In-Hospital Violence and Its Impact on Critical Care Practitioners.

Objectives: To provide a narrative review of hospital violence (HV) and its impact on critical care clinicians.

Data Sources: Detailed search strategy using PubMed and OVID Medline for English language articles describing HV, risk factors, precipitating events, consequences, and mitigation strategies.

Study Selection: Studies that specifically addressed HV involving critical care medicine clinicians or their practice settings were selected.