A mixed-methods systematic review protocol to examine the use of physical restraint with critically ill adults and strategies for minimizing their use.

Background: Critically ill patients frequently experience severe agitation placing them at risk of harm. Physical restraint is common in intensive care units (ICUs) for clinician concerns about safety. However, physical restraint may not prevent medical device removal and has been associated with negative physical and psychological consequences.

Perceived economic burden associated with an inherited cardiac condition: a qualitative inquiry with families affected by arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.

Purpose: Significant gaps remain in the literature on the economic burden of genetic illness. We explored perceived economic burden associated with one inherited cardiac condition, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC).

Methods: Semistructured interviews were held with individuals from families affected by ARVC.