Search Tag: ICU Admission

ICU Management

Intensivist-preferences-for-patient-admission-to-icu

2019 30 Oct

When patients present to the emergency room and need admission, they are first evaluated by the physician. Patients who are stable but need admission are usually admitted to the general medical floor. Those who are unstable, very old, or very young or those with numerous comorbidities are usually admitted to the intensive care unit. The ICU is...Read more

ICU Management

Psychological-consequences-of-icu-admission

2019 08 Aug

Consequences of psychological distress in the ICU needs to be addressed, due to the frequent occurrence of anxiety, delirium, acute PTSD and depression in both patients and family members. By addressing these key issues healthcare costs and usage could be reduced.   Previously, it was thought that stress could be reduced through a paternalistic...Read more

ICU Management

Icu-admission-for-the-very-elderly-a-cost-analysis

2017 23 May

Considering the poor clinical outcomes, and that many intensive care unit (ICU) admissions may be undesired by very elderly patients (aged 80 or older), ICU costs in this population are substantial, according to a new study published in the journal Critical Care. "Our finding that a preference for comfort care predicted a lower cost independent of...Read more

ICU Management

Predicting-survival-functional-outcomes-after-icu-admission

2017 23 May

In a new study published in JAMA, physicians and nurses were more accurate in predicting the likelihood of death and less accurate in predicting cognitive abilities in six months for critically ill intensive care unit (ICU) patients. The study is being released to coincide with its presentation at the 2017 American Thoracic Society International Conference....Read more