Cross-cultural adaptation of the FRAIL scale for critically ill patients in Spain.

Aim: To translate and culturally adapt the FRAIL scale into Spanish and perform a preliminary test of diagnostic accuracy in patients admitted to intensive care units.

Design: Cross-sectional diagnostic study.

Methods: Five intensive care units (ICU) in Spain were participated.

Effect of a nursing-implemented sedation protocol on weaning outcome.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of the implementation of a nursing-driven protocol of sedation on duration of intubation.

Design: Before-and-after prospective study.

Setting: 18-bed medical-surgical intensive care unit.

Does sedation practice delay time to extubation?

Unlabelled: Criteria for performing a spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) have not been evaluated in controlled trials. An important component of these criteria is neurological status. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether physicians take mental status into consideration before performing an SBT in mechanically ventilated patients.

[Measurement of minimum disposable volume in the extraction of an analysis through an arterial catheter].

Objective: Arterial catheters are used to extract blood samples. To maintain its permeability we use heparin solution, which may contaminate and alter the desired results. Our aim was to determine the volume of the minimum discards during blood extractions to avoid results that might be altered in the analysis of biochemistry.