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Intravenous Haloperidol Does Not Prevent ICU Delirium
December 5, 2013
Research suggests physicians avoid using scheduled antipsychotics to reduce ICU delirium in critically ill inpatients
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Reviews of Research on Haloperidol and ICU Delirium, Proton Pump Inhibitors, Thrombolytics and Stroke
December 2, 2013
Also reviewed this month: hospital-acquired anemia, prothrombin complex concentrate and fresh frozen plasma, surgical site infections, colchine and NSAIDs for acute pericarditis
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Hospital-Based Palliative Care Reduces Length of Stay, Charges, Invasive Procedures, ICU Deaths
October 1, 2013
Hospitalized children who received PC in the ICU had reduced lengths of stay, charges, invasive procedures, mortality rate
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Turn up the tunes in the ICU
August 16, 2013
Can patient-directed music therapy decrease anxiety and reduce sedative use in the intensive care unit?
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Universal MRSA Decolonization in ICU Leads to Fewer Bloodstream Infections
July 18, 2013
Does universal decolonization for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in patients in the intensive care unit decrease the rate of MRSA-positive clinical cultures?
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Hospital ICUs Chart Progress in Preventing Central-Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections
July 1, 2013
Drop in CLABSI incidence credited to incorporating best practice guidelines, infection-control treatment bundles, alcohol-based hand rubs
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Clarifying the Role of Hospitalists Focused on Family Medicine in the ICU
April 1, 2013
Lack of intensivist certification pathways for physicians results in shortage of ICU docs
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Bloodsteam Infections in ICU Patients Plummet
January 2, 2013
Bathing all ICU patients daily with antimicrobial chlorhexidine soap credited for 44% reduction in infection rates at hospitals in 16 states
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Position Paper on Critical-Care Debate Did Not Address Family Practice Physicians in ICU
January 1, 2013
The main thrust of the paper, "The Critical-Care Debate" article in The Hospitalist, October, 2012 issue, focuses specifically on physicians trained in internal medicine
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Guidelines Help Slash CLABSI Rate by 40% in the ICU
October 31, 2012
Proper hand hygiene, antimicrobial agents on safety checklist that hospitalists are encouraged to follow
