Impact of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Service on Burnout Development in Eight Intensive Care Units. A National Cross-Sectional Study.

Objectives: This study aimed at investigating the effects of an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) service on Burnout syndrome (BOS) development in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Design: The authors conducted a cross-sectional descriptive study.

Settings: Eight ICUs within 5 tertiary hospitals in 1 country.

Outcome of hypotensive ward patients who re-deteriorate after initial stabilization by the Medical Emergency Team.

Purpose: We evaluated the outcome of hypotensive ward patients who re-deteriorated after initial stabilization by the Medical Emergency Team (MET) in our hospital, due to limited data in this regard.

Methods: One thousand one hundred seventy-nine MET calls in 32184 ward patients from January 2009 to August 2011 were evaluated. Four hundred ten hypotensive patients met study criteria and were divided into: (1)"Immediate Transfers (IT), n = 136":admitted by MET to intensive care unit (ICU) immediately; (2)"Re-deteriorated Transfers (RDT) n = 72":initially stabilized and signed off by MET, but later re-deteriorated within 48-hours and admitted to ICU; (3)"Ward Patients (WP) n = 202": remained stable on ward after treatment.

Outcomes of patients treated with noninvasive ventilation by a medical emergency team on the wards.

Background: Initiation of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) on the wards is not universally accepted. Medical emergency teams (METs) provide acute care and monitoring to deteriorating patients on the general wards. Whether it is safe for an MET to start NIV in ward patients with respiratory distress remains unclear.

End-of-life care in Muslim brain-dead patients: a 10-year experience.

Background: In Muslim countries, end-of-life practices in Muslim brain-dead patients are unknown. We conducted this study to evaluate this issue.

Results: We identified 42 brain-dead patients between 2001 and 2011.