Nursing
Review | Skin assessments and interventions for maintaining skin integrity in nursing practice
25 May, 2023 | 11:25h | UTC
SR | Educating health professionals in ultrasound guided peripheral intravenous cannulation
9 May, 2023 | 14:35h | UTC
International consensus on standardized clinic blood pressure measurement – a call to action
4 May, 2023 | 14:03h | UTCNews Release: KDIGO Announces Publication of International Consensus Statement on Standardized Blood Pressure Measurement
Commentary on Twitter
KDIGO is pleased to announce the publication of "International Consensus on Standardized Clinic Blood Pressure Measurement − A Call to Action" in The American Journal of Medicine. Read the News Release: https://t.co/OJbN0Lp8Et
Read the full statement: https://t.co/AmlVAVVcDD…
— KDIGO (@goKDIGO) May 1, 2023
Position Statement | Telehealth policy, practice, and education
4 May, 2023 | 14:01h | UTC
ACP Position Paper | Performance measures for physicians providing clinical care using telemedicine
4 May, 2023 | 13:46h | UTCNews Release: ACP Calls for Appropriate and Meaningful Performance Measures to Evaluate Telemedicine
ATS Research Statement | Causes, consequences, and treatments of sleep and circadian disruption in the ICU
3 May, 2023 | 15:18h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
Causes, Consequences, and Treatments of Sleep and Circadian Disruption in the ICU: An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement
🔓 Open Access
🔗 https://t.co/AKHd84D6Ry pic.twitter.com/U4bSRaC5uG— ATS Blue Journal (@ATSBlueEditor) April 13, 2023
ACP Guidance | Beyond the Discharge: Principles of effective care transitions between settings
3 May, 2023 | 14:57h | UTCNews Release: ACP Makes Recommendations to Improve Transitions Between Health Care Settings
Opinion | Universal masking in health care settings: a pandemic strategy whose time has come and gone, for now
18 Apr, 2023 | 13:37h | UTC
SR | The effectiveness of the interventions to reduce sound levels in the ICU
5 Apr, 2023 | 13:19h | UTC
Perspective | Create intensive care green teams, there is no time to waste
4 Apr, 2023 | 13:27h | UTCCreate intensive care green teams, there is no time to waste – Intensive Care Medicine
Commentary on Twitter
🌳 #ICU green teams: form or join now, no time to waste!!
🌿 how common are environmental sustainability teams?
🌱 how to create a successful green team
🌿 what could teams be doing?
🌱 evidence for effectiveness
Free to read #FOAMcc on @yourICM
🖇️ https://t.co/SPDVv3xSwd pic.twitter.com/xVD4I5pOoz— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) April 3, 2023
ICU Burnout Crisis | Meta-analysis reveals over 40% prevalence in medical professionals
30 Mar, 2023 | 14:30h | UTCHigh-level burnout in physicians and nurses working in adult ICUs: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Intensive Care Medicine (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Related:
AAP Clinical Report | Physician health and wellness.
M-A | Physicians suffering burnout are twice as likely to be involved in patient safety incidents.
Systematic Review | Predictors of burnout among healthcare providers.
Physician Well-being 2.0: Where Are We and Where Are We Going? – Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Assessment of Risk Factors for Suicide Among US Health Care Professionals
Beyond Burnout: Docs Decry ‘Moral Injury’ From Financial Pressures of Health Care
Hospital administration response to physician stress and burnout – Journal of Hospital Practice
Opinion: It’s Time to Talk About Physician Burnout and Moral Injury
Systematic Review: Effect of Organization-Directed Workplace Interventions on Physician Burnout
The 3 Causes Of Physician Burnout (And Why There’s No Simple Solution) – Forbes
Physician Burnout: A Global Crisis
The Burnout Crisis in American Medicine – The Atlantic
Physician burnout costs up to $17B a year, task force says – HealthcareDive
Systematic Review: Prevalence of Burnout Among Physicians
Association Between Physician Burnout and Patient Safety, Professionalism, and Patient Satisfaction
Commentary on Twitter
High-level burnout in adult ICUs physicians & nurses, SR/MA
➡️ prevalence > 40% in all #ICU HCWs, 41% physicians/44% nurses
➡️ #COVID19? ⬆️ burnout only in nurses
Preventive/therapeutic measures to improve well-being crucial as a consensual definitio.
🖇️ https://t.co/kUcZ7P9iqz pic.twitter.com/owqC1W5yLu— Intensive Care Medicine (@yourICM) March 28, 2023
Best practice in the use of peripheral venous catheters: a scoping review and expert consensus
23 Mar, 2023 | 12:37h | UTC
Position Paper | Patient sleep during hospitalization
21 Mar, 2023 | 13:47h | UTCSociety of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine Position Paper on Patient Sleep During Hospitalization – Anesthesia & Anesthesia (free for a limited period)
M-A | The efficacy of Kangaroo-Mother care to the clinical outcomes of LBW and premature infants
21 Mar, 2023 | 13:35h | UTCSummary: Kangaroo-Mother Care (KMC) is a method that involves skin-to-skin contact between the mother and newborn, frequent exclusive or almost exclusive breastfeeding, and early discharge. KMC is an alternative to traditional care interventions for low birthweight (LBW) infants, and the World Health Organization has recommended its use for LBW infants for over a decade.
