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Crit Care Resusc
December 2024
Department of Intensive Care, Alfred Health, 55 Commercial Road, Melbourne, 3181, VIC, Australia.
Objective: To describe the epidemiology and clinical features of pressure injury (PI) development in adult patients supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
Design: Retrospective, observational, cohort study from January 2018 to May 2023.
Setting: A single-centre high-volume ECMO specialist intensive care unit (ICU).
Crit Care Resusc
December 2024
Department of Intensive Care, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Background: Severe intensive care unit-acquired hypernatraemia (ICU-AH) is a serious complication of critical illness. However, there is no detailed information on how this condition develops.
Objectives: The objective of this study was to study the prevalence, risk factors, trajectory, management, and outcome of severe ICU-AH (≥155 mmol·L).
Crit Care Resusc
December 2024
Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care - Research Centre, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne Australia.
Objective: To describe the use of and outcomes from awake prone positioning (APP) in nonintubated patients with COVID-19 in Australian intensive care units (ICUs) in comparison to those who did not receive APP, and to explore the temporal relationship between publication of APP research and changes in clinical practice.
Design: Multicentre, observational cohort study.
Setting: Seventy-eight Australian ICUs participating in SPRINT-SARI Australia.
Crit Care Resusc
December 2024
Intensive Care Unit, Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital, Coopers Plains, QLD, Australia.
Objective: Knowledge of intensive care unit (ICU) acquired hypernatremia (ICU-AH) has been hampered by the absence of granular data and confounded by variable definitions and inclusion criteria.
Design: Multicentre retrospective cohort study.
Setting: Twelve ICUs in Queensland (QLD), Australia.
Cureus
December 2024
Department of Critical Care, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, CHN.
Background Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common and severe hospital-acquired infection, and oral care is an effective preventive measure. However, the compliance and quality of oral care among intensive care unit (ICU) nurses need improvement. Methods This quasi-experimental study was conducted in two ICUs at the first affiliated hospital of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, China, involving 74 ICU nurses.
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