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 …

Introduction Post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) has only recently been recognized as a
new clinical entity in patients surviving their intensive care unit (ICU) stay due to critical …

The purpose of this document is to highlight practical recommendations to assist acute care
hospitals to prioritize and implement strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia …

Objective: Decades-old, common ICU practices including deep sedation, immobilization,
and limited family access are being challenged. We endeavoured to evaluate the …

Over the past 20 years, critical care has matured in a myriad of ways resulting in dramatically
higher survival rates for our sickest patients. For millions of new survivors comes de novo …

Objectives: To track compliance by an interprofessional team with the Awakening and
Breathing Coordination, Choice of drugs, Delirium monitoring and management, Early …

Objectives: To measure the impact of staged implementation of full versus partial ABCDE
bundle on mechanical ventilation duration, ICU and hospital lengths of stay, and cost …

Background Improved outcomes are associated with the Awakening and Breathing
Coordination, Delirium, and Early exercise/mobility bundle (ABCDE); however …

Ventilator-associated pneumonia is an important healthcare-associated infection.
Interventions for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia are often used within …

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) remains one of the most common nosocomial
infections in the intensive care unit (ICU) affecting one-third of patients that require …