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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Adult ICUs"”.
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Mapping Current Adult Intensive Care Unit Patient Care Rounding Practices
… it is unclear if they are being used in Canadian adult Intensive Care Units (ICU). The objective of this thesis was to describe current rounding practices in a sample of Canadian adult ICUs. A prospective observational study consisting of a national survey and follow up interviews was undertaken. …
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Nurse Beliefs And Other Influencing Variables On Nurses' Intentions And Decisions Regarding
… (FP). Implementation of family presence in adult ICUs remains controversial for nurses. The feelings of many nurses, who are gate keepers related to patient visitation, continue to influence restrictions and/or inconsistent visiting practices for patients and families. Some hospitals have …
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Reducing Unplanned Extubations in the Intensive Care Unit With Evidence-Based Practice Recommendations
… a common intervention in intensive care units (ICUs) to address acute respiratory distress. UEs lead to complications and increased healthcare costs. The incidence of UE is associated with risk factors, including patient- related factors and clinical practice gaps. Within the context of Banner …
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Impact of Family Presence on Delirium in Critically Ill Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study
… The electronic health records of consecutive adult patients admitted to any of 14 adult medical-surgical adult ICUs in Alberta, Canada between January 1, 2014 and December 30, 2018 were examined. Family presence in the ICU (exposure), was extracted using a validated algorithm (1. family …
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Statistical Challenges in the Modelling and Analysis of Critical Care Mortality Data
… care providers in hospital intensive care units (ICUs). Patient mortality in hospital is the outcome that is monitored, and the standardised mortality ratio (SMR) is the performance indicator. Four inter-related methods of calculating SMRs are considered using a general multilevel model that …
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Evaluating Visual Cues to Improve Central Line Checklist Adherence: Challenges and Lessons Learned
… into EPIC and expansion to four additional ICUs. Post-integration survey results indicated adherence had fallen to 57%. LOCAL PROBLEM: Checklist adherence rates of 57% highlighted a gap in consistent use, raising concerns about the checklist's ability to positively impact on infection …
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Diagnosing intensive care units and hyperplane cutting for design of optimal production systems
… years of electronic medical records from seven adult ICUs totalling 77 beds at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) were analysed. Our approach is based on several new ideas. First, instead of measuring safety through frequency measurement of a few relatively rare harms, we leverage …