The authors conducted a meta-analysis including 17 randomized clinical trials involving 17,668 participants. They found that KMC can significantly reduce neonatal mortality, lower hypothermia and sepsis rates, and reduce the duration of hospital stay. The authors suggest that KMC should be promoted, popularized, and standardized in clinical practice.
Related:
Kangaroo mother care to reduce morbidity and mortality in low birthweight infants – Cochrane Library
RCT | Immersive virtual reality intervention reduces pain among pediatric patients undergoing venipuncture
15 Mar, 2023 | 14:46h | UTCCommentary: Immersive Virtual Reality Beneficial for Children Undergoing Venipuncture – HealthDay
SR | Environmental interventions can reduce falls in high-risk older adults
14 Mar, 2023 | 13:58h | UTCSummary: Falls and fall-related injuries are common among older adults and can have serious consequences, such as restricting activity or institutionalization. The Cochrane review aimed to assess the effects of environmental interventions, such as fall-hazard reduction, assistive technology, home modifications, and education, on preventing falls in older adults living in the community.
The review included 22 randomized controlled trials from 10 countries involving 8,463 community-residing older people. The study found that home fall-hazard interventions, which involve evaluating potential fall hazards and implementing safety adaptations or behavioral strategies, can reduce the rate of falls by 26% and the number of people who experience one or more falls by 11% in people at a higher risk of falling.
On the other hand, the study did not find any evidence of a decrease in the rate of falls when the interventions were not targeted toward individuals at higher risk. Additionally, the study suggests that these interventions are unlikely to have a significant impact on health-related quality of life, and there may be little or no difference in the risk of fall-related fractures, hospitalizations due to falls, or the rate of falls that require medical attention.
Summary: Reducing fall hazards within the environment – Cochrane Library
Commentary: Preventing falls in older people: new evidence on what helps – Evidently Cochrane
SR | Ultrasound‐guided arterial cannulation in the pediatric population
7 Mar, 2023 | 13:15h | UTCSummary:
This updated systematic review analyzed nine randomized controlled trials comparing ultrasound guidance to traditional methods of locating arteries for cannulation, such as palpation and Doppler auditory assistance.
The review found that ultrasound guidance probably improves first-attempt success rates, reduces the risk of complications such as hematoma formation, improves success rates within two attempts and the overall rate of successful cannulation, and reduces the number of attempts and duration of the cannulation procedure.
However, the review also notes that the evidence is only of moderate certainty due to the inability to mask the doctors performing the cannulation and the limited number of children studied. More research is needed to confirm the benefits of ultrasound guidance for arterial cannulation in different age groups of children.
Article: Ultrasound‐guided arterial cannulation in the paediatric population – Cochrane Library
Summary: Ultrasound use for insertion of arterial catheters in children – Cochrane Library
M-A | Global and regional prevalence of multimorbidity in the adult population in community settings
22 Feb, 2023 | 12:47h | UTCSummary: The article presents a systematic review and meta-analysis of surveys that estimate the prevalence of multimorbidity among adults in community settings. The study analyzed data from 126 peer-reviewed studies, including nearly 15.4 million people from 54 countries worldwide. The overall global prevalence of multimorbidity was 37.2%, with South America having the highest prevalence, followed by North America, Europe, and Asia. The study also found that females have a higher prevalence of multimorbidity than males, and that more than half of the adult population worldwide above 60 years of age had multimorbid conditions.
Related:
Costs of multimorbidity: a systematic review and meta-analyses – BMC Medicine
Systematic review of high-cost patients’ characteristics and healthcare utilization – BMJ Open
Multimorbidity: a priority for global health research – The Academy of Medical Sciences
The global burden of multiple chronic conditions: a narrative review – Preventive Medicine Reports
Redesigning Care for High-Cost, High-Risk Patients – Harvard Business Review
Multimorbidity: clinical assessment and management – NICE Guideline
Richard Smith: The challenge of high need, high cost patients – The BMJ Blogs
Better Care for People with Complex Needs – Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Digital health interventions for adult patients with cancer evaluated in randomized controlled trials: scoping review
16 Feb, 2023 | 14:45h | UTC
SR | Predisposing and precipitating factors associated with delirium
15 Feb, 2023 | 15:38h | UTC
Consensus Statement | Development of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) surgical safety checklist
10 Feb, 2023 | 14:03h | UTC
Commentary from the author on Twitter (thread – click for more)
The @WHO Surgical Safety Checklist and the @ErasSociety guidelines come together.🔥
#ERAS teams can leverage 2 tools in 1 to improve care in critical perioperative communication moments https://t.co/EaXYyj7b56
via @JAMANetworkOpen part of @JAMANetwork pic.twitter.com/WHJMjThubO— Mary Brindle (@MaryEBrindle) February 8, 2023
SHEA/IDSA/APIC Recommendations | Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene
9 Feb, 2023 | 14:08h | UTC
M-A | Incidence and characteristics of adverse events in pediatric inpatient care
9 Feb, 2023 | 13:32h | UTC
Updating international consensus on best practice in care of the dying: a Delphi study
6 Feb, 2023 | 13:41h | UTC
Opinion | Hospital masking should be optional
6 Feb, 2023 | 13:37h | UTCHospital masking should be optional – Sensible Medicine
Related: SR | Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses