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Medical Director Medical-Surgical Neuro Intensive Care Unit Toronto Western Hospital
Assistant Professor Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine Department of Anaesthesiology University of Toronto
Alarm fatigue is a pressing clinical problem in our post-pandemic ICUs and can adversely impact patient outcomes. Its root causes can be classified by patient, device and organisation related. We believe it can be mitigated and we propose interventions through attention to policy, education and the creation of a meaningful culture of safety. "There are more things to alarm us th
READ MOREWhen the stakes are high, and the path ahead is uncertain, the decisions made, especially if a patient continues to worsen, can be sources of self-torment and can haunt us for a long time. Our goal is to suggest ways to steer decision-making for intensivists in the face of uncertainty by proposing a clear, practical, stepwise approach through the creation of a new algorithm that reflects our...
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