Interprofessional care and teamwork in the ICU

AL Donovan, JM Aldrich, AK Gross… - Critical care …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: We describe the importance of interprofessional care in modern critical care
medicine. This review highlights the essential roles played by specific members of the …

The effect of nurse-to-patient ratios on nurse-sensitive patient outcomes in acute specialist units: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Driscoll, MJ Grant, D Carroll, S Dalton… - European journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Nurses are pivotal in the provision of high quality care in acute hospitals.
However, the optimal dosing of the number of nurses caring for patients remains elusive. In …

The impact of COVID-19 on nursing workload and planning of nursing staff on the Intensive Care: A prospective descriptive multicenter study

ME Hoogendoorn, S Brinkman, RJ Bosman… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction The impact of the care for COVID-19 patients on nursing workload and planning
nursing staff on the Intensive Care Unit has been huge. Nurses were confronted with a high …

Impact of COVID-19 on nursing time in intensive care units in Belgium

A Bruyneel, MC Gallani, J Tack, A d'Hondt… - Intensive and Critical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on nursing practice in
intensive care unit and consequently, on workload. Objective To assess the nurse-patient …

Big data and data science in critical care

LN Sanchez-Pinto, Y Luo, MM Churpek - Chest, 2018 - Elsevier
The digitalization of the health-care system has resulted in a deluge of clinical big data and
has prompted the rapid growth of data science in medicine. Data science, which is the field …

The impact of timing of antibiotics on outcomes in severe sepsis and septic shock: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SA Sterling, WR Miller, J Pryor, MA Puskarich… - Critical care …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: We sought to systematically review and meta-analyze the available data on the
association between timing of antibiotic administration and mortality in severe sepsis and …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of the ABCDE/ABCDEF bundle on delirium, functional outcomes, and quality of life in critically ill patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

K Sosnowski, F Lin, W Chaboyer, K Ranse… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The effect of the ABCDEF bundle (Assess, prevent, and manage pain; Both
spontaneous awakening and spontaneous breathing trials; Choice of analgesia and …

Epidemiology of sepsis in intensive care units in Turkey: a multicenter, point-prevalence study

N Baykara, H Akalın, MK Arslantaş, V Hancı… - Critical Care, 2018 - Springer
Background The prevalence and mortality of sepsis are largely unknown in Turkey, a
country with high antibiotic resistance. A national, multicenter, point-prevalence study was …

Are high nurse workload/staffing ratios associated with decreased survival in critically ill patients? A cohort study

A Lee, YSL Cheung, GM Joynt, CCH Leung… - Annals of intensive …, 2017 - Springer
Background Despite the central role of nurses in intensive care, a relationship between
intensive care nurse workload/staffing ratios and survival has not been clearly established …

Outcomes sensitive to critical care nurse staffing levels: A systematic review

PJL Rae, S Pearce, PJ Greaves, C Dall'Ora… - Intensive and Critical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To determine associations between variations in registered nurse staffing levels in
adult critical care units and outcomes such as patient, nurse, organisational and family …