to treat hypertensive emergencies. With the development of national guidelines, a standardized pharmacotherapeutic approach would be recommended on the basis of evidence in the published literature. Such an approach might decrease the variability among practitione...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Smithburger PL,Kane-Gill SL,Nestor BL,Seybert AL

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children admitted to the ICU with status asthmaticus require continuous nursing assessment of respiratory status and monitoring of the response to therapy. Nurses must be aware of the progression of respiratory distress and of the expected response to treatment and the side effects that can occur with each therapy. By...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Briening EP

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Music therapy is an effective intervention for critically ill patients for such purposes as anxiety reduction and stress management. The therapy is readily accepted by patients and is an intervention patients thoroughly enjoy. The MAIT is one resource that nurses caring for critically ill patients can use to implement...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Chlan L,Tracy MF

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staff nurse preceptors are integral members of effective critical care orientation programs. Much of the success of the orientation experience and orientee satisfaction depends on them. A critical care preceptor workshop containing a review of the orientation program and the application of educational principles in cr...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Quinn JR,Tibi DA

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pressure injuries, also known as pressure ulcers, are a serious complication of immobility. Patients should be thoroughly examined for pressure injuries when admitted to the intensive care unit to optimize treatment. Whether community-acquired pressure injuries correlate with poor hospital outcomes among cri...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： McGee WT,Nathanson BH,Lederman E,Higgins TL

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with chronic heart failure, fluid retention (or hypervolemia) is often the stimulus for acute decompensated heart failure that requires hospitalization. The pathophysiology of fluid retention is complex and involves both hemodynamic and clinical congestion. Signs and symptoms of both hemodynamic and clinic...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Albert NM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Many hospitals have well-planned nursing competency assessment programs, but these are meant to measure competency in traditional bedside roles, not in tele-intensive care unit (tele-ICU) nurses practicing remotely. OBJECTIVE To determine whether current tele-ICU programs have a formal competency assessment...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Goran SF

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The outcome focus for survivors of critical care has shifted from mortality to patient-centered outcomes. Multidimensional outcome assessments performed in critically ill patients typically exclude those with primary neurological injuries. OBJECTIVE:To determine the feasibility of measurements of physical f...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Schlichter E,Lopez O,Scott R,Ngwenya L,Kreitzer N,Dangayach NS,Ferioli S,Foreman B

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Status epilepticus is a medical emergency that requires rapid diagnosis and treatment. Nonconvulsive status epilepticus is frequently underdiagnosed and therefore undertreated, which can lead to permanent neuronal damage resulting in disability or death. Despite the frequent occurrence and morbidity associated with st...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Lawson T,Yeager S

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many traditional beliefs about the need to restrict visitors on coronary care units (CCUs). Some hospitals, however, have modified their visiting policies. This article identifies factors related to the setting and control of visiting policies on CCUs. ...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Hopping BL,Sickbert SF,Ruth J

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Critically ill patients require vigilant monitoring of tissue oxygenation, particularly oxygenation of the gut mucosa, because of the mucosa's fragile blood supply. With the advent of gastric tonometry, splanchnic tissue oxygenation can be measured in a minimally invasive and cost-effective manner. Requiring only a ga...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Ferguson A

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplant cardiologists in our hospital have performed the percutaneously placed axillary-subclavian intra-aortic balloon pump procedure since 2007. This procedure allows patients to mobilize and walk while they wait for a heart transplant, rather than remaining on bed rest as they would with a traditional femoral in...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Macapagal FR,McClellan E,Macapagal RO,Green L,Bonuel N

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This 6-month retrospective study provided our medical center with a profile of the population of patients readmitted within 31 days of discharge. We found that chronic illness and age greater than 65 years were the high risk factors related to patient readmissions. These 2 attributes are common in critical care patien...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Olsen J,Coleman JR

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the field of surgery advances and the conservative use of banked blood transfusion increases the need for postoperative autotransfusion has increased. By using the CATR, the patient's demands for blood can be more adequately met without causing further complications for the patient. This article presents one method...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Sympson GM

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous research-based guidelines for PA pressure monitoring are available. Despite the availability of this large body of literature related to PA pressure monitoring, critical care nurses continue to demonstrate insufficient knowledge and ability to apply information related to the collection and interpretation of ...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Bridges EJ

