The use of checklists in the intensive care unit: a scoping review.

Background: Despite the extensive volume of research published on checklists in the intensive care unit (ICU), no review has been published on the broader role of checklists within the intensive care unit, their implementation and validation, and the recommended clinical context for their use. Accordingly, a scoping review was necessary to map the current literature and to guide future research on intensive care checklists. This review focuses on what checklists are currently used, how they are used, process of checklist development and implementation, and outcomes associated with checklist use.

Scaling up of safety and quality improvement interventions in perioperative care: a systematic scoping review of implementation strategies and effectiveness.

Background: Globally, 5 billion people lack access to safe surgical care with more deaths due to lack of quality care rather than lack of access. While many proven quality improvement (QI) interventions exist in high-income countries, implementing them in low/middle-income countries (LMICs) faces further challenges. Currently, theory-driven, systematically articulated knowledge of the factors that support successful scale-up of QI in perioperative care in these settings is lacking.

Nutrition in the management of necrotizing pancreatitis.

Comparative trials have shown that enteral feeding (EN) is better than total parenteral nutrition (TPN) in acute pancreatitis. However, the following case report of a 64-year-old man with necrotizing pancreatitis suggests that EN may cause complications in patients with ductular damage. In the second week, this patient with acute pancreatitis developed >50% pancreatic necrosis, resulting in gastroduodenal obstruction and pain, leading to the use of TPN.