A national survey of approaches to manage the ICU patient with opioid use disorder.

Purpose: Opioid associated admissions to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) are increasing, but how institutions manage the care of these patients is unknown. We studied the availability of protocols and guidelines in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) for the management of the critically ill patient with opioid use disorder.

Materials And Methods: A survey was sent to a random sampling of ICU clinicians at acute care hospitals in the United States.

Measuring the quality of inpatient specialist consultation in the intensive care unit: Nursing and family experiences of communication.

Rationale: Critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) often require the care of specialist physicians for clinical or procedural expertise. The current state of communication between specialist physicians and families and nurses has not been explored.

Objectives: To document the receipt of communication by nurses and family members regarding consultations performed on their patient or loved one, and to quantify how this impacts their overall perceptions of the quality of specialty care.