COVID-19 Secondary Infections in ICU Patients and Prevention Control Measures: A Preliminary Prospective Multicenter Study.

The incidence of secondary infections in critically ill coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients is worrisome. We investigated whether selective digestive decontamination (SDD) added to infection control measures during an intensive care unit (ICU) stay modified these infection rates. Methods: A retrospective observational cohort study was carried out in four ICUs in Spain.

Moving average as a method of assessing risk of pressure injury using the COMHON index (Conscious level, Mobility, Hemodynamic, Oxygenation, Nutrition) for patients in intensive care units.

Background: Moving average is the continuously updated arithmetic mean of the pressure injury (PI) risk score values measured with the COMHON Index (Conscious level, Mobility, Hemodynamics, Oxygenation, Nutrition).

Objective: The objective of this study was to validate the moving average as a method to measure the level of risk of PI.

Method: This is a cohort study of adult patients admitted for a duration of more than 24 h in an intensive care unit (ICU) of a tertiary-level university hospital, between June 1, 2018, and December 31, 2019.