Publications by authors named "Rebecca Facchini"
Background And Aims: Quality monitoring has great relevance in stroke care. The Project "How to guarantee adherence to effective interventions in stroke care" aimed to estimate adherence to acute-phase guidelines in stroke care in Italy.
Methods: A prospective observational study was performed in 27 hospitals of 13 Italian Regions.
Study Objectives: Noninvasive ventilation, although effective as treatment for patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema when prolonged for hours, is of limited use in the emergency department (ED). The aim of the study was to determine whether a short attempt at noninvasive pressure support ventilation avoids ICU admittance and to identify lack of response prediction variables.
Design: Prospective inception cohort study.
Objective: To compare the mortality of critically ill patients given either enteral feeding with an immune-enhancing formula or parenteral nutrition (PN). We report the results of a planned interim analysis on patients with severe sepsis which was undertaken earlier than planned once a meta-analysis suggested excess mortality in patients with severe sepsis given enteral immunonutrition.
Design: Randomised multicentre unblinded controlled clinical trial.
Objective: To describe the activities carried out by the staff of Italian ICUs and to quantify the amount of working time devoted to ICU patients.
Design And Setting: Prospective, observational, multicenter study in 110 ICUs to report the non-ICU-related activities performed by ICU staff, together with the time such activities require. Of the 110 ICUs 80 participated in the project.