Airway management in the intensive care unit is more problematic than during anaesthesia.
In general, critically ill patients have less physiological reserve and complications are more …

Purpose To systematically examine whether abandoning daily routine chest radiography
would adversely affect outcomes, such as mortality and length of stay (LOS), and identify a …

Objective: The aim of this study was to update the state of knowledge of unplanned
extubations in the pediatric population. The main topics addressed in the current literature …

Background Unplanned extubation has been widely recognized as a life-threatening
adverse event in intensive care unit patients. Aim To systematically quantify the global …

This 18-month study used a structured questionnaire to explore the roles of nursing care on
the occurrence and consequences of unplanned endotracheal extubation (UEE) in intensive …

Objectives To explore factors associated with unplanned extubation in Intensive Care Unit
for adult patients. Research methodology A systematic review and meta-analysis were …

Objective: Information is needed about patient-initiated device removal to guide quality
initiatives addressing regulations aimed at minimizing physical restraint use. Research …

Objective. To assess the accuracy of traditional weaning indices in predicting extubation
failure, and to compare their accuracy when indices are measured at the onset of a …

Objective: Protocolized sedation (PS) and daily sedative interruption (DI) in critically ill
patients have both been shown to shorten the durations of mechanical ventilation (MV) and …

Objective To examine the effect of bolus vs. continuous infusion adjustment on severity and
duration of alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS), the medication requirements for AWS …