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clostridia are organisms which, in the right environment, can cause a rapidly spreading, fulminant myonecrosis. Early diagnosis and a combined management program are clearly paramount to a successful outcome. Knowledge of this disease and ongoing meticulous assessment are the tools that a nurse must use when dealing w...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Corry M,Montoya L

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common cause of death due to the H1N1 subtype of influenza A virus (swine flu) in the 2009 to 2010 epidemic was severe acute respiratory failure that persisted despite advanced mechanical ventilation strategies. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) was used as a salvage therapy for patients refractory t...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Bibro C,Lasich C,Rickman F Jr,Foley NE,Kunugiyama SK,Moore E,O'Brien A,Sherman N,Schulman CS

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 9-member educational task force and a 4-member panel of experts was used to establish the validity of the PEDS-BKAT, which was modified from version 4 of the adult BKAT for critical care nursing. A sample of 105 pediatric ICU nurses from 6 settings took the PEDS-BKAT. Test results include a mean score of 78.9 points...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Runton NG,Toth JC

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of the physiologic changes, conditions, and therapies of pregnancy that increase the risk of pulmonary edema enables nurses to influence the outcome of their patients who develop medical complications while undergoing tocolytic therapy. Cooperation between perinatal and critical care nurses ensures optimal c...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Dabbs AD,Kraemer KL,Hoops S

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although methemoglobinemia is not commonly seen in the ER or the critical care setting, it can be life threatening if unrecognized and left untreated. A detailed case history illustrates the symptoms and some of the possible precipitating factors, and outlines treatment for a successful patient outcome. ...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Baker SA,Young DJ

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Errors related to health care devices are not well understood. Nurses in intensive care and progressive care environments can benefit from understanding manufacturer-related error and device-use error, the principles of human factors engineering, and the steps that can be taken to reduce risk of errors related to heal...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Mattox E

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nurses in a full range of settings from acute to home care are increasingly exposed to the use and maintenance of central VADs. Although the advantages of central VADs are well recognized, the incidence and potential for complications associated with these devices should not be minimized. The major complication of cat...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Brown LH,Wantroba I,Simonson G

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CLINICAL RELEVANCE:Clostridioides (formerly Clostridium) difficile infection is among the most identified causes of health care-associated infections in US hospitals and remains a major public health problem. The incidence and severity of C difficile infection are high among critically ill patients. Treating critically...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Clarkin C,Quist S,Shamis R,King AE,Shah BM

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To prepare a presentation, the critical care staff member must be willing to invest time and effort. Time and effort combined with an organized approach to the development process should result in a quality presentation. ...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Thomassy CS

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in smartphone technology now allow clinicians to use commercially produced applications when studying for nursing certification examinations. The quality of currently available CCRN review applications varies in this first generation of products. Most are limited to multiple-choice practice questions, ...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Curran C

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac output and cardiac index values are traditionally used by critical care nurses as indicators of myocardial contractility. Due to the incidence of compensatory tachycardia in many critically ill patients, however, the value of LVSWI as an indicator of myocardial contractility is enhanced, because the formula fo...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Ramsey JD,Tisdale LA

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Provision of nutritional support to critically ill patients can be challenging. Critical care nurses must be aware of which patients require specific nutritional support, when to initiate nutritional support, and by which route to provide nutritional support. Consultation with a dietitian or nutritional support servic...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Trujillo EB,Robinson MK,Jacobs DO

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients who have radiological imaging with contrast material are at risk for contrast medium-induced nephropathy, reduced renal function, longer hospitalizations, and renal failure requiring dialysis. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the Mehran risk scoring tool can be used to predict changes in hospitalized...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Raingruber B,Kirkland-Walsh H,Chahon N,Kellermann M

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with a new tracheostomy will face threatening changes upon discharge from hospital support. Nurses, particularly in the critical care unit, frequently and closely support a patient and family through new and often difficult situations during hospitalization. The patient leaving the hospital with a new trache...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Wilson EB,Malley N

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers are serious clinical complications that can lead to increased length of stay, pain, infection, and, potentially, death. The surgical progressive care unit at Sharp Grossmont Hospital, San Diego, California, developed the multidisciplinary Healthy Skin Project to decrease the...

journal_title：Critical care nurse

authors： Armour-Burton T,Fields W,Outlaw L,Deleon E

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00