BACKGROUND Serial quantitative coronary angiography is used to assess progression of coronary disease; however, pathology studies have demonstrated angiographic insensitivity for determining atheroma. Intracoronary ultrasound (ICUS) can define and measure the components of the arterial wall and offers the potential for precise quantitative assessment of disease progression on serial examination...

BACKGROUND Aim of this study was to compare post resuscitation care of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients in Nordic (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden) intensive care units (ICUs). METHODS An online questionnaire was sent to Nordic ICUs in 2012 and was complemented by an additional one in 2014. RESULTS The first questionnaire was sent to 188 and the second one to 184 ICU...

BACKGROUND Airway problems continue to occur in intensive care setting. Management strategies, staffing, and availability of equipment can all have an influence. METHODS We undertook a standardized telephone survey of airway management strategies, staffing, and airway equipment availability in general intensive care units (ICUs) in the UK, before the reporting of the Fourth National Audit Pro...

To determine if local monitoring data on vancomycin use directed quality improvement and decreased vancomycin use or vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), we analyzed data from 50 intensive-care units (ICUs) at 20 U.S. hospitals reporting data on antimicrobial-resistant organisms and antimicrobial agent use. We compared local data with national benchmark data (aggregated from all study hospit...

Background Serial quantitative coronary angiography is used to assess progression of coronary disease; however, pathology studies have demonstrated angiographic insensitivity for determining atheroma. Intracoronary ultrasound (ICUS) can define and measure the components of the arterial wall and offers the potential for precise quantitative assessment of disease progression on serial examination...

OBJECTIVES To develop a model that predicts the duration of mechanical ventilation and then to use this model to compare observed versus expected duration of mechanical ventilation across ICUs. DESIGN Retrospective cohort analysis. SETTING Eighty-six eligible ICUs at 48 U.S. hospitals. PATIENTS ICU patients receiving mechanical ventilation on day 1 (n = 56,336) admitted from January 2013 